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extremely</c><00:11:34.399><c> long</c><00:11:34.779><c> time</c><00:11:35.320><c> for</c><00:11:35.779><c> Joseph,</c> 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:38.700 to<00:11:36.539><c> the</c><00:11:36.720><c> point</c><00:11:36.980><c> where</c><00:11:37.179><c> he</c><00:11:37.419><c> said</c><00:11:37.779><c> that,</c> 00:11:38.740 --> 00:11:42.379 I<00:11:38.740><c> am</c><00:11:38.940><c> never</c><00:11:39.200><c> going</c><00:11:39.360><c> to</c><00:11:39.460><c> get</c><00:11:39.600><c> over</c><00:11:39.860><c> this.</c><00:11:40.740><c> I</c><00:11:41.240><c> am</c><00:11:41.440><c> going</c><00:11:41.620><c> to</c><00:11:41.899><c> die</c> 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:44.299 mourning<00:11:42.860><c> for</c><00:11:43.120><c> my</c><00:11:43.399><c> son.</c> 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:50.519 And<00:11:45.679><c> we</c><00:11:45.779><c> know</c><00:11:45.919><c> this</c><00:11:46.080><c> is</c><00:11:46.299><c> the</c><00:11:46.340><c> case</c><00:11:46.559><c> because</c><00:11:46.919><c> years</c><00:11:47.539><c> later,</c><00:11:48.460><c> when</c><00:11:48.919><c> they</c><00:11:49.820><c> want</c><00:11:50.059><c> to</c> 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:55.240 take<00:11:51.419><c> Benjamin</c><00:11:52.240><c> to</c><00:11:52.620><c> Egypt,</c><00:11:54.480><c> what</c><00:11:54.659><c> does</c><00:11:54.799><c> he</c><00:11:54.960><c> say?</c> 00:11:55.240 --> 00:12:00.100 He<00:11:55.299><c> says,</c><00:11:55.820><c> my</c><00:11:55.960><c> son</c><00:11:56.320><c> Jacob</c><00:11:56.820><c> is</c><00:11:57.299><c> gone,</c><00:11:58.059><c> and</c><00:11:58.259><c> my</c><00:11:58.500><c> son</c><00:11:59.039><c> Simeon</c><00:11:59.639><c> is</c> 00:12:00.100 --> 00:12:02.919 gone,<00:12:00.620><c> and</c><00:12:00.879><c> now</c><00:12:01.120><c> you're</c><00:12:01.320><c> going</c><00:12:01.440><c> to</c><00:12:01.639><c> take</c><00:12:01.860><c> him</c><00:12:02.200><c> from</c><00:12:02.419><c> me</c><00:12:02.700><c> too.</c> 00:12:03.259 --> 00:12:10.740 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brothers</c><00:12:27.779><c> and</c><00:12:28.000><c> sisters,</c><00:12:30.259><c> that</c> 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.019 the<00:12:30.879><c> coat</c><00:12:31.179><c> and</c><00:12:31.799><c> all</c><00:12:32.059><c> the</c><00:12:32.240><c> things</c><00:12:32.419><c> behind</c><00:12:32.820><c> it,</c> 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:37.159 making<00:12:33.379><c> Joseph</c><00:12:33.980><c> the</c><00:12:34.360><c> leader</c><00:12:34.600><c> of</c><00:12:34.779><c> the</c><00:12:34.980><c> family,</c><00:12:36.320><c> was</c><00:12:36.659><c> actually</c> 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.679 a<00:12:37.480><c> sign</c><00:12:37.899><c> of</c><00:12:38.340><c> Jacob's</c><00:12:38.860><c> faith.</c> 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:43.840 Now<00:12:40.659><c> the</c><00:12:40.759><c> title</c><00:12:41.080><c> of</c><00:12:41.259><c> this</c><00:12:41.500><c> class</c><00:12:41.799><c> is</c><00:12:42.059><c> His</c><00:12:42.259><c> Faith</c><00:12:42.700><c> and</c><00:12:43.139><c> 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visited</c><00:16:49.679><c> her,</c><00:16:52.179><c> and</c><00:16:52.539><c> because</c><00:16:52.899><c> of</c> 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:53.940 that<00:16:53.320><c> visitation,</c> 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:58.259 the<00:16:54.100><c> son</c><00:16:54.259><c> of</c><00:16:54.440><c> the</c><00:16:54.620><c> promise</c><00:16:54.899><c> was</c><00:16:55.179><c> born</c><00:16:55.559><c> in</c><00:16:56.100><c> Isaac,</c><00:16:57.179><c> Genesis</c><00:16:57.440><c> 21</c> 00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:59.840 verse<00:16:58.659><c> 3.</c> 00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:04.380 And<00:17:01.220><c> you</c><00:17:01.299><c> go</c><00:17:01.460><c> to</c><00:17:01.620><c> the</c><00:17:01.720><c> next</c><00:17:01.960><c> generation,</c><00:17:02.519><c> Isaac.</c><00:17:03.539><c> Isaac</c><00:17:03.960><c> also</c> 00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:08.460 had<00:17:04.599><c> a</c><00:17:04.759><c> barren</c><00:17:05.019><c> wife</c><00:17:05.680><c> from</c><00:17:07.259><c> Genesis</c><00:17:07.640><c> 25,</c> 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:14.980 and<00:17:09.180><c> God</c><00:17:09.480><c> visits</c><00:17:09.920><c> her</c><00:17:10.759><c> in</c><00:17:11.180><c> that</c><00:17:11.420><c> same</c><00:17:11.680><c> chapter,</c><00:17:14.579><c> and</c><00:17:14.740><c> the</c><00:17:14.880><c> son</c> 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:17.160 of<00:17:15.119><c> the</c><00:17:15.359><c> promise</c><00:17:15.619><c> is</c><00:17:15.859><c> born.</c> 00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:28.200 And<00:17:19.339><c> look</c><00:17:19.579><c> at</c><00:17:19.720><c> Jacob.</c><00:17:22.000><c> Jacob</c><00:17:22.559><c> has</c><00:17:23.420><c> a</c><00:17:23.599><c> barren</c><00:17:23.819><c> wife,</c><00:17:27.759><c> and</c><00:17:27.880><c> God</c> 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:30.680 comes<00:17:28.740><c> and</c><00:17:29.200><c> visits</c><00:17:29.579><c> her.</c> 00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:34.920 So<00:17:32.559><c> what,</c><00:17:33.380><c> brothers</c><00:17:33.380><c> and</c><00:17:33.700><c> sisters,</c><00:17:34.000><c> 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the</c><00:17:47.140><c> child</c><00:17:47.480><c> of</c><00:17:47.660><c> the</c><00:17:47.839><c> promise.</c> 00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:54.140 And<00:17:50.779><c> Jacob</c><00:17:51.079><c> sees</c><00:17:51.500><c> this</c><00:17:51.839><c> in</c><00:17:52.000><c> his</c><00:17:52.299><c> own</c><00:17:52.619><c> life</c><00:17:52.960><c> when</c><00:17:53.200><c> his</c><00:17:53.660><c> barren</c> 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:58.279 wife<00:17:54.819><c> is</c><00:17:56.700><c> visited</c><00:17:57.160><c> by</c><00:17:57.519><c> the</c><00:17:57.859><c> Lord,</c> 00:17:58.420 --> 00:18:02.859 and<00:17:58.819><c> the</c><00:17:59.519><c> child</c><00:18:00.079><c> that</c><00:18:00.400><c> is</c><00:18:00.759><c> born</c><00:18:01.180><c> of</c><00:18:01.559><c> that</c><00:18:01.900><c> visitation,</c><00:18:02.599><c> what</c> 00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:05.319 is<00:18:03.119><c> he</c><00:18:03.380><c> thinking,</c><00:18:03.799><c> brothers</c><00:18:04.140><c> and</c><00:18:04.380><c> 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promise,</c><00:23:38.859><c> to</c><00:23:39.039><c> the</c><00:23:39.039><c> land</c> 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.440 of<00:23:39.500><c> Canaan.</c> 00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:56.799 Now,<00:23:51.240><c> look</c><00:23:51.240><c> at</c><00:23:51.440><c> the</c><00:23:52.700><c> reason</c><00:23:53.480><c> that</c><00:23:54.259><c> Jacob</c><00:23:54.920><c> leaves</c><00:23:55.779><c> to</c><00:23:55.980><c> go</c><00:23:56.319><c> back</c> 00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:58.940 to<00:23:57.279><c> his</c><00:23:57.980><c> land.</c> 00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:04.440 In<00:24:00.220><c> verse</c><00:24:00.420><c> 25,</c><00:24:01.519><c> And</c><00:24:01.680><c> it</c><00:24:01.839><c> came</c><00:24:02.079><c> to</c><00:24:02.319><c> pass,</c><00:24:03.319><c> when</c><00:24:03.539><c> Rachel</c><00:24:04.099><c> had</c> 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:07.339 borne<00:24:04.880><c> Joseph,</c><00:24:05.599><c> that</c><00:24:05.839><c> Jacob</c><00:24:06.319><c> said</c><00:24:06.559><c> unto</c><00:24:06.859><c> Laban,</c> 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:10.319 Send<00:24:07.700><c> me</c><00:24:07.980><c> away,</c><00:24:08.359><c> that</c><00:24:08.500><c> I</c><00:24:08.660><c> might</c><00:24:08.779><c> go</c><00:24:09.079><c> to</c><00:24:09.259><c> my</c><00:24:09.380><c> own</c><00:24:09.599><c> place</c><00:24:10.000><c> and</c><00:24:10.180><c> to</c> 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.619 my<00:24:10.420><c> own</c><00:24:10.640><c> country.</c> 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:18.119 Why<00:24:13.000><c> did</c><00:24:13.299><c> he</c><00:24:13.440><c> choose</c><00:24:13.900><c> now</c><00:24:14.480><c> to</c><00:24:14.960><c> leave</c><00:24:15.400><c> and</c><00:24:15.599><c> go</c><00:24:15.859><c> home</c><00:24:16.240><c> to</c><00:24:16.440><c> the</c><00:24:16.619><c> land</c><00:24:16.839><c> of</c><00:24:17.140><c> promise?</c> 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:24.980 Very<00:24:19.920><c> specifically,</c><00:24:21.480><c> Joseph</c><00:24:21.599><c> was</c><00:24:21.880><c> born.</c><00:24:23.940><c> Now</c><00:24:24.359><c> was</c><00:24:24.579><c> the</c><00:24:24.799><c> time</c> 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.519 to<00:24:25.059><c> go</c><00:24:25.299><c> back</c><00:24:25.539><c> home.</c> 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:30.859 It<00:24:28.099><c> was</c><00:24:28.339><c> not</c><00:24:28.660><c> when</c><00:24:29.119><c> any</c><00:24:29.420><c> of</c><00:24:29.660><c> his</c><00:24:29.680><c> other</c><00:24:29.900><c> sons</c><00:24:30.160><c> were</c><00:24:30.440><c> born.</c><00:24:30.759><c> It</c> 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:32.700 was<00:24:31.059><c> when</c><00:24:31.339><c> Joseph</c><00:24:31.900><c> was</c><00:24:32.299><c> born.</c> 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:35.960 Now<00:24:33.380><c> is</c><00:24:33.619><c> the</c><00:24:33.880><c> time</c><00:24:34.039><c> to</c><00:24:34.180><c> go</c><00:24:34.440><c> home.</c><00:24:34.660><c> And</c><00:24:34.799><c> you</c><00:24:34.839><c> can</c><00:24:35.099><c> almost</c><00:24:35.380><c> hear</c> 00:24:35.960 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me.</c> 00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:57.200 Now<00:24:52.700><c> I</c><00:24:52.920><c> can,</c><00:24:54.519><c> because</c><00:24:54.839><c> the</c><00:24:55.000><c> son</c><00:24:55.140><c> of</c><00:24:55.319><c> the</c><00:24:55.539><c> promise</c><00:24:55.759><c> has</c><00:24:55.960><c> been</c><00:24:56.220><c> born.</c> 00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:05.819 The<00:25:02.539><c> son</c><00:25:02.759><c> of</c><00:25:02.900><c> the</c><00:25:03.039><c> promise,</c><00:25:03.460><c> brothers</c><00:25:03.599><c> and</c><00:25:03.779><c> sisters,</c><00:25:05.599><c> was</c> 00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.640 given<00:25:06.259><c> everything.</c> 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:16.839 In<00:25:11.960><c> Genesis</c><00:25:12.380><c> 25,</c><00:25:13.180><c> verse</c><00:25:13.339><c> 5,</c><00:25:15.099><c> let's</c><00:25:15.339><c> turn</c><00:25:15.500><c> that</c><00:25:15.660><c> up</c><00:25:15.779><c> real</c><00:25:16.019><c> quick.