Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of My people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out(A) because of their oppressors, and I know about their sufferings.

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The Lord said, “I have indeed seen(A) the misery(B) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned(C) about their suffering.(D)

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10 So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says:(A) ‘I am not giving you straw.

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10 Then the slave drivers(A) and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw.

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13 The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.” 14 Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten(A) and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

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13 The slave drivers kept pressing them, saying, “Complete the work required of you for each day, just as when you had straw.” 14 And Pharaoh’s slave drivers beat the Israelite overseers they had appointed,(A) demanding, “Why haven’t you met your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as before?”

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It scoffs at the noise of the village
and never hears the shouts of a driver.(A)

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It laughs(A) at the commotion in the town;
    it does not hear a driver’s shout.(B)

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