When the Israelites not only continued to multiply but also spread about more, the rest of the Egyptians bought into the fear narrative and they began to dread the people of God. They could see the sovereign power of God in this growth, but rather than submit to God, they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field (Exodus 1:13–14). This slavery would serve as an example for all time about what life is like outside the kingdom of heaven and the grace of God. Throughout history, the people of God would compare the sinful desires of the flesh to the slave-masters in Egypt, as they learned to cry out to God for true deliverance. Even today we think of the house of slavery every time we hear the Ten Commandments, in order that we might understand the background of the deliverance from sin that the Lord has obtained for us through his Son Jesus Christ.