“Scripture tells us that just before the exodus the children of Israel “sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage” [Ex. 2:23]. The Word of God represents the kindness of the Lord in taking Israel out of Egypt and establishing them as His covenant people in Canaan as a fulfillment of God’s covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob [Ex. 6:4-8]. This statement is very significant, for it indicates the nature of the various covenants which God made with Noah, with Abraham, with Isaac, with Jacob, with Moses, and with Christians through Christ; that is, there is a certain continuity from one covenant to the other” (John C. Wenger, Separated unto God, 5).