GOD REMEMBERING HIS COVENANT. * a7? « And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in. KBAOA BHAHAWHAHAOAS mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the frield—FEx. 1: 14. . What people were in bondage in Egypt? The children of Israel. How came they in Egypt? They went there in time of famine. Why did the king oppress them ? Because he feared they might become greater than he. | What were they compelled to do? To work in brick and mortar. What did God do for them? Delivered them from their bondage. - How did he make Pharaoh willing to let his people go? By sending grievous afflictions upon him. What great affliction was sent at last? God slew the first-born in all the Egyptian families. What was the effect of the bondage upon Israel? It made them long for the land of promise. Exopbus, I.