</c> 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:27.859 Genesis<00:25:17.480><c> 25,</c><00:25:18.000><c> verse</c><00:25:18.200><c> 5,</c><00:25:18.559><c> when</c><00:25:18.740><c> Abraham</c><00:25:19.720><c> was</c><00:25:21.680><c> referring</c><00:25:26.819><c> to</c><00:25:27.039><c> Isaac,</c> 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:37.119 we<00:25:33.500><c> read</c><00:25:33.839><c> in</c><00:25:34.180><c> 25,</c><00:25:34.819><c> verse</c><00:25:34.980><c> 5,</c><00:25:35.319><c> that</c><00:25:35.519><c> Abraham</c><00:25:35.980><c> gave</c><00:25:36.339><c> all</c><00:25:36.720><c> that</c><00:25:36.900><c> he</c> 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.640 had<00:25:37.460><c> to</c><00:25:37.759><c> Isaac.</c> 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:44.720 He<00:25:41.019><c> didn't</c><00:25:41.200><c> give</c><00:25:41.440><c> anything</c><00:25:42.000><c> to</c><00:25:43.299><c> the</c><00:25:43.460><c> firstborn</c><00:25:43.839><c> son.</c> 00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:51.920 We<00:25:46.539><c> turn</c><00:25:46.700><c> over</c><00:25:46.980><c> a</c><00:25:47.019><c> couple</c><00:25:47.259><c> chapters</c><00:25:47.740><c> to</c><00:25:48.359><c> chapter</c><00:25:48.740><c> 27,</c><00:25:50.380><c> verse</c><00:25:50.559><c> 26.</c> 00:25:53.680 --> 00:26:00.019 We<00:25:54.079><c> read,</c><00:25:55.539><c> And</c><00:25:55.720><c> his</c><00:25:55.839><c> father,</c><00:25:57.059><c> Isaac,</c><00:25:58.220><c> said</c><00:25:58.819><c> unto</c><00:25:59.400><c> him,</c><00:25:59.839><c> Come</c> 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.640 now,<00:26:00.720><c> and</c><00:26:00.799><c> kiss</c><00:26:01.019><c> me</c><00:26:01.200><c> my</c><00:26:01.420><c> son.</c> 00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:03.579 And<00:26:01.759><c> he</c><00:26:01.859><c> came</c><00:26:02.119><c> near,</c><00:26:02.420><c> and</c><00:26:02.460><c> kissed</c><00:26:02.660><c> him,</c><00:26:02.859><c> and</c><00:26:02.960><c> he</c><00:26:03.220><c> smelled</c><00:26:03.380><c> the</c> 00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:05.200 smell<00:26:03.779><c> of</c><00:26:03.900><c> his</c><00:26:04.099><c> raiment,</c><00:26:04.319><c> and</c><00:26:04.500><c> blessed</c><00:26:04.740><c> him,</c> 00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:07.640 and<00:26:05.480><c> said,</c><00:26:05.680><c> See</c><00:26:05.859><c> the</c><00:26:06.019><c> smell</c><00:26:06.259><c> of</c><00:26:06.420><c> my</c><00:26:06.619><c> son,</c><00:26:07.000><c> which</c><00:26:07.140><c> is</c><00:26:07.259><c> the</c><00:26:07.440><c> smell</c> 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:10.759 of<00:26:07.819><c> the</c><00:26:08.039><c> field</c><00:26:08.380><c> which</c><00:26:09.099><c> the</c><00:26:09.339><c> Lord</c><00:26:09.539><c> hath</c><00:26:09.740><c> blessed.</c> 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:14.799 And<00:26:12.619><c> therefore</c><00:26:12.940><c> God</c><00:26:13.319><c> give</c><00:26:13.579><c> thee</c><00:26:13.779><c> of</c><00:26:13.920><c> the</c><00:26:14.079><c> dew</c><00:26:14.200><c> of</c><00:26:14.400><c> heaven,</c><00:26:14.759><c> of</c> 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:17.099 the<00:26:15.000><c> fattest</c><00:26:15.279><c> of</c><00:26:15.440><c> the</c><00:26:15.619><c> earth,</c><00:26:15.819><c> and</c><00:26:15.960><c> the</c><00:26:16.140><c> plenty</c><00:26:16.359><c> of</c><00:26:16.720><c> the</c><00:26:16.960><c> corn,</c> 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.599 of<00:26:17.200><c> the</c><00:26:17.420><c> wine.</c> 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:20.099 And<00:26:17.819><c> let</c><00:26:17.819><c> people</c><00:26:18.160><c> serve</c><00:26:18.599><c> thee,</c><00:26:18.839><c> and</c><00:26:18.920><c> let</c><00:26:19.140><c> nations</c><00:26:19.519><c> bow</c><00:26:19.819><c> down</c> 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.559 to<00:26:20.319><c> thee.</c> 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:24.680 Be<00:26:21.099><c> Lord</c><00:26:21.380><c> over</c><00:26:21.700><c> thy</c><00:26:21.960><c> brethren,</c><00:26:22.519><c> and</c><00:26:22.619><c> let</c><00:26:22.759><c> thy</c><00:26:23.019><c> mother's</c><00:26:24.400><c> sons</c> 00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.640 bow<00:26:24.940><c> down</c><00:26:25.200><c> to</c><00:26:25.400><c> thee.</c> 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the</c><00:26:40.380><c> blessings</c><00:26:40.720><c> that</c><00:26:40.940><c> he</c><00:26:41.119><c> had</c><00:26:41.160><c> been</c><00:26:41.440><c> promised</c><00:26:41.799><c> were</c><00:26:42.079><c> given</c><00:26:43.160><c> to,</c> 00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:51.880 in<00:26:46.000><c> this</c><00:26:46.220><c> case,</c><00:26:47.279><c> granted,</c><00:26:47.880><c> Isaac</c><00:26:49.359><c> was</c><00:26:49.579><c> doing</c><00:26:49.779><c> it</c><00:26:50.019><c> incorrectly,</c><00:26:51.160><c> and</c><00:26:51.160><c> what</c><00:26:51.619><c> he</c> 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.680 thought<00:26:52.160><c> was</c><00:26:52.440><c> Esau,</c> 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:58.480 but<00:26:53.240><c> everything</c><00:26:53.660><c> he</c><00:26:54.079><c> owned</c><00:26:54.359><c> was</c><00:26:54.660><c> given</c><00:26:55.339><c> to</c><00:26:57.440><c> Jacob.</c> 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:05.519 And<00:27:01.099><c> further</c><00:27:01.380><c> on</c><00:27:01.559><c> in</c><00:27:01.720><c> the</c><00:27:01.839><c> same</c><00:27:02.079><c> chapter,</c><00:27:02.920><c> when</c><00:27:04.160><c> Esau</c><00:27:04.900><c> comes</c> 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:10.319 and<00:27:07.359><c> Isaac</c><00:27:08.299><c> realizes</c><00:27:09.000><c> his</c><00:27:09.299><c> mistake,</c> 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:15.500 this<00:27:11.740><c> is</c><00:27:11.839><c> what</c><00:27:12.039><c> Esau</c><00:27:12.380><c> says</c><00:27:12.759><c> in</c><00:27:12.920><c> verse</c><00:27:13.099><c> 36,</c><00:27:13.599><c> he</c><00:27:13.740><c> said,</c><00:27:14.039><c> Is</c><00:27:14.200><c> he</c> 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.819 not<00:27:15.720><c> rightly</c><00:27:16.000><c> named</c><00:27:16.359><c> Jacob?</c> 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:19.759 For<00:27:17.319><c> he</c><00:27:17.460><c> hath</c><00:27:17.579><c> supplanted</c><00:27:18.059><c> me</c><00:27:18.240><c> these</c><00:27:18.440><c> two</c><00:27:18.680><c> times.</c><00:27:19.000><c> He</c><00:27:19.079><c> took</c><00:27:19.279><c> away</c><00:27:19.500><c> my</c> 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:22.339 birthright,<00:27:20.539><c> but</c><00:27:20.660><c> now</c><00:27:20.940><c> he</c><00:27:21.079><c> has</c><00:27:21.259><c> taken</c><00:27:21.500><c> away</c><00:27:21.759><c> my</c><00:27:21.980><c> blessing.</c> 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:24.740 And<00:27:22.559><c> he</c><00:27:22.680><c> said,</c><00:27:22.880><c> Hast</c><00:27:23.180><c> thou</c><00:27:23.380><c> not</c><00:27:23.660><c> reserved</c><00:27:23.940><c> anything</c><00:27:24.259><c> for</c><00:27:24.460><c> me?</c> 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:27.460 And<00:27:25.259><c> Isaac</c><00:27:25.480><c> answered</c><00:27:25.900><c> and</c><00:27:26.059><c> said</c><00:27:26.240><c> unto</c><00:27:26.359><c> Esau,</c><00:27:26.859><c> Behold,</c><00:27:27.220><c> I</c><00:27:27.359><c> have</c> 00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.599 made<00:27:27.720><c> him</c><00:27:27.839><c> thy</c><00:27:28.059><c> Lord,</c> 00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:32.480 and<00:27:29.059><c> all</c><00:27:29.240><c> of</c><00:27:29.339><c> his</c><00:27:29.500><c> brethren</c><00:27:29.779><c> have</c><00:27:30.019><c> I</c><00:27:30.240><c> given</c><00:27:30.420><c> him</c><00:27:30.740><c> for</c><00:27:31.119><c> servants,</c><00:27:32.160><c> and</c><00:27:32.259><c> with</c> 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:34.440 corn<00:27:32.779><c> and</c><00:27:32.980><c> wine</c><00:27:33.240><c> have</c><00:27:33.420><c> I</c><00:27:33.599><c> sustained</c><00:27:34.039><c> him.</c> 00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:37.480 And<00:27:34.819><c> what</c><00:27:35.039><c> shall</c><00:27:35.200><c> I</c><00:27:35.400><c> now</c><00:27:35.599><c> do</c><00:27:35.759><c> unto</c><00:27:36.000><c> thee,</c><00:27:36.299><c> my</c><00:27:36.599><c> son?</c><00:27:36.839><c> He</c><00:27:37.140><c> said,</c><00:27:37.259><c> I</c> 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:39.579 have<00:27:37.559><c> given</c><00:27:37.759><c> everything</c><00:27:38.319><c> to</c><00:27:38.599><c> him.</c> 00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:51.519 And<00:27:45.859><c> so</c><00:27:46.539><c> Jacob</c><00:27:47.839><c> gave</c><00:27:48.180><c> Joseph</c><00:27:48.680><c> everything,</c><00:27:51.059><c> the</c><00:27:51.180><c> leadership</c> 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:55.279 of<00:27:51.759><c> the</c><00:27:51.920><c> family,</c><00:27:53.019><c> and</c><00:27:53.160><c> that</c><00:27:53.420><c> coat</c><00:27:53.799><c> included.</c> 00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:09.579 See,<00:28:04.819><c> Jacob</c><00:28:05.279><c> understood</c><00:28:06.240><c> that</c><00:28:08.079><c> the</c><00:28:08.359><c> spiritual</c><00:28:08.759><c> replaces</c><00:28:09.279><c> the</c> 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:12.359 natural.<00:28:10.480><c> He</c><00:28:10.740><c> understood</c><00:28:11.339><c> this.</c> 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:16.839 He<00:28:12.960><c> understood</c><00:28:13.380><c> the</c><00:28:13.640><c> promise</c><00:28:13.900><c> that</c><00:28:14.059><c> we</c><00:28:14.200><c> spoke</c><00:28:14.420><c> about</c><00:28:14.680><c> yesterday,</c><00:28:16.220><c> that</c><00:28:16.359><c> the</c><00:28:16.539><c> son</c><00:28:16.700><c> of</c> 00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:19.680 the<00:28:17.019><c> promise</c><00:28:17.339><c> should</c><00:28:17.539><c> take</c><00:28:17.859><c> the</c><00:28:18.079><c> firstborn's</c><00:28:18.819><c> place.</c> 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:27.579 He<00:28:22.000><c> knew</c><00:28:22.619><c> that</c><00:28:23.339><c> no</c><00:28:23.660><c> firstborn</c><00:28:24.160><c> son</c><00:28:24.440><c> ever</c><00:28:24.920><c> received</c><00:28:25.400><c> the</c><00:28:25.720><c> promises,</c><00:28:27.480><c> and</c> 00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:29.059 that<00:28:27.660><c> they</c><00:28:27.880><c> always</c><00:28:28.259><c> lost</c><00:28:28.940><c> it.</c> 00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:31.740 We<00:28:29.220><c> talked</c><00:28:29.460><c> about</c><00:28:29.660><c> this</c><00:28:29.980><c> in</c><00:28:30.119><c> depth</c><00:28:30.299><c> yesterday.