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would</c><00:17:37.640><c> you</c><00:17:37.759><c> say?</c> 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.960 Abraham. 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:42.440 What's<00:17:41.400><c> this</c><00:17:41.559><c> idea</c><00:17:41.900><c> of</c><00:17:42.140><c> gates,</c> 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:44.380 Abraham,<00:17:43.599><c> Hebron?</c><00:17:43.960><c> What's</c><00:17:44.259><c> the</c> 00:17:44.380 --> 00:17:46.660 point<00:17:44.880><c> in</c><00:17:45.099><c> being</c><00:17:45.259><c> made</c><00:17:45.559><c> here?</c> 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.279 Exactly. 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:53.480 I<00:17:51.619><c> told</c><00:17:51.799><c> you</c><00:17:51.940><c> you</c><00:17:51.980><c> should</c><00:17:52.140><c> be</c><00:17:52.359><c> up</c><00:17:52.519><c> here.</c> 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:57.259 Genesis<00:17:56.160><c> 22,</c> 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:58.880 your<00:17:58.019><c> descendants</c> 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:01.000 will<00:17:59.500><c> possess</c><00:18:00.140><c> the</c><00:18:00.640><c> gate</c> 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00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:10.480 He<00:39:09.119><c> knows</c><00:39:09.519><c> there's</c><00:39:09.840><c> a</c><00:39:09.960><c> good</c><00:39:10.139><c> chance</c> 00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:12.559 he's<00:39:10.780><c> about</c><00:39:11.119><c> to</c><00:39:11.400><c> die.</c> 00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:14.340 And<00:39:13.360><c> he</c><00:39:13.579><c> is</c><00:39:13.860><c> starting</c> 00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:16.360 to<00:39:14.760><c> believe</c><00:39:15.019><c> that</c><00:39:15.219><c> he</c><00:39:15.380><c> will</c><00:39:15.579><c> be</c><00:39:15.760><c> in</c><00:39:15.920><c> the</c><00:39:16.099><c> kingdom</c> 00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:18.500 despite<00:39:16.880><c> his</c><00:39:17.199><c> faults.</c><00:39:17.480><c> But</c><00:39:17.679><c> the</c><00:39:17.900><c> big</c><00:39:18.139><c> question</c> 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:20.599 in<00:39:18.659><c> Samson's</c><00:39:19.360><c> mind,</c><00:39:19.800><c> and</c><00:39:19.980><c> this</c><00:39:20.199><c> 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