23 And it came about during those many days that the king of Egypt finally died,+ but the sons of Israel continued to sigh because of the slavery* and to cry out in complaint,+ and their cry for help kept going up to the [true] God because of the slavery.+

7 And Jehovah added: “Unquestionably I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their outcry as a result of those who drive them to work; because I well know the pains they suffer.+