Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Exodus 2:23
Surrounding context
2:22 And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land."
2:23 Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
2:24 So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.