Though a saviour figure in Israel's history, Joseph reveals one of his flaws at the start of Exodus - he dies. Without Joseph around, the new Pharoah takes a negative view of God's people. God hears their cry and remembers His covenant - We can only rely on God's power because we know He keeps His promises concerning what He will do with that power. He again provides a saviour figure, in this case Moses. He approaches Pharoah knowing God is with him - a "Man-and-God" saviour. God demonstrates His authority through various signs (similar to what Jesus does during his ministry). Moses leads the people out of slavery. God wants them to be free to worship Him. Thus, in Exodus we begin to see what true freedom is.
Moses begins to act as judge for the people, but realises it is too much for one man, so delegates others to help. One God, but a plurality of people are needed to do the work.
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