8 ^cWhen Jacob went into Egypt, and ^dthe Egyptians oppressed them,¹ then ^eyour fathers cried out to the Lord and ^fthe Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.

7 Then the Lord said, ^g“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

7 Then ^hwe cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.

16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince¹ over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For ^tI have seen² my people, because their cry has come to me.”