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Exodus 6:5
ESV Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
NIV Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.
NASB Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
CSB Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are forcing to work as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
NLT You can be sure that I have heard the groans of the people of Israel, who are now slaves to the Egyptians. And I am well aware of my covenant with them.
KJV And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
NKJV And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.

What does Exodus 6:5 mean?

God speaks to Moses, reassuring him that the plan to rescue Israel is very much intact (Exodus 5:22–23; 6:1–4). Recently, the Lord has summarized His history with the founders of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. While known primarily as "God Almighty" then, He will now be known as "the Lord." His covenant with those patriarchs is unchanged. God has not lost sight of the people of Israel during their enslavement (Exodus 1:11–14; 2:23–25).

Applying the human concept of memory to God is difficult. God is all-knowing and eternal, so nothing can slip out of His memory or his awareness (Job 21:22; Hebrews 4:13; Romans 11:33). In that sense, the Lord cannot literally "forget" something in the way we think of it in our lives. In contexts such as this, however, concepts like "remembering" and "forgetting" are more about whether or not the Lord is choosing to act on those things (Psalm 25:7; 79:8; Isaiah 43:25). The suffering of Is-rael was never out of the Lord's conscious awareness.
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