Exodus 2:23-25
When Israel groans under bondage, God does not forget His covenant; He hears their cry, remembers His promises, sees His people, and knows their affliction.
23 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
24 God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
25 God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about them.
When Israel groans under bondage, God does not forget His covenant; He hears their cry, remembers His promises, sees His people, and knows their affliction.
To mark the decisive theological transition from Israel's long affliction under Egypt to God's covenant-aware response: the people groan, cry out, and are heard by the God who remembers His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
The death of the king of Egypt signals a passage of time and a possible political transition, yet Israel's slavery continues. The narrative does not name the pharaoh here because the theological focus falls on the contrast between changing earthly rulers and the unchanging covenant faithfulness of God.
The Birth, Preservation, and Exile of Moses
God preserves His chosen deliverer in hidden providence and hears His oppressed people according to His covenant promise.