23 And it came about during those many days that the king of Egypt finally died,+ but the sons of Israel continued to sigh because of the slavery* and to cry out in complaint,+ and their cry for help kept going up to the [true] God because of the slavery.+

31 He that is defrauding the lowly one has reproached his Maker,+ but the one showing favor to the poor one is glorifying Him.+

6 Moreover, God spoke to this effect, that his seed would be alien residents+ in a foreign land+ and [the people] would enslave them and afflict [them] for four hundred years.+