⁷ The Lord said, “I have seen the ·troubles [affliction; or humiliation] my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries ·when the Egyptian slavemasters hurt them [^Lbefore their foremen/taskmasters]. I ·am concerned about [^Lknow] their pain, ⁸ and I have come down to ·save [rescue; deliver] them from the Egyptians. I will bring them out of that land and lead them to a good land with lots of room—a ·fertile land [^Lland flowing with milk and honey; ^Can image of abundant fertility]. It is the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ⁹ I have heard the cries of the people of Israel, and I have seen the way the Egyptians have ·made life hard for [oppressed] them.