¹⁶ Go and ^(A)gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘^(B)The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has appeared to me, saying, “^[a](C)I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

³¹ So ^(A)the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord ^[a](B)was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, ^(C)they bowed low and worshiped.