²³ After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labour, they cried out,^(A) and their cry for help because of the difficult labour ascended to God.

¹⁵ Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.

¹⁹ He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them abandon their infants outside so that they wouldn’t survive.^(A)