The more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread

 Exodus 1:8-14

Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous.

So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly. They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

The existence of such a large alien group in his borderlands has for some time made Pharaoh uneasy. Here is his chance to ensure they keep out of mischief. The people are organized into gangs, under taskmasters, to dig out mud and make the bricks for building the new cities.

Why?

By a long time has passed away, the grace of Joseph in Egypt was forgotten. No one remembers them so Pharaoh afraid Israelites became so numerous, and treated them hardship and shrewdly. But under the grace of the Lord, the population of Israelite is multiplied and spread. This is the plan of the Lord, to build a nation of the Lord.

Because of Pharaoh treated Israelite ruthlessly, urge the Israelite wanted to leave this nation.

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祝福的攔阻反而成為更大祝福的原因。

聖經不提到埃及法老王的名字，因為他攔阻神，所以不配被提及。神更透過不被重視的婦女來化解法老的計謀。

法老害怕1)以色列人造反 2)以色列人離開埃及

沒有人能夠攔阻神的祝福。只要我們在神的手中，我們的祝福就不會被攔阻，即使目前的景況似乎讓我們攔阻，然而這些攔阻都將成為我們更大的祝福。市神的祝福不會被這個世界所攔阻。重要是我們是否與主同行?

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How?

God is the master of history. No matter good or bad things happened are on the way of the Lord.