House of Bondage

This struck me this morning. I think this biblical event, i.e. God leading his people out of the house of bondage, continues metaphorically today. I know that I continually create houses of bondage for myself, and God's the only way out. It would be nice if I would stop creating such houses.

I keep meaning to look up this passage (the Decalogue) in Hebrew. I assume the root for bondage is the same one that was used in Gen 22 when Abraham bound Issac. Apparently Jews call that story, the near-sacrifice of Isaac, "The Binding."