</c><00:28:31.420><c> The</c><00:28:31.460><c> examples</c> 00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:37.799 of<00:28:32.140><c> Cain</c><00:28:32.539><c> and</c><00:28:32.740><c> Ishmael</c><00:28:33.299><c> and</c><00:28:33.460><c> Esau</c><00:28:33.980><c> and</c><00:28:34.559><c> Adam,</c><00:28:36.960><c> they</c><00:28:37.380><c> always</c> 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.299 lose<00:28:38.079><c> it.</c> 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:43.200 The<00:28:38.759><c> natural</c><00:28:39.019><c> always</c><00:28:39.720><c> is</c><00:28:40.119><c> replaced</c><00:28:40.839><c> by</c><00:28:42.039><c> the</c><00:28:42.319><c> spiritual.</c> 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:46.339 He<00:28:44.160><c> understood</c><00:28:44.619><c> this</c><00:28:44.779><c> vital</c><00:28:45.140><c> principle</c><00:28:45.539><c> that</c><00:28:45.759><c> the</c><00:28:46.000><c> natural</c> 00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:50.460 is<00:28:46.640><c> not</c><00:28:46.980><c> considered</c><00:28:47.480><c> the</c><00:28:47.779><c> firstborn</c><00:28:48.279><c> son,</c><00:28:49.079><c> but</c><00:28:49.220><c> the</c><00:28:49.480><c> son</c><00:28:49.700><c> of</c> 00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:51.160 the<00:28:50.680><c> promise.</c> 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:56.140 The<00:28:51.680><c> son</c><00:28:51.819><c> of</c><00:28:51.980><c> the</c><00:28:52.279><c> miracle</c><00:28:52.740><c> is</c><00:28:53.500><c> considered</c><00:28:53.920><c> the</c><00:28:54.480><c> firstborn</c><00:28:55.000><c> son.</c> 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:05.000 And<00:28:59.519><c> he</c><00:28:59.640><c> understood</c><00:29:00.420><c> the</c><00:29:02.339><c> principle</c><00:29:02.880><c> that</c><00:29:03.119><c> Paul</c><00:29:03.359><c> was</c><00:29:03.660><c> speaking</c><00:29:03.980><c> about</c><00:29:04.500><c> in</c><00:29:04.779><c> 1</c> 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:08.059 Corinthians<00:29:05.579><c> 15,</c><00:29:06.779><c> beginning</c><00:29:06.980><c> at</c><00:29:07.160><c> verse</c><00:29:07.359><c> 45.</c> 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:14.079 So<00:29:08.539><c> it</c><00:29:08.640><c> is</c><00:29:08.799><c> written</c><00:29:09.039><c> that</c><00:29:09.480><c> the</c><00:29:09.740><c> first</c><00:29:10.000><c> man</c><00:29:10.299><c> Adam</c><00:29:10.579><c> was</c><00:29:10.839><c> made</c><00:29:11.019><c> a</c><00:29:11.220><c> living</c><00:29:11.460><c> soul.</c><00:29:12.319><c> The</c><00:29:12.380><c> last</c><00:29:13.000><c> Adam</c><00:29:13.440><c> was</c><00:29:13.660><c> made</c><00:29:13.859><c> a</c> 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.720 quickening<00:29:14.440><c> spirit.</c> 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:18.799 How<00:29:15.059><c> be</c><00:29:15.900><c> it</c><00:29:16.240><c> that</c><00:29:16.880><c> was</c><00:29:17.140><c> not</c><00:29:17.539><c> the</c><00:29:17.799><c> first</c><00:29:18.000><c> which</c><00:29:18.160><c> is</c><00:29:18.440><c> spiritual,</c> 00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:22.099 but<00:29:19.000><c> that</c><00:29:19.220><c> which</c><00:29:19.400><c> is</c><00:29:19.619><c> natural,</c><00:29:20.299><c> and</c><00:29:20.700><c> afterward</c><00:29:21.319><c> that</c><00:29:21.880><c> which</c> 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.779 is<00:29:22.339><c> spiritual.</c> 00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:26.740 The<00:29:23.380><c> first</c><00:29:23.640><c> man</c><00:29:23.900><c> is</c><00:29:24.079><c> earthy,</c><00:29:24.940><c> is</c><00:29:25.059><c> of</c><00:29:25.220><c> the</c><00:29:25.420><c> earth</c><00:29:25.619><c> earthy.</c><00:29:26.460><c> The</c> 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:28.500 second<00:29:26.980><c> man</c><00:29:27.339><c> is</c><00:29:27.519><c> the</c><00:29:27.720><c> Lord</c><00:29:27.900><c> from</c><00:29:28.099><c> heaven.</c> 00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:33.400 As<00:29:29.279><c> is</c><00:29:29.500><c> the</c><00:29:29.740><c> earthy,</c><00:29:30.240><c> such</c><00:29:30.359><c> are</c><00:29:30.740><c> they</c><00:29:30.940><c> that</c><00:29:31.119><c> also</c><00:29:31.759><c> are</c><00:29:32.720><c> earthy.</c> 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:37.720 And<00:29:33.799><c> as</c><00:29:34.099><c> is</c><00:29:34.440><c> the</c><00:29:34.680><c> heavenly,</c><00:29:35.380><c> such</c><00:29:35.539><c> are</c><00:29:35.779><c> they</c><00:29:35.980><c> also</c><00:29:36.519><c> that</c><00:29:36.740><c> are</c><00:29:36.920><c> heavenly.</c> 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:42.059 And<00:29:38.680><c> as</c><00:29:38.960><c> we</c><00:29:39.140><c> have</c><00:29:39.339><c> borne</c><00:29:39.619><c> the</c><00:29:39.859><c> image</c><00:29:40.039><c> of</c><00:29:40.240><c> the</c><00:29:40.380><c> earthly,</c><00:29:40.940><c> so</c><00:29:41.440><c> shall</c><00:29:41.839><c> we</c> 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:44.940 also<00:29:42.559><c> bear</c><00:29:42.759><c> the</c><00:29:43.099><c> image</c><00:29:43.579><c> of</c><00:29:44.119><c> the</c><00:29:44.240><c> heavenly.</c> 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:49.559 And<00:29:47.400><c> he</c><00:29:47.559><c> understood</c><00:29:47.920><c> this</c><00:29:48.160><c> principle,</c><00:29:48.759><c> and</c><00:29:48.960><c> he</c><00:29:49.140><c> understood</c> 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:52.440 that<00:29:49.740><c> the</c><00:29:49.900><c> son</c><00:29:50.000><c> of</c><00:29:50.160><c> the</c><00:29:50.359><c> promise</c><00:29:50.799><c> was</c><00:29:51.119><c> to</c><00:29:51.339><c> be</c><00:29:51.500><c> the</c><00:29:51.640><c> leader.</c> 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:58.420 That<00:29:54.039><c> the</c><00:29:54.420><c> son</c><00:29:54.599><c> of</c><00:29:54.720><c> the</c><00:29:54.859><c> promise</c><00:29:55.140><c> replaced</c><00:29:56.339><c> the</c><00:29:56.900><c> eldest</c><00:29:57.119><c> son.</c> 00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:03.599 And<00:29:59.200><c> brothers</c><00:29:59.460><c> and</c><00:29:59.559><c> sisters,</c><00:30:00.819><c> he</c><00:30:00.940><c> was</c><00:30:01.160><c> right,</c><00:30:01.539><c> wasn't</c><00:30:01.900><c> he?</c> 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:08.319 That<00:30:05.099><c> salvation</c><00:30:05.559><c> did</c><00:30:05.980><c> in</c><00:30:06.160><c> fact</c><00:30:06.460><c> come</c><00:30:06.880><c> through</c><00:30:07.299><c> Joseph.</c> 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:11.859 He<00:30:09.319><c> did</c><00:30:09.579><c> go</c><00:30:09.819><c> down</c><00:30:10.019><c> to</c><00:30:10.220><c> Egypt,</c><00:30:10.680><c> and</c><00:30:10.799><c> it</c><00:30:10.819><c> was</c><00:30:11.079><c> through</c><00:30:11.359><c> him</c><00:30:11.640><c> that</c> 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:14.140 salvation<00:30:12.400><c> was</c><00:30:12.660><c> brought</c><00:30:12.880><c> to</c><00:30:13.039><c> the</c><00:30:13.259><c> family.</c> 00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:19.519 He<00:30:15.960><c> was</c><00:30:16.440><c> the</c><00:30:16.680><c> most</c><00:30:16.960><c> spiritually</c><00:30:17.539><c> minded</c><00:30:18.019><c> of</c><00:30:18.240><c> all</c><00:30:18.460><c> the</c><00:30:18.640><c> sons.</c> 00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:25.420 And<00:30:21.079><c> we</c><00:30:21.259><c> know</c><00:30:21.440><c> that</c><00:30:21.660><c> Joseph</c><00:30:22.180><c> was</c><00:30:22.940><c> one</c><00:30:23.480><c> of</c><00:30:23.680><c> the</c><00:30:24.380><c> most</c><00:30:24.859><c> wonderful</c> 00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:28.460 types<00:30:25.880><c> of</c><00:30:26.079><c> the</c><00:30:26.240><c> Lord</c><00:30:26.420><c> Jesus</c><00:30:26.779><c> Christ,</c><00:30:27.380><c> wasn't</c><00:30:27.519><c> he?</c> 00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:31.980 I<00:30:29.240><c> mean</c><00:30:29.299><c> you</c><00:30:29.420><c> just</c><00:30:29.559><c> go</c><00:30:29.720><c> through</c><00:30:29.980><c> the</c><00:30:30.259><c> story</c><00:30:30.720><c> and</c><00:30:30.940><c> they</c><00:30:31.119><c> just</c><00:30:31.359><c> pop</c><00:30:31.599><c> out</c><00:30:31.839><c> at</c> 00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:34.099 you<00:30:32.160><c> all</c><00:30:32.440><c> over</c><00:30:32.700><c> the</c><00:30:32.900><c> place.</c> 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:42.660 Jacob<00:30:38.539><c> was</c><00:30:39.099><c> correct</c><00:30:39.700><c> in</c><00:30:40.140><c> this.</c><00:30:40.960><c> This</c><00:30:41.240><c> was</c><00:30:41.539><c> his</c><00:30:41.819><c> faith.</c> 00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:45.859 He<00:30:43.619><c> didn't</c><00:30:43.819><c> do</c><00:30:44.019><c> the</c><00:30:44.220><c> wrong</c><00:30:44.460><c> thing</c><00:30:44.779><c> by</c><00:30:45.000><c> giving</c><00:30:45.200><c> the</c><00:30:45.440><c> leadership</c> 00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:47.079 to<00:30:46.240><c> Joseph.</c> 00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:50.960 And<00:30:48.460><c> interestingly</c><00:30:48.980><c> enough,</c><00:30:49.619><c> brothers</c><00:30:49.660><c> and</c><00:30:49.880><c> sisters,</c> 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:56.960 Jacob's<00:30:53.220><c> demonstration</c><00:30:53.740><c> of</c><00:30:53.960><c> his</c><00:30:54.240><c> understanding</c><00:30:54.839><c> of</c><00:30:55.059><c> this</c><00:30:55.299><c> principle</c><00:30:55.740><c> that</c><00:30:55.980><c> the</c><00:30:56.240><c> firstborn</c><00:30:56.700><c> is</c> 00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:59.519 replaced<00:30:57.480><c> by</c><00:30:57.720><c> the</c><00:30:57.880><c> son</c><00:30:58.000><c> of</c><00:30:58.140><c> the</c><00:30:58.339><c> promise</c> 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:03.380 is<00:31:01.079><c> one</c><00:31:01.319><c> of</c><00:31:01.460><c> his</c><00:31:01.680><c> great</c><00:31:02.000><c> acts</c><00:31:02.299><c> of</c><00:31:02.579><c> faith.</c> 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:08.640 Now<00:31:06.460><c> where</c><00:31:06.599><c> do</c><00:31:06.740><c> we</c><00:31:06.799><c> get</c><00:31:06.960><c> that</c><00:31:07.240><c> from?</c><00:31:07.539><c> Well,</c><00:31:07.839><c> consider</c><00:31:08.259><c> Hebrews</c> 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:10.940 chapter<00:31:09.019><c> 11,</c><00:31:09.380><c> verse</c><00:31:09.579><c> 21.</c> 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:13.759 Turn<00:31:12.160><c> that</c><00:31:12.359><c> up</c><00:31:12.500><c> with</c><00:31:12.619><c> me</c><00:31:12.779><c> really</c><00:31:13.059><c> quick.