Exodus 2:23-25·~1 min
God Hears the Cry of the Israelites
After the king of Egypt dies, the Israelites keep groaning under slavery and cry out for deliverance. God hears them, remembers his covenant, sees them, and takes notice.
A23fter a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. 24So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 25God saw the Israelites and took notice.
Section summaryWhile Moses lives in Midian, Israel's slavery continues until their groaning rises to God. The chapter ends not with action from Moses but with God hearing, remembering his covenant, seeing Israel, and taking notice of them.
Role in the chapterThis closing section shifts the chapter's center of gravity from Moses's exile back to Israel's suffering and to God's covenant faithfulness. It prepares the rescue story by grounding it in divine attention before any public deliverance begins.