²⁴ God heard their groaning and he remembered^(A) his covenant^(B) with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.

⁷ The Lord said, “I have indeed seen^(A) the misery^(B) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned^(C) about their suffering.^(D)

⁹ And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing^(A) them.

⁵ Moreover, I have heard the groaning^(A) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.^(B)

⁷ Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice^(A) and saw^(B) our misery,^(C) toil and oppression.^(D)

¹⁸ Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved^(A) them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the Lord relented^(B) because of their groaning^(C) under those who oppressed and afflicted^(D) them.

⁸ “After Jacob^(A) entered Egypt, they cried^(B) to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent^(C) Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.