</c> 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:17.279 So<00:31:15.039><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:15.359><c> 11,</c><00:31:15.759><c> of</c><00:31:16.019><c> course,</c><00:31:16.380><c> is</c><00:31:16.539><c> the</c><00:31:16.700><c> faith</c><00:31:16.900><c> chapter.</c> 00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:23.119 It's<00:31:17.599><c> a</c><00:31:17.680><c> chapter</c><00:31:18.599><c> of</c><00:31:20.200><c> explaining</c><00:31:20.900><c> how</c><00:31:21.400><c> all</c><00:31:21.859><c> of</c><00:31:22.119><c> the</c><00:31:22.559><c> characters</c><00:31:22.859><c> in</c><00:31:23.039><c> the</c> 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.880 Old<00:31:23.299><c> Testament</c> 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:27.519 let<00:31:24.619><c> their</c><00:31:25.059><c> faith</c><00:31:25.660><c> be</c><00:31:26.559><c> turned</c><00:31:26.759><c> into</c><00:31:27.140><c> action.</c> 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:31.079 And<00:31:27.859><c> sometimes</c><00:31:28.240><c> these</c><00:31:28.539><c> actions</c><00:31:28.880><c> didn't</c><00:31:29.259><c> make</c><00:31:29.619><c> very</c><00:31:30.000><c> much</c><00:31:30.240><c> sense</c><00:31:30.579><c> from</c><00:31:30.799><c> a</c> 00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:33.079 human<00:31:31.279><c> point</c><00:31:31.700><c> of</c><00:31:31.940><c> view.</c> 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:38.599 In<00:31:34.859><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:35.099><c> chapter</c><00:31:35.519><c> 11,</c><00:31:36.759><c> reading</c><00:31:37.019><c> at</c><00:31:37.279><c> verse</c><00:31:37.640><c> 21,</c><00:31:38.259><c> speaking</c> 00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:41.180 about<00:31:39.579><c> Jacob.</c> 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:45.720 By<00:31:42.119><c> faith,</c><00:31:42.720><c> Jacob,</c><00:31:43.259><c> when</c><00:31:43.480><c> he</c><00:31:43.619><c> was</c><00:31:43.940><c> dying,</c><00:31:44.660><c> blessed</c><00:31:44.900><c> both</c><00:31:45.480><c> the</c> 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:47.759 sons<00:31:45.980><c> of</c><00:31:46.259><c> Joseph</c><00:31:46.660><c> and</c><00:31:47.299><c> worshiped,</c> 00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:50.819 leaning<00:31:47.980><c> upon</c><00:31:48.279><c> his</c><00:31:48.519><c> staff,</c><00:31:48.960><c> and</c><00:31:48.960><c> say,</c><00:31:49.480><c> okay,</c><00:31:49.519><c> so</c><00:31:49.700><c> how</c><00:31:49.859><c> is</c><00:31:50.119><c> that</c> 00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:55.359 a<00:31:51.059><c> proof</c><00:31:51.220><c> of</c><00:31:51.380><c> his</c><00:31:51.660><c> knowledge</c><00:31:52.460><c> of</c><00:31:54.079><c> this</c><00:31:54.359><c> principle?</c> 00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:59.619 Remember,<00:31:56.420><c> brothers</c><00:31:56.819><c> and</c><00:31:57.019><c> sisters,</c><00:31:57.220><c> of</c><00:31:57.440><c> all</c><00:31:57.680><c> the</c><00:31:57.920><c> things</c><00:31:58.200><c> that</c><00:31:58.500><c> Jacob</c><00:31:58.900><c> did</c> 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:01.619 in<00:32:00.460><c> his</c><00:32:00.759><c> life,</c> 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:06.680 blessing<00:32:02.119><c> the</c><00:32:02.440><c> sons</c><00:32:02.660><c> of</c><00:32:02.980><c> Joseph</c><00:32:03.539><c> is</c><00:32:05.079><c> counted</c><00:32:05.420><c> as</c><00:32:05.900><c> his</c><00:32:06.400><c> great</c> 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:08.759 demonstration<00:32:07.480><c> of</c><00:32:07.799><c> faith.</c> 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:12.059 When<00:32:09.759><c> he</c><00:32:10.000><c> did</c><00:32:10.240><c> something</c><00:32:10.700><c> that</c><00:32:10.940><c> doesn't</c><00:32:11.339><c> make</c><00:32:11.700><c> sense,</c><00:32:11.920><c> when</c> 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:15.619 he<00:32:12.420><c> believed</c><00:32:12.759><c> the</c><00:32:13.019><c> promises</c><00:32:13.319><c> of</c><00:32:14.339><c> God</c><00:32:14.640><c> so</c><00:32:15.039><c> much</c> 00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:18.599 that<00:32:16.480><c> it</c><00:32:16.720><c> changed</c><00:32:17.079><c> what</c><00:32:17.259><c> he</c><00:32:17.440><c> did.</c> 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:22.799 So<00:32:19.880><c> let's</c><00:32:20.039><c> go</c><00:32:20.200><c> back</c><00:32:20.420><c> and</c><00:32:20.500><c> take</c><00:32:20.720><c> a</c><00:32:20.799><c> look</c><00:32:21.000><c> at</c><00:32:21.380><c> that</c><00:32:21.799><c> chapter</c><00:32:22.160><c> real</c><00:32:22.460><c> quick,</c> 00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:28.319 where<00:32:23.460><c> he</c><00:32:24.160><c> does</c><00:32:24.460><c> the</c><00:32:24.700><c> blessing</c><00:32:25.180><c> of</c><00:32:26.019><c> the</c><00:32:26.180><c> sons</c><00:32:26.380><c> of</c><00:32:26.619><c> Joseph,</c><00:32:27.779><c> back</c><00:32:27.920><c> in</c> 00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.960 Genesis<00:32:28.720><c> chapter</c><00:32:29.140><c> 48.</c> 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:42.059 In<00:32:34.859><c> Genesis</c><00:32:35.259><c> chapter</c><00:32:35.660><c> 48,</c><00:32:36.740><c> beginning</c><00:32:36.779><c> at</c><00:32:37.000><c> verse</c><00:32:37.220><c> 13.</c> 00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:45.839 And<00:32:43.220><c> Joseph</c><00:32:43.579><c> took</c><00:32:43.900><c> both</c><00:32:44.259><c> of</c><00:32:44.440><c> them,</c><00:32:44.940><c> Ephraim</c><00:32:45.180><c> in</c><00:32:45.319><c> his</c><00:32:45.559><c> right</c> 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:48.220 hand,<00:32:46.460><c> toward</c><00:32:46.880><c> Israel's</c><00:32:47.660><c> left</c><00:32:48.000><c> hand,</c> 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:51.700 and<00:32:48.460><c> Manasseh</c><00:32:48.940><c> in</c><00:32:49.059><c> his</c><00:32:49.319><c> left</c><00:32:49.680><c> hand,</c><00:32:50.160><c> toward</c><00:32:50.720><c> Israel's</c><00:32:51.440><c> right</c> 00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.559 hand,<00:32:52.059><c> and</c><00:32:52.240><c> brought</c><00:32:52.420><c> them</c><00:32:52.660><c> near</c><00:32:52.900><c> unto</c><00:32:53.220><c> him.</c> 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:56.599 Now,<00:32:54.279><c> why</c><00:32:54.500><c> did</c><00:32:54.740><c> Joseph</c><00:32:55.140><c> do</c><00:32:55.480><c> this?</c> 00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.660 He's<00:32:57.759><c> very</c><00:32:58.079><c> specific.</c> 00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.440 He<00:32:58.880><c> wanted</c><00:32:59.359><c> Manasseh</c><00:32:59.440><c> in</c><00:32:59.440><c> his</c><00:32:59.440><c> left</c><00:32:59.440><c> hand,</c><00:32:59.440><c> toward</c><00:32:59.440><c> Israel's</c> 00:32:59.440 --> 00:32:59.440 right<00:32:59.440><c> hand,</c> 00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:04.559 and<00:32:59.740><c> Manasseh,</c><00:33:00.480><c> who</c><00:33:00.579><c> was</c><00:33:00.920><c> Joseph's</c><00:33:01.519><c> firstborn</c><00:33:01.920><c> son,</c><00:33:03.700><c> to</c><00:33:04.319><c> the</c> 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:06.579 right<00:33:04.980><c> hand</c><00:33:05.859><c> of</c><00:33:06.299><c> Jacob.</c> 00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:11.240 So<00:33:06.839><c> when</c><00:33:07.039><c> Jacob</c><00:33:07.500><c> blessed,</c><00:33:08.180><c> his</c><00:33:08.319><c> right</c><00:33:08.680><c> hand</c><00:33:08.880><c> would</c><00:33:09.079><c> be</c><00:33:09.220><c> on</c><00:33:09.380><c> 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00:34:03.940 and<00:33:59.579><c> let</c><00:33:59.779><c> my</c><00:34:00.140><c> name</c><00:34:00.380><c> be</c><00:34:00.619><c> upon</c><00:34:00.960><c> them</c><00:34:01.359><c> and</c><00:34:01.779><c> the</c><00:34:01.920><c> name</c><00:34:02.119><c> of</c><00:34:02.339><c> my</c><00:34:02.559><c> fathers</c><00:34:02.900><c> Abraham</c><00:34:03.319><c> and</c><00:34:03.519><c> Isaac,</c> 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:07.259 and<00:34:04.440><c> let</c><00:34:04.660><c> them</c><00:34:04.920><c> grow</c><00:34:05.319><c> in</c><00:34:05.579><c> multitude</c><00:34:06.059><c> in</c><00:34:06.299><c> the</c><00:34:06.440><c> midst</c><00:34:06.619><c> of</c><00:34:06.799><c> the</c><00:34:06.960><c> earth.</c> 00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:10.519 And<00:34:07.880><c> when</c><00:34:08.079><c> Joseph</c><00:34:08.420><c> saw</c><00:34:08.820><c> that</c><00:34:09.019><c> his</c><00:34:09.139><c> father</c><00:34:09.440><c> had</c><00:34:09.639><c> laid</c><00:34:09.739><c> his</c><00:34:09.940><c> right</c><00:34:10.219><c> hand</c> 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.880 upon<00:34:10.960><c> the</c><00:34:11.079><c> head</c><00:34:11.280><c> of</c><00:34:11.440><c> Ephraim,</c> 00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:14.699 it<00:34:12.199><c> displeased</c><00:34:12.579><c> him,</c><00:34:13.039><c> and</c><00:34:13.300><c> he</c><00:34:13.440><c> held</c><00:34:13.579><c> up</c><00:34:13.780><c> his</c><00:34:13.980><c> father's</c><00:34:14.460><c> hand</c> 00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.840 to<00:34:14.940><c> remove</c><00:34:15.239><c> it</c> 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:18.760 from<00:34:16.039><c> Ephraim's</c><00:34:16.639><c> head</c><00:34:16.760><c> and</c><00:34:16.980><c> unto</c><00:34:17.400><c> Manasseh's</c><00:34:18.000><c> head.</c> 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:21.300 And<00:34:19.139><c> Joseph</c><00:34:19.460><c> said</c><00:34:19.679><c> unto</c><00:34:19.860><c> his</c><00:34:20.039><c> father,</c><00:34:20.440><c> Not</c><00:34:20.559><c> so,</c><00:34:20.820><c> my</c><00:34:21.039><c> father,</c> 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.559 for<00:34:21.480><c> this</c><00:34:21.719><c> is</c><00:34:21.880><c> the</c><00:34:22.079><c> firstborn.</c> 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:24.679 Put<00:34:22.760><c> your</c><00:34:22.920><c> right</c><00:34:23.199><c> hand</c><00:34:23.380><c> on</c><00:34:23.519><c> his</c><00:34:23.840><c> head.</c> 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:29.559 And<00:34:24.960><c> his</c><00:34:25.139><c> father</c><00:34:25.699><c> refused</c><00:34:27.039><c> and</c><00:34:27.840><c> said,</c><00:34:28.480><c> I</c><00:34:28.699><c> know</c><00:34:28.920><c> it,</c><00:34:29.099><c> my</c><00:34:29.300><c> son.</c> 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.960 I<00:34:30.199><c> know</c><00:34:30.440><c> it.</c> 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:34.300 He<00:34:31.579><c> also</c><00:34:32.000><c> shall</c><00:34:32.179><c> become</c><00:34:32.460><c> a</c><00:34:32.699><c> people,</c><00:34:33.039><c> and</c><00:34:33.139><c> he</c><00:34:33.320><c> also</c><00:34:33.619><c> shall</c><00:34:33.820><c> be</c><00:34:34.099><c> great.