Exodus 1-2

Generations had passed and the Egyptians have forgotten Joseph. The Egyptians were threatened by the growing number of the Hebrew so the king enslaved the Hebrews and he ordered the midwives throw in the Nile River every Hebrew male baby born. The midwives didn’t do what the king had ordered and in return they were blessed by God.

Moses was born. In order to save him from the Egyptians, his mother made a papyrus boat and floated the baby down the Nile River. The baby was picked up by an Egyptian princess and she named the baby Moses. Then the baby’s sister volunteered to provide a sitter for the baby—Moses’ mother.

Exo 2:11 When Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his people, the Hebrews, and he saw how they were forced to do hard labor. He even saw an Egyptian kill a Hebrew, one of Moses' own people.
Exo 2:12 Moses looked all around, and when he saw that no one was watching, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
Exo 2:13 The next day he went back and saw two Hebrew men fighting. He said to the one who was in the wrong, "Why are you beating up a fellow Hebrew?"
Exo 2:14 The man answered, "Who made you our ruler and judge? Are you going to kill me just as you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and said to himself, "People have found out what I have done."

Moses saw the suffering of his people and was moved by it. But he was also disappointed at the Hebrew’s attitude towards their condition. It seemed that they had accepted their fate and were surrendered to it (2:14). When Moses killed an Egyptian beating a Hebrew he was forced to leave Egypt and flee to Midian. There he met his wife Zipporah and she gave birth to their first son Gershom.

God heard the groaning of his people and He remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Moses was destined by God to lead God’s people out of Egypt.

God hears his people’s groaning.