Exodus 6:5
Good News Translation
Now I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have enslaved, and I have remembered my covenant.

New Revised Standard Version
I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians are holding as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.

Contemporary English Version
Now I have seen how the people of Israel are suffering because of the Egyptians, and I will keep my promise.

New American Bible
Now that I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have reduced to slavery, I am mindful of my covenant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, wherewith the Egyptians have oppressed them: and I have remembered my covenant.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, wherewith the Egyptians have oppressed them: and I have remembered my covenant.

the groaning

Exodus 2:24 And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 3:7 And the Lord said to him: I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their cry because of the rigour of them that are over the works;

Psalm 106:44 And he saw when they were in tribulation: and he heard their prayer.

Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was not troubled, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love, and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he carried them and lifted them up all the days of old.

I have remembered

Exodus 2:24 And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated:

Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that beareth flesh: and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh.

Psalm 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

Psalm 106:45 And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Luke 1:54,72 He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy. . . .

Context
God Promises Deliverance
4And I made a covenant with them, to give them the land of Chanaan, the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers. 5I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, wherewith the Egyptians have oppressed them: and I have remembered my covenant.6Therefore say to the children of Israel: I am the Lord who will bring you out from the work-prison of the Egyptians, and will deliver you from bondage: and redeem you with a high arm, and great judgments.…
Cross References
Exodus 2:23
Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works.

Exodus 2:24
And he heard their groaning, and remembered the covenant which he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Exodus 5:4
The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens.

Exodus 6:4
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