</c> 00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:38.420 But<00:34:34.619><c> truly</c><00:34:34.940><c> his</c><00:34:35.300><c> younger</c><00:34:35.800><c> brother</c><00:34:36.400><c> shall</c><00:34:36.719><c> be</c><00:34:37.159><c> greater</c><00:34:37.500><c> than</c><00:34:37.920><c> he,</c> 00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:43.280 and<00:34:39.039><c> his</c><00:34:39.719><c> seed</c><00:34:40.000><c> shall</c><00:34:40.280><c> become</c><00:34:40.840><c> a</c><00:34:41.420><c> multitude</c><00:34:42.059><c> of</c><00:34:42.840><c> nations.</c> 00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:46.900 And<00:34:43.500><c> he</c><00:34:43.780><c> blessed</c><00:34:43.980><c> them</c><00:34:44.239><c> that</c><00:34:44.579><c> day,</c><00:34:45.219><c> saying,</c><00:34:45.519><c> And</c><00:34:45.579><c> thee</c><00:34:46.300><c> shall</c> 00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:48.199 Israel<00:34:47.719><c> bless,</c> 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:51.800 saying,<00:34:48.739><c> God</c><00:34:49.039><c> make</c><00:34:49.360><c> thee</c><00:34:49.699><c> as</c><00:34:50.059><c> Ephraim</c><00:34:50.559><c> and</c><00:34:50.800><c> as</c><00:34:51.039><c> Manasseh.</c> 00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:56.440 And<00:34:52.019><c> he</c><00:34:52.280><c> set</c><00:34:52.599><c> Ephraim</c><00:34:53.300><c> before</c><00:34:53.900><c> Manasseh.</c> 00:34:56.920 --> 00:35:03.519 This<00:34:57.300><c> was</c><00:34:58.139><c> Jacob's</c><00:34:58.900><c> act</c><00:34:59.239><c> of</c><00:34:59.500><c> faith</c><00:34:59.699><c> that's</c><00:35:00.039><c> recorded</c><00:35:00.760><c> in</c><00:35:02.079><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:02.500><c> chapter</c><00:35:03.000><c> 11,</c> 00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:09.760 when<00:35:04.059><c> he</c><00:35:04.599><c> switched</c><00:35:05.000><c> and</c><00:35:05.400><c> he</c><00:35:06.000><c> blessed</c><00:35:06.380><c> the</c><00:35:06.760><c> younger</c><00:35:07.199><c> son</c><00:35:08.079><c> over</c> 00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.760 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00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:39.300 that<00:35:35.000><c> God</c><00:35:35.239><c> would</c><00:35:35.579><c> cause</c><00:35:35.820><c> them</c><00:35:36.059><c> to</c><00:35:36.420><c> prosper</c><00:35:37.199><c> when</c><00:35:38.880><c> they</c><00:35:39.159><c> were</c> 00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:40.699 keeping<00:35:39.579><c> the</c><00:35:39.840><c> covenant.</c> 00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:47.199 And<00:35:42.659><c> it's</c><00:35:42.920><c> the</c><00:35:43.059><c> word</c><00:35:43.280><c> used</c><00:35:43.659><c> wisely</c><00:35:44.320><c> in</c><00:35:44.679><c> 1</c><00:35:44.900><c> Samuel</c><00:35:45.260><c> 18</c><00:35:45.800><c> in</c><00:35:46.000><c> reference</c><00:35:46.300><c> to</c><00:35:46.579><c> David.</c> 00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:49.980 It's<00:35:47.739><c> 1</c><00:35:47.960><c> Samuel</c><00:35:48.300><c> 18</c><00:35:48.739><c> verse</c><00:35:48.940><c> 14.</c> 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:56.860 This<00:35:51.039><c> was</c><00:35:51.360><c> very</c><00:35:52.420><c> specifically</c><00:35:53.019><c> done</c><00:35:53.400><c> because</c><00:35:53.900><c> he</c><00:35:54.199><c> knew</c><00:35:54.860><c> this</c><00:35:55.860><c> principle.</c> 00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:03.500 See,<00:36:01.719><c> brothers</c><00:36:01.840><c> and</c><00:36:01.900><c> sisters,</c><00:36:02.199><c> he</c><00:36:02.420><c> knew</c><00:36:02.639><c> this</c><00:36:02.940><c> principle</c><00:36:03.300><c> and</c> 00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.820 he<00:36:03.699><c> let</c><00:36:03.820><c> it</c><00:36:04.000><c> guide</c><00:36:04.199><c> his</c><00:36:04.480><c> actions,</c> 00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:11.579 not<00:36:05.079><c> only</c><00:36:05.440><c> here</c><00:36:06.139><c> in</c><00:36:06.500><c> blessing</c><00:36:06.960><c> of</c><00:36:07.639><c> Jacob's</c><00:36:08.340><c> sons,</c><00:36:09.460><c> but</c><00:36:09.579><c> in</c><00:36:09.800><c> everything</c><00:36:10.219><c> he</c><00:36:10.480><c> did.</c> 00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:16.320 He<00:36:13.480><c> ordered</c><00:36:13.800><c> his</c><00:36:14.119><c> life</c><00:36:14.360><c> and</c><00:36:14.539><c> he</c><00:36:14.760><c> gave</c><00:36:14.980><c> the</c><00:36:15.219><c> leadership</c><00:36:15.659><c> of</c><00:36:16.019><c> his</c> 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:18.519 family<00:36:16.860><c> to</c><00:36:17.360><c> Joseph</c> 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:21.599 because<00:36:20.000><c> he</c><00:36:20.219><c> knew</c><00:36:20.360><c> this</c><00:36:20.559><c> principle.</c> 00:36:26.059 --> 00:36:31.980 So<00:36:26.619><c> that</c><00:36:27.179><c> was</c><00:36:27.380><c> his</c><00:36:27.639><c> faith</c><00:36:28.099><c> as</c><00:36:29.179><c> recorded</c><00:36:29.679><c> in</c><00:36:29.920><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:30.239><c> chapter</c><00:36:30.639><c> 11.</c> 00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:38.619 But<00:36:36.099><c> we're</c><00:36:36.219><c> going</c><00:36:36.280><c> to</c><00:36:36.400><c> talk</c><00:36:36.559><c> about</c><00:36:36.780><c> his</c><00:36:36.980><c> mistake</c><00:36:37.340><c> now.</c> 00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:46.119 We're<00:36:41.940><c> going</c><00:36:42.139><c> to</c><00:36:42.320><c> talk</c><00:36:42.519><c> about</c><00:36:42.780><c> his</c><00:36:43.019><c> mistake</c><00:36:44.039><c> in</c><00:36:45.440><c> the</c><00:36:45.920><c> things</c> 00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:47.780 that<00:36:46.619><c> he</c><00:36:46.840><c> did</c><00:36:47.139><c> and</c><00:36:47.280><c> how.</c> 00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:50.840 Because<00:36:48.340><c> this</c><00:36:48.860><c> brings</c><00:36:49.099><c> up</c><00:36:49.280><c> a</c><00:36:49.800><c> question,</c><00:36:50.320><c> brothers</c><00:36:50.460><c> and</c><00:36:50.679><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:55.460 that<00:36:51.159><c> if</c><00:36:51.440><c> in</c><00:36:52.019><c> fact</c><00:36:52.280><c> he</c><00:36:52.440><c> did</c><00:36:52.619><c> the</c><00:36:52.860><c> right</c><00:36:53.239><c> thing</c><00:36:53.880><c> by</c><00:36:54.440><c> promoting</c> 00:36:55.460 --> 00:37:01.920 Joseph<00:36:58.840><c> to</c><00:36:59.639><c> the</c><00:37:00.320><c> leadership</c><00:37:00.659><c> of</c><00:37:00.840><c> the</c><00:37:00.980><c> family,</c> 00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:06.940 it<00:37:02.400><c> destroyed</c><00:37:02.840><c> his</c><00:37:03.119><c> family,</c><00:37:05.860><c> right?</c> 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:10.619 Does<00:37:08.440><c> that</c><00:37:08.659><c> mean</c><00:37:08.860><c> that</c><00:37:09.059><c> we</c><00:37:09.159><c> can</c><00:37:09.420><c> expect,</c><00:37:09.880><c> brothers</c><00:37:10.199><c> and</c><00:37:10.380><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:13.900 that<00:37:10.780><c> if</c><00:37:11.059><c> we</c><00:37:11.539><c> follow,</c><00:37:12.039><c> do</c><00:37:12.239><c> something</c><00:37:12.559><c> in</c><00:37:12.940><c> faith,</c><00:37:13.320><c> we</c><00:37:13.619><c> can</c> 00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:16.619 expect<00:37:14.420><c> horrible</c><00:37:15.280><c> consequences?</c> 00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:20.280 It<00:37:18.920><c> doesn't</c><00:37:19.260><c> follow.</c> 00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:28.219 And<00:37:21.159><c> it</c><00:37:21.260><c> didn't</c><00:37:21.519><c> follow</c><00:37:22.119><c> for</c><00:37:23.460><c> Jacob</c><00:37:24.900><c> as</c><00:37:25.219><c> well</c><00:37:25.639><c> because</c><00:37:27.159><c> in</c><00:37:27.619><c> doing</c><00:37:27.920><c> so</c> 00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:30.019 he<00:37:28.400><c> did</c><00:37:28.679><c> make</c><00:37:28.960><c> a</c><00:37:29.159><c> mistake.</c> 00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:33.320 And<00:37:31.320><c> the</c><00:37:31.699><c> mistake</c><00:37:31.880><c> was</c><00:37:32.099><c> not</c><00:37:32.239><c> with</c><00:37:32.480><c> Joseph.</c> 00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:35.400 But<00:37:34.360><c> you</c><00:37:34.460><c> remember,</c><00:37:34.820><c> brothers</c><00:37:34.980><c> and</c><00:37:35.199><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:41.739 we<00:37:35.539><c> talked</c><00:37:35.840><c> about</c><00:37:36.159><c> how</c><00:37:36.719><c> his</c><00:37:37.159><c> entire</c><00:37:37.619><c> life</c><00:37:37.900><c> was</c><00:37:38.199><c> defined</c><00:37:38.920><c> by</c><00:37:39.980><c> the</c><00:37:41.099><c> mistake</c><00:37:41.559><c> of</c> 00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.320 his<00:37:41.940><c> father</c> 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:45.380 in<00:37:42.840><c> preferring</c><00:37:43.559><c> Esau</c><00:37:44.019><c> over</c><00:37:44.320><c> himself.</c> 00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:50.679 I<00:37:46.579><c> mean,</c><00:37:46.860><c> he</c><00:37:47.059><c> lived</c><00:37:47.739><c> through</c><00:37:48.380><c> Galatians</c><00:37:48.980><c> chapter</c><00:37:49.400><c> 4</c><00:37:49.800><c> verse</c><00:37:50.119><c> 29</c> 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.179 when<00:37:50.880><c> it</c><00:37:51.000><c> says,</c> 00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:53.980 And<00:37:51.380><c> then</c><00:37:51.679><c> he</c><00:37:51.900><c> that</c><00:37:52.000><c> was</c><00:37:52.260><c> born</c><00:37:52.500><c> after</c><00:37:52.880><c> the</c><00:37:53.179><c> flesh</c><00:37:53.380><c> persecuted</c> 00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:57.239 him<00:37:54.360><c> that</c><00:37:54.699><c> was</c><00:37:54.880><c> born</c><00:37:55.059><c> after</c><00:37:55.380><c> the</c><00:37:55.480><c> Spirit,</c><00:37:56.300><c> even</c><00:37:56.559><c> so</c><00:37:56.800><c> it</c><00:37:56.880><c> is</c><00:37:57.019><c> now.</c> 00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:02.500 Now<00:37:57.420><c> this,</c><00:37:57.800><c> of</c><00:37:57.800><c> course,</c><00:37:58.059><c> we</c><00:37:58.440><c> saw</c><00:37:58.639><c> yesterday</c><00:37:59.079><c> in</c><00:37:59.280><c> reference</c><00:37:59.619><c> specifically</c><00:38:00.519><c> to</c> 00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.780 Ishmael<00:38:03.059><c> and</c><00:38:03.260><c> Isaac.