(5:15, 16), but their cry by reason of their service reaches God (2:23). God hears their cry when the Egyptians make them serve, and God intends to bring them out from their service (6:5, 6). Their escape means being brought out of a country of servants (13:3, 14), and Pharaoh suddenly realizes it was stupid to let them go from serving the Egyptians (14:5). Facing the waters of the Reed Sea, the Israelites agree they would have been better off staying to serve the Egyptians; “Leave us alone so we