11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to ^jafflict them with heavy ^kburdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they ^lspread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.

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,

31 And the people ^cbelieved; and when they heard that the Lord had ^dvisited the people of Israel and that he had ^eseen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.

6 And ^gthe Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labor.

9 “And ^tyou saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and ^uheard their cry at the Red Sea,