</c> 00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:07.659 But<00:38:04.500><c> it</c><00:38:04.920><c> repeated</c><00:38:05.420><c> itself</c><00:38:05.880><c> in</c><00:38:06.079><c> the</c><00:38:06.179><c> very</c><00:38:06.559><c> next</c><00:38:06.920><c> generation,</c> 00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:09.079 didn't<00:38:08.039><c> it?</c> 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:13.980 That<00:38:09.679><c> Esau</c><00:38:10.480><c> persecuted</c><00:38:11.639><c> Joseph,</c><00:38:12.980><c> Jacob.</c> 00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:18.480 And<00:38:16.239><c> we</c><00:38:16.440><c> talked</c><00:38:16.619><c> about</c><00:38:16.800><c> how</c><00:38:16.940><c> this</c><00:38:17.159><c> would</c><00:38:17.360><c> have</c><00:38:17.639><c> defined</c><00:38:18.139><c> his</c> 00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.360 entire<00:38:18.880><c> existence.</c> 00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:22.119 And<00:38:19.639><c> it</c><00:38:19.840><c> did</c><00:38:20.079><c> define</c><00:38:20.480><c> his</c><00:38:20.719><c> entire</c><00:38:21.019><c> existence.</c> 00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:27.039 That<00:38:24.260><c> this</c><00:38:24.559><c> conflict</c><00:38:25.119><c> between</c><00:38:25.539><c> the</c><00:38:25.739><c> son</c><00:38:25.860><c> of</c><00:38:25.980><c> the</c><00:38:26.179><c> promise</c><00:38:26.619><c> and</c> 00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:28.199 the<00:38:27.260><c> firstborn</c><00:38:27.719><c> son</c> 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:32.619 was<00:38:28.860><c> something</c><00:38:29.619><c> that</c><00:38:30.159><c> he</c><00:38:30.320><c> had</c><00:38:30.559><c> to</c><00:38:30.760><c> live</c><00:38:30.940><c> with</c><00:38:31.239><c> every</c><00:38:31.480><c> day.</c> 00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:38.179 His<00:38:34.559><c> entire</c><00:38:34.940><c> life</c><00:38:35.219><c> was</c><00:38:35.460><c> defined</c><00:38:35.920><c> by</c><00:38:36.139><c> this</c><00:38:36.360><c> conflict</c><00:38:36.760><c> with</c><00:38:37.000><c> Esau</c><00:38:37.400><c> and</c> 00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:39.679 Isaac's<00:38:38.760><c> choice.</c> 00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:46.739 So<00:38:40.440><c> we're</c><00:38:40.559><c> going</c><00:38:40.760><c> to</c><00:38:41.840><c> go</c><00:38:42.840><c> back</c><00:38:43.159><c> now</c><00:38:44.440><c> to</c><00:38:45.000><c> Jacob's</c><00:38:45.420><c> family</c><00:38:45.679><c> history.</c> 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:53.440 Why<00:38:48.360><c> did</c><00:38:49.119><c> he</c><00:38:49.599><c> do</c><00:38:50.400><c> what</c><00:38:50.760><c> he</c><00:38:51.059><c> did</c><00:38:51.380><c> with</c><00:38:51.579><c> respect</c><00:38:51.980><c> to</c><00:38:52.219><c> the</c><00:38:52.360><c> other</c><00:38:52.559><c> sons?</c> 00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:58.820 Because<00:38:54.360><c> that's</c><00:38:54.699><c> where</c><00:38:54.800><c> the</c><00:38:54.920><c> mistake</c><00:38:55.280><c> lay</c><00:38:55.840><c> and</c><00:38:57.280><c> how</c><00:38:57.559><c> he</c><00:38:57.820><c> treated</c><00:38:58.300><c> his</c> 00:38:58.820 --> 00:39:00.119 other<00:38:59.159><c> sons.</c> 00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:03.760 So<00:39:00.679><c> I</c><00:39:00.699><c> don't</c><00:39:00.880><c> know</c><00:39:00.940><c> if</c><00:39:01.059><c> you</c><00:39:01.219><c> noticed,</c><00:39:01.480><c> but</c><00:39:01.719><c> I</c><00:39:01.800><c> left</c><00:39:02.059><c> in</c><00:39:02.440><c> the</c><00:39:02.559><c> previous</c><00:39:03.019><c> table,</c><00:39:03.360><c> there's</c><00:39:03.579><c> an</c> 00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:05.659 extra<00:39:04.139><c> column</c><00:39:04.400><c> there.</c> 00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:09.780 Because,<00:39:06.960><c> brothers</c><00:39:06.960><c> and</c><00:39:07.039><c> sisters,</c><00:39:07.639><c> what</c><00:39:08.019><c> was</c><00:39:08.320><c> the</c><00:39:08.619><c> status</c><00:39:09.219><c> of</c> 00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:13.000 the<00:39:09.980><c> firstborn</c><00:39:10.480><c> son</c><00:39:10.960><c> in</c><00:39:11.420><c> his</c><00:39:11.699><c> family</c><00:39:11.960><c> history?</c> 00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:18.619 Every<00:39:15.019><c> time</c><00:39:15.679><c> they're</c><00:39:16.579><c> out</c><00:39:16.800><c> of</c><00:39:16.940><c> the</c><00:39:17.179><c> promise,</c><00:39:17.440><c> aren't</c><00:39:17.659><c> they?</c> 00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:23.420 Ishmael<00:39:20.380><c> was</c><00:39:20.679><c> not</c><00:39:21.219><c> part</c><00:39:21.519><c> of</c><00:39:21.699><c> the</c><00:39:21.860><c> promises.</c> 00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:30.579 Esau<00:39:28.000><c> was</c><00:39:28.599><c> not</c><00:39:28.980><c> part</c><00:39:29.219><c> of</c><00:39:29.380><c> the</c><00:39:29.539><c> promises.</c> 00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:39.699 So<00:39:32.320><c> when</c><00:39:32.519><c> the</c><00:39:32.840><c> promises</c><00:39:33.199><c> were</c><00:39:33.659><c> given</c><00:39:34.199><c> by</c><00:39:34.860><c> God</c><00:39:35.420><c> to</c><00:39:36.579><c> Isaac,</c><00:39:37.340><c> Ishmael</c><00:39:38.420><c> was</c><00:39:38.679><c> rejected.</c> 00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:50.780 When<00:39:43.320><c> Jacob</c><00:39:43.840><c> was</c><00:39:44.260><c> given</c><00:39:44.539><c> the</c><00:39:44.900><c> promises</c><00:39:45.579><c> of</c><00:39:47.239><c> his</c><00:39:47.559><c> fathers,</c><00:39:49.860><c> Esau</c><00:39:50.239><c> was</c> 00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:54.440 rejected<00:39:51.500><c> and</c><00:39:52.199><c> was</c><00:39:52.559><c> not</c><00:39:52.840><c> part</c><00:39:53.079><c> of</c><00:39:53.360><c> them.</c> 00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:57.920 So<00:39:56.280><c> again,</c><00:39:56.800><c> family</c><00:39:56.920><c> history.</c> 00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:02.199 What<00:39:59.400><c> is</c><00:40:00.460><c> Jacob</c><00:40:01.280><c> thinking?</c> 00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:06.599 When<00:40:02.860><c> he</c><00:40:03.119><c> knows</c><00:40:03.659><c> that</c><00:40:04.059><c> Joseph</c><00:40:04.539><c> is</c><00:40:05.519><c> the</c><00:40:05.760><c> son</c><00:40:05.900><c> of</c><00:40:06.099><c> the</c><00:40:06.320><c> promise,</c> 00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:09.679 what<00:40:06.980><c> does</c><00:40:07.219><c> that</c><00:40:07.539><c> mean</c><00:40:07.820><c> for</c><00:40:08.139><c> his</c><00:40:08.460><c> other</c><00:40:08.800><c> sons?</c> 00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:18.820 It<00:40:14.440><c> means</c><00:40:14.900><c> to</c><00:40:15.260><c> him,</c><00:40:15.920><c> and</c><00:40:16.099><c> this</c><00:40:16.639><c> is</c><00:40:16.920><c> his</c><00:40:16.940><c> mistake,</c><00:40:18.099><c> it</c><00:40:18.239><c> means</c><00:40:18.579><c> to</c> 00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:22.940 him<00:40:19.099><c> that</c><00:40:19.340><c> his</c><00:40:19.699><c> sons</c><00:40:20.019><c> were</c><00:40:20.500><c> not</c><00:40:20.860><c> to</c><00:40:21.059><c> be</c><00:40:21.360><c> part</c><00:40:21.599><c> of</c><00:40:21.860><c> the</c><00:40:22.119><c> promises.</c> 00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:27.679 Because<00:40:24.619><c> family</c><00:40:25.219><c> history</c><00:40:25.820><c> has</c><00:40:26.280><c> been</c><00:40:26.519><c> repeating</c><00:40:26.940><c> itself</c><00:40:27.380><c> for</c> 00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:29.079 two<00:40:27.920><c> generations.</c> 00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:33.400 Do<00:40:30.059><c> we</c><00:40:30.179><c> ever</c><00:40:30.460><c> wonder</c><00:40:30.780><c> why</c><00:40:31.219><c> he</c><00:40:31.480><c> could</c><00:40:31.719><c> not</c><00:40:31.980><c> say</c><00:40:32.260><c> a</c><00:40:32.579><c> kind</c><00:40:32.940><c> thing</c> 00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.659 to<00:40:33.699><c> them?</c> 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:38.619 He<00:40:36.239><c> never</c><00:40:36.619><c> gave</c><00:40:37.179><c> them</c><00:40:37.460><c> anything.</c> 00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:42.719 Because,<00:40:40.219><c> brothers</c><00:40:40.219><c> and</c><00:40:40.400><c> sisters,</c><00:40:41.659><c> he</c><00:40:41.920><c> thought</c><00:40:42.239><c> that</c><00:40:42.440><c> they</c> 00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:50.500 were<00:40:42.980><c> the</c><00:40:43.260><c> equivalent</c><00:40:43.599><c> of</c><00:40:43.860><c> Esau,</c><00:40:44.460><c> his</c><00:40:44.539><c> brother,</c><00:40:47.179><c> and</c><00:40:48.139><c> Ishmael,</c><00:40:49.340><c> his</c><00:40:49.619><c> uncle.</c> 00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:54.420 That<00:40:51.980><c> they</c><00:40:52.139><c> were</c><00:40:52.480><c> not</c><00:40:52.719><c> going</c><00:40:52.860><c> to</c><00:40:52.940><c> be</c><00:40:53.059><c> part</c><00:40:53.239><c> of</c><00:40:53.380><c> the</c><00:40:53.559><c> promises.</c> 00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:59.800 And<00:40:55.380><c> I'm</c><00:40:55.519><c> not</c><00:40:56.079><c> excusing</c><00:40:56.980><c> this,</c><00:40:57.280><c> because</c><00:40:57.599><c> this</c><00:40:58.239><c> was</c><00:40:58.519><c> the</c><00:40:58.699><c> mistake</c><00:40:59.280><c> that</c> 00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.340 he<00:40:59.940><c> made.</c> 00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:04.420 He<00:41:00.880><c> treated</c><00:41:01.340><c> them</c><00:41:01.820><c> as</c><00:41:02.059><c> though</c><00:41:02.280><c> they</c><00:41:02.400><c> were</c><00:41:02.699><c> outside</c><00:41:03.159><c> the</c><00:41:03.440><c> promises.</c> 00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:10.059 He<00:41:05.840><c> did</c><00:41:06.059><c> not</c><00:41:06.300><c> treat</c><00:41:06.559><c> them</c><00:41:07.039><c> as</c><00:41:07.280><c> though</c><00:41:07.460><c> they</c><00:41:07.659><c> were</c><00:41:07.900><c> part</c><00:41:08.400><c> of</c><00:41:08.739><c> them.</c> 00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:17.400 And<00:41:14.739><c> Jacob's</c><00:41:15.059><c> neglect</c><00:41:15.440><c> of</c><00:41:15.559><c> them</c><00:41:15.679><c> is</c><00:41:15.880><c> obvious,</c><00:41:16.519><c> isn't</c><00:41:16.519><c> it?</c> 00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:22.800 Throughout<00:41:18.340><c> the</c><00:41:18.940><c> previous</c><00:41:19.300><c> chapters,</c><00:41:20.960><c> he</c><00:41:21.940><c> never</c><00:41:22.300><c> says</c><00:41:22.519><c> a</c> 00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:25.099 positive<00:41:23.199><c> word</c><00:41:23.500><c> about</c><00:41:23.800><c> them.</c> 00:41:25.500 --> 00:41:29.739 And<00:41:26.139><c> even,</c><00:41:26.679><c> he</c><00:41:26.840><c> went</c><00:41:26.980><c> so</c><00:41:27.360><c> far,</c><00:41:27.739><c> as</c><00:41:27.820><c> in</c><00:41:28.019><c> Genesis</c><00:41:28.440><c> 33</c><00:41:29.159><c> verses</c><00:41:29.480><c> 1</c> 00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:31.699 and<00:41:29.880><c> 2,</c><00:41:30.079><c> when</c><00:41:30.219><c> he</c><00:41:30.300><c> goes</c><00:41:30.539><c> back</c><00:41:30.840><c> to</c><00:41:31.059><c> meet</c><00:41:31.300><c> Joseph,</c> 00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:39.380 he<00:41:31.960><c> sticks</c><00:41:32.280><c> the</c><00:41:33.579><c> ten</c><00:41:34.460><c> sons</c><00:41:34.940><c> in</c><00:41:36.440><c> the</c><00:41:36.739><c> front</c><00:41:37.099><c> and</c><00:41:37.659><c> keeps</c><00:41:38.400><c> Joseph</c> 00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:41.760 and<00:41:39.659><c> Benjamin</c><00:41:40.019><c> in</c><00:41:40.340><c> the</c><00:41:40.579><c> back.</c> 00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:48.340 So<00:41:43.599><c> that</c><00:41:43.739><c> if</c><00:41:43.940><c> Esau</c><00:41:44.519><c> is</c><00:41:45.179><c> angry</c><00:41:45.739><c> and</c><00:41:46.219><c> is</c><00:41:46.440><c> violent</c><00:41:46.920><c> at</c><00:41:47.260><c> this</c><00:41:47.559><c> meeting,</c><00:41:48.219><c> that</c> 00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:52.179 he<00:41:48.480><c> can</c><00:41:48.840><c> save</c><00:41:50.380><c> Joseph.</c> 00:41:54.179 --> 00:41:58.619 That's<00:41:54.719><c> the</c><00:41:54.900><c> regard</c><00:41:55.380><c> with</c><00:41:55.679><c> which</c><00:41:55.900><c> he</c><00:41:56.159><c> held</c><00:41:56.539><c> his</c><00:41:57.079><c> ten</c><00:41:57.360><c> sons.</c> 00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:05.300 Here's<00:42:04.199><c> a</c><00:42:04.320><c> question.</c> 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:10.280 Wouldn't<00:42:08.239><c> those</c><00:42:08.500><c> sons</c><00:42:08.719><c> also</c><00:42:09.300><c> have</c><00:42:09.539><c> assumed</c><00:42:09.840><c> that</c><00:42:10.000><c> they</c><00:42:10.099><c> were</c> 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:11.659 outside<00:42:10.500><c> the</c><00:42:10.780><c> promises,</c> 00:42:12.139 --> 00:42:15.119 if<00:42:12.420><c> that's</c><00:42:12.760><c> what</c><00:42:13.340><c> Jacob</c><00:42:13.860><c> had</c><00:42:14.039><c> been</c><00:42:14.300><c> telling</c><00:42:14.519><c> them</c><00:42:14.739><c> for</c><00:42:14.900><c> their</c> 00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:16.320 entire<00:42:15.380><c> lives?</c> 00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:20.619 I<00:42:18.480><c> mean,</c><00:42:18.579><c> why</c><00:42:18.780><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:19.039><c> they?</c><00:42:19.500><c> It</c><00:42:19.619><c> was</c><00:42:19.820><c> family</c><00:42:20.139><c> history.</c> 00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:24.380 They<00:42:20.980><c> just</c><00:42:21.280><c> had</c><00:42:21.440><c> to</c><00:42:21.539><c> look</c><00:42:21.780><c> to</c><00:42:21.920><c> their</c><00:42:22.079><c> uncle</c><00:42:22.360><c> Esau,</c><00:42:24.280><c> and</c><00:42:24.280><c> they</c> 00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:27.309 could<00:42:25.179><c> just</c><00:42:25.480><c> look</c><00:42:25.619><c> to</c><00:42:25.780><c> their</c><00:42:25.940><c> great</c><00:42:26.199><c> uncle</c><00:42:26.539><c> Ishmael,</c> 00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:30.559 and<00:42:27.460><c> just</c><00:42:27.639><c> find</c><00:42:27.820><c> out</c><00:42:28.019><c> what</c><00:42:28.260><c> happened</c><00:42:28.679><c> to</c><00:42:28.840><c> those</c><00:42:29.199><c> that</c><00:42:29.739><c> were</c><00:42:30.000><c> not</c><00:42:30.219><c> sons</c><00:42:30.420><c> of</c> 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.699 the<00:42:30.719><c> promise.</c> 00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:37.340 And<00:42:34.219><c> so</c><00:42:34.360><c> they</c><00:42:34.659><c> responded</c><00:42:35.099><c> in</c><00:42:35.519><c> kind,</c><00:42:36.739><c> hating</c><00:42:37.000><c> Joseph.</c> 00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:41.980 It<00:42:37.539><c> was</c><00:42:37.739><c> much</c><00:42:38.019><c> more</c><00:42:38.679><c> than</c><00:42:39.900><c> the</c><00:42:40.440><c> sons</c><00:42:40.739><c> hating</c><00:42:41.139><c> the</c><00:42:41.400><c> goody</c><00:42:41.760><c> two</c> 00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:44.900 -shoes<00:42:42.320><c> that</c><00:42:42.500><c> got</c><00:42:42.739><c> all</c><00:42:43.000><c> the</c><00:42:43.179><c> really</c><00:42:43.480><c> nice</c><00:42:43.820><c> gifts.</c> 00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:51.360 And<00:42:47.619><c> it</c><00:42:47.760><c> was</c><00:42:47.980><c> more</c><00:42:48.280><c> than</c><00:42:48.500><c> just</c><00:42:48.820><c> the</c><00:42:48.940><c> goody</c><00:42:49.260><c> two</c><00:42:49.460><c>-shoes</c><00:42:50.239><c> tattling</c><00:42:50.860><c> on</c><00:42:51.179><c> them</c> 00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:53.179 when<00:42:51.480><c> they</c><00:42:51.699><c> did</c><00:42:51.880><c> the</c><00:42:52.099><c> wrong</c><00:42:52.320><c> thing,</c><00:42:52.659><c> and</c><00:42:52.739><c> so</c><00:42:52.840><c> they</c><00:42:53.039><c> hated.</c> 00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:59.519 No,<00:42:53.480><c> they</c><00:42:53.820><c> hated</c><00:42:54.380><c> him,</c><00:42:56.420><c> because</c><00:42:58.219><c> he</c><00:42:58.460><c> was</c><00:42:58.719><c> going</c><00:42:58.920><c> to</c><00:42:59.099><c> get</c><00:42:59.239><c> the</c> 00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:02.900 promises,<00:43:00.019><c> they</c><00:43:00.400><c> thought,</c><00:43:00.980><c> and</c><00:43:01.639><c> they</c><00:43:02.019><c> weren't.</c> 00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:12.900 So<00:43:08.860><c> this</c><00:43:09.059><c> is</c><00:43:10.900><c> Jacob's</c><00:43:11.380><c> mistake,</c><00:43:11.760><c> isn't</c><00:43:11.940><c> it?</c> 00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:20.360 His<00:43:15.659><c> mistake</c><00:43:16.280><c> was</c><00:43:17.739><c> the</c><00:43:18.039><c> exclusion</c><00:43:18.639><c> of</c><00:43:18.880><c> God's</c><00:43:19.380><c> family.</c> 00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:24.780 Now,<00:43:22.300><c> we</c><00:43:22.340><c> might</c><00:43:22.539><c> be</c><00:43:22.699><c> able</c><00:43:22.880><c> to</c><00:43:23.019><c> understand</c><00:43:23.460><c> why</c><00:43:23.840><c> he</c><00:43:24.019><c> did</c><00:43:24.239><c> it,</c><00:43:24.380><c> but</c><00:43:24.500><c> it</c> 00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:27.079 still<00:43:24.920><c> remains</c><00:43:25.260><c> the</c><00:43:25.579><c> case</c> 00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:33.719 that<00:43:30.019><c> he</c><00:43:30.639><c> excluded</c><00:43:31.280><c> these</c><00:43:32.119><c> sons</c><00:43:32.500><c> who</c><00:43:32.679><c> were</c><00:43:32.880><c> to</c><00:43:33.039><c> be</c><00:43:33.239><c> part</c><00:43:33.519><c> of</c> 00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.960 God's<00:43:34.139><c> family.</c> 00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:39.940 See,<00:43:35.920><c> Jacob</c><00:43:36.199><c> thought</c><00:43:36.960><c> that</c><00:43:37.719><c> history</c><00:43:38.119><c> was</c><00:43:38.360><c> to</c><00:43:38.599><c> repeat</c><00:43:38.780><c> itself.</c> 00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:45.599 A<00:43:42.539><c> very</c><00:43:43.059><c> clear</c><00:43:43.400><c> pattern</c><00:43:43.800><c> had</c><00:43:44.039><c> emerged,</c><00:43:44.679><c> hadn't</c><00:43:44.780><c> it?</c> 00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:49.239 But<00:43:46.099><c> notice,</c><00:43:46.500><c> brothers</c><00:43:46.679><c> and</c><00:43:46.880><c> sisters,</c><00:43:47.139><c> that</c><00:43:47.340><c> God</c><00:43:47.599><c> never</c><00:43:48.019><c> said</c><00:43:48.239><c> so.</c> 00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:56.219 Go<00:43:53.340><c> real</c><00:43:53.619><c> quick</c><00:43:53.920><c> out</c><00:43:54.400><c> back.</c><00:43:55.039><c> Oh,</c><00:43:55.219><c> wait</c><00:43:55.340><c> a</c><00:43:55.420><c> minute,</c><00:43:55.659><c> maybe</c><00:43:55.880><c> I</c><00:43:56.000><c> put</c><00:43:56.119><c> it</c> 00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:58.119 in<00:43:56.360><c> here.</c><00:43:57.280><c> Yes.</c> 00:43:58.780 --> 00:44:01.019 Did<00:43:58.940><c> you</c><00:43:59.059><c> notice</c><00:43:59.280><c> something</c><00:43:59.599><c> about</c><00:43:59.860><c> this</c><00:44:00.119><c> nice</c><00:44:00.400><c> chart</c><00:44:00.699><c> that</c><00:44:00.860><c> I</c> 00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:02.059 put<00:44:01.159><c> up?</c> 00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:06.800 All<00:44:03.320><c> of</c><00:44:03.460><c> the</c><00:44:03.619><c> boxes</c><00:44:04.019><c> have</c><00:44:04.360><c> verses</c><00:44:04.719><c> associated</c><00:44:05.440><c> with</c><00:44:05.719><c> them</c> 00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:13.460 that<00:44:08.099><c> God</c><00:44:08.519><c> actually</c><00:44:09.079><c> said</c><00:44:09.699><c> that</c><00:44:11.360><c> these</c><00:44:12.500><c> wives</c><00:44:12.820><c> were</c><00:44:13.139><c> barren</c> 00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:15.179 and<00:44:13.719><c> that</c><00:44:13.920><c> God</c><00:44:14.179><c> visited</c><00:44:14.659><c> them,</c> 00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:24.119 but<00:44:16.440><c> was</c><00:44:19.900><c> Joseph</c><00:44:20.559><c> to</c><00:44:20.840><c> be</c><00:44:21.099><c> the</c><00:44:21.579><c> sole</c><00:44:22.199><c> heir</c><00:44:22.760><c> of</c><00:44:23.400><c> the</c><00:44:23.619><c> promises</c> 00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:27.920 like<00:44:24.960><c> his</c><00:44:25.480><c> father</c><00:44:25.940><c> and</c><00:44:26.380><c> his</c><00:44:26.639><c> grandfather</c><00:44:27.039><c> were?</c> 00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:30.079 God<00:44:28.179><c> never</c><00:44:28.579><c> said</c><00:44:28.780><c> that,</c><00:44:29.139><c> did</c><00:44:29.300><c> he?</c> 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:36.179 And<00:44:30.920><c> neither</c><00:44:31.300><c> did</c><00:44:31.579><c> God</c><00:44:31.900><c> say</c><00:44:32.579><c> that</c><00:44:33.300><c> the</c><00:44:33.699><c> sons</c><00:44:34.000><c> of</c><00:44:34.179><c> the</c><00:44:34.380><c> other</c><00:44:34.639><c> wives,</c><00:44:35.199><c> the</c><00:44:35.340><c> ten</c><00:44:35.559><c> sons,</c><00:44:35.800><c> should</c><00:44:36.019><c> be</c> 00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:37.719 outside<00:44:36.559><c> the</c><00:44:36.820><c> promises.</c> 00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:45.400 That<00:44:40.440><c> was</c><00:44:40.940><c> Jacob's</c><00:44:41.420><c> mistake,</c><00:44:42.860><c> that</c><00:44:43.019><c> he</c><00:44:43.360><c> excluded</c><00:44:43.980><c> the</c><00:44:44.920><c> family</c> 00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:49.760 of<00:44:45.659><c> God</c><00:44:46.199><c> because</c><00:44:47.380><c> he</c><00:44:47.780><c> thought</c><00:44:48.039><c> he</c><00:44:48.539><c> saw</c><00:44:48.820><c> a</c><00:44:48.860><c> pattern.</c> 00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:56.599 He<00:44:54.199><c> assumed</c><00:44:54.539><c> that</c><00:44:54.679><c> they</c><00:44:54.800><c> would</c><00:44:54.960><c> be</c><00:44:55.119><c> outside</c><00:44:55.420><c> the</c><00:44:55.699><c> promises.</c> 00:44:59.039 --> 00:45:01.980 And<00:44:59.539><c> so</c><00:45:00.039><c> he</c><00:45:00.199><c> made</c><00:45:00.420><c> this</c><00:45:00.659><c> mistake,</c><00:45:01.139><c> and</c><00:45:01.199><c> he</c><00:45:01.360><c> paid</c><00:45:01.659><c> for</c><00:45:01.880><c> it.</c> 00:45:01.980 --> 00:45:04.699 And<00:45:02.199><c> that's</c><00:45:02.420><c> why</c><00:45:02.679><c> his</c><00:45:03.019><c> family</c><00:45:03.400><c> was</c><00:45:03.739><c> so</c><00:45:04.099><c> destroyed.</c> 00:45:04.860 --> 00:45:07.880 It<00:45:04.860><c> wasn't</c><00:45:05.179><c> because</c><00:45:05.579><c> he</c><00:45:05.780><c> chose</c><00:45:06.119><c> Joseph,</c><00:45:06.739><c> it</c><00:45:06.820><c> was</c><00:45:07.099><c> because</c><00:45:07.440><c> he</c> 00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:09.639 excluded<00:45:08.260><c> the</c><00:45:08.579><c> sons.</c> 00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.659 But<00:45:15.019><c> brothers</c><00:45:15.239><c> and</c><00:45:15.380><c> sisters,</c><00:45:17.219><c> look</c><00:45:17.539><c> how</c><00:45:17.900><c> he</c><00:45:18.239><c> responds.</c> 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:20.239 And<00:45:18.880><c> we're</c><00:45:19.019><c> running</c><00:45:19.239><c> out</c><00:45:19.460><c> of</c><00:45:19.599><c> time,</c><00:45:19.780><c> so</c><00:45:19.880><c> I'm</c><00:45:19.980><c> going</c><00:45:20.059><c> to</c><00:45:20.059><c> have</c> 00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:22.000 to<00:45:20.360><c> do</c><00:45:20.500><c> this</c><00:45:20.780><c> very</c><00:45:21.139><c> quickly.</c> 00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:25.420 Unfortunately,<00:45:23.079><c> I</c><00:45:23.199><c> apologize,</c><00:45:24.000><c> because</c><00:45:24.119><c> we've</c><00:45:24.980><c> got</c><00:45:25.119><c> five</c> 00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:26.440 minutes<00:45:25.699><c> left.</c> 00:45:27.739 --> 00:45:31.000 First<00:45:28.340><c> of</c><00:45:28.940><c> all,</c><00:45:29.940><c> the</c><00:45:29.980><c> dreams.</c> 00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:34.000 Jacob<00:45:32.599><c> knew</c><00:45:32.860><c> prophetic</c><00:45:33.219><c> dreams,</c><00:45:33.699><c> didn't</c><00:45:33.860><c> he?</c> 00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:36.679 He'd<00:45:34.300><c> had</c><00:45:34.440><c> them</c><00:45:34.599><c> himself,</c><00:45:35.840><c> the</c><00:45:36.019><c> dream</c><00:45:36.219><c> of</c><00:45:36.420><c> the</c><00:45:36.500><c> latter.</c> 00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:43.699 So<00:45:36.940><c> when</c><00:45:37.219><c> Joseph's</c><00:45:39.320><c> dreams</c><00:45:40.199><c> were</c><00:45:40.500><c> given,</c><00:45:42.619><c> he</c><00:45:42.960><c> knew</c><00:45:43.340><c> that</c><00:45:43.519><c> they</c> 00:45:43.699 --> 00:45:44.920 were<00:45:44.019><c> prophetic.</c> 00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:48.579 And<00:45:46.000><c> by</c><00:45:46.179><c> the</c><00:45:46.320><c> way,</c><00:45:46.519><c> he</c><00:45:46.840><c> knew</c><00:45:47.159><c> that</c><00:45:47.320><c> they</c><00:45:47.519><c> were</c><00:45:47.760><c> about</c><00:45:48.000><c> the</c><00:45:48.280><c> promises.</c> 00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:52.900 He<00:45:48.980><c> knew</c><00:45:49.320><c> that</c><00:45:49.639><c> they</c><00:45:50.019><c> had</c><00:45:51.460><c> had</c><00:45:51.579><c> reference</c><00:45:52.039><c> to</c><00:45:52.340><c> the</c><00:45:52.440><c> resurrection,</c> 00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:56.219 because<00:45:53.480><c> he</c><00:45:53.699><c> says</c><00:45:53.980><c> himself,</c><00:45:54.900><c> without</c><00:45:55.099><c> batting</c><00:45:55.480><c> an</c><00:45:55.739><c> eye,</c><00:45:56.059><c> is</c> 00:45:56.219 --> 00:45:59.099 my<00:45:56.480><c> mother,</c><00:45:56.840><c> who</c><00:45:56.980><c> was</c><00:45:57.280><c> dead</c><00:45:57.940><c> at</c><00:45:58.480><c> the</c><00:45:58.719><c> time,</c> 00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:02.719 is<00:45:59.940><c> your</c><00:46:00.320><c> mother,</c><00:46:00.739><c> my</c><00:46:01.019><c> wife,</c><00:46:01.599><c> going</c><00:46:01.699><c> to</c><00:46:01.820><c> bow</c><00:46:01.980><c> down</c><00:46:02.320><c> to</c><00:46:02.380><c> you</c><00:46:02.599><c> too?</c> 00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:06.059 It<00:46:02.840><c> didn't</c><00:46:03.079><c> even</c><00:46:03.300><c> bat</c><00:46:03.480><c> an</c><00:46:03.679><c> eye</c><00:46:03.840><c> that</c><00:46:03.980><c> this</c><00:46:04.260><c> was</c><00:46:04.480><c> referring</c><00:46:04.980><c> to</c> 00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:09.739 Rachel,<00:46:06.760><c> who</c><00:46:06.940><c> had</c><00:46:07.079><c> been</c><00:46:07.260><c> dead</c><00:46:07.480><c> and</c><00:46:07.820><c> buried</c><00:46:08.099><c> for</c><00:46:08.420><c> many</c><00:46:08.699><c> years.</c> 00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:18.079 He<00:46:11.460><c> knew</c><00:46:11.739><c> that</c><00:46:12.019><c> these</c><00:46:12.699><c> dreams</c><00:46:13.260><c> were</c><00:46:16.380><c> with</c><00:46:16.380><c> respect</c><00:46:16.920><c> to</c><00:46:17.059><c> the</c><00:46:17.260><c> promises.</c> 00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:23.760 And<00:46:21.059><c> so</c><00:46:21.559><c> we're</c><00:46:21.739><c> going</c><00:46:21.780><c> to</c><00:46:21.800><c> talk</c><00:46:22.000><c> about</c><00:46:22.159><c> this</c><00:46:22.400><c> one</c><00:46:22.579><c> really</c><00:46:22.920><c> quick.</c> 00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:25.679 The<00:46:25.039><c> second</c><00:46:25.300><c> dream.</c> 00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:28.039 And<00:46:26.119><c> he</c><00:46:26.320><c> dreamed</c><00:46:26.460><c> yet</c><00:46:26.699><c> another</c><00:46:26.980><c> dream,</c><00:46:27.340><c> and</c><00:46:27.420><c> told</c><00:46:27.579><c> it</c><00:46:27.739><c> to</c><00:46:27.840><c> his</c> 00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.679 brother,<00:46:28.480><c> and</c><00:46:28.480><c> said,</c> 00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:32.420 Behold,<00:46:29.260><c> I</c><00:46:29.420><c> have</c><00:46:29.679><c> dreamed</c><00:46:29.920><c> a</c><00:46:30.179><c> dream</c><00:46:30.460><c> more,</c><00:46:31.239><c> and</c><00:46:31.500><c> behold,</c><00:46:32.219><c> the</c> 00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:38.179 sun<00:46:32.719><c> and</c><00:46:32.920><c> the</c><00:46:33.219><c> moon</c><00:46:33.619><c> and</c><00:46:34.079><c> the</c><00:46:34.579><c> eleven</c><00:46:35.079><c> stars</c><00:46:36.099><c> made</c><00:46:36.480><c> a</c><00:46:36.679><c> peace</c><00:46:36.820><c> and</c><00:46:36.980><c> sent</c><00:46:37.119><c> to</c><00:46:37.280><c> me.</c> 00:46:41.179 --> 00:46:42.599 The<00:46:41.679><c> stars.</c> 00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:47.639 The<00:46:45.599><c> suns</c><00:46:46.099><c> were</c><00:46:46.239><c> the</c><00:46:46.539><c> stars?</c> 00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:52.239 And<00:46:49.719><c> he</c><00:46:49.960><c> knew</c><00:46:50.199><c> this</c><00:46:50.440><c> was</c><00:46:50.719><c> prophetic</c><00:46:51.179><c> about</c><00:46:51.659><c> the</c><00:46:51.940><c> promises,</c> 00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:53.940 and<00:46:52.619><c> the</c><00:46:52.860><c> suns</c><00:46:53.199><c> were</c><00:46:53.340><c> the</c><00:46:53.539><c> stars?</c> 00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:55.619 What<00:46:54.639><c> conclusion</c><00:46:55.179><c> is</c><00:46:55.400><c> he</c><00:46:55.539><c> going</c><00:46:55.559><c> to</c><00:46:55.559><c> be?</c> 00:46:55.900 --> 00:47:00.800 The<00:46:56.300><c> stars</c><00:46:56.800><c> in</c><00:46:57.420><c> prophetic</c><00:46:58.440><c> promises</c><00:46:59.219><c> mean</c><00:46:59.699><c> only</c><00:47:00.079><c> one</c><00:47:00.480><c> thing</c> 00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:03.940 throughout<00:47:01.340><c> his</c><00:47:01.719><c> father's</c><00:47:02.280><c> life</c><00:47:02.519><c> and</c><00:47:02.800><c> his</c><00:47:03.019><c> grandfather's</c><00:47:03.760><c> life.</c> 00:47:04.260 --> 00:47:05.780 What<00:47:04.619><c> were</c><00:47:04.940><c> they?</c> 00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:11.280 The<00:47:06.639><c> stars</c><00:47:07.179><c> represent</c><00:47:07.940><c> the</c><00:47:08.360><c> children</c><00:47:08.840><c> of</c><00:47:09.199><c> Abraham</c><00:47:09.760><c> in</c><00:47:09.980><c> the</c><00:47:10.239><c> promises.</c> 00:47:11.519 --> 00:47:14.860 Genesis<00:47:12.039><c> 15</c><00:47:12.559><c> verse</c><00:47:12.880><c> 5.</c> 00:47:15.780 --> 00:47:18.699 Tell<00:47:16.300><c> the</c><00:47:16.820><c> stars,</c><00:47:17.340><c> if</c><00:47:17.380><c> thou</c><00:47:17.539><c> be</c><00:47:17.699><c> able</c><00:47:17.920><c> to</c><00:47:18.139><c> number</c><00:47:18.380><c> them,</c><00:47:18.639><c> and</c> 00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:22.000 he<00:47:18.880><c> said</c><00:47:18.980><c> unto</c><00:47:19.199><c> them,</c><00:47:19.659><c> So</c><00:47:20.019><c> shall</c><00:47:20.280><c> thy</c><00:47:20.559><c> seed</c><00:47:20.820><c> be.</c> 00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:27.099 To<00:47:23.539><c> Abraham</c><00:47:23.980><c> in</c><00:47:24.219><c> Genesis</c><00:47:24.659><c> chapter</c><00:47:25.139><c> 22</c><00:47:25.739><c> verse</c><00:47:25.960><c> 17.</c> 00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:31.940 I<00:47:28.659><c> will</c><00:47:28.920><c> multiply</c><00:47:29.539><c> thy</c><00:47:29.940><c> seed</c><00:47:30.199><c> as</c><00:47:30.420><c> the</c><00:47:30.579><c> stars</c><00:47:30.920><c> of</c><00:47:31.119><c> heaven.</c> 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:34.380 To<00:47:32.800><c> Isaac</c><00:47:33.199><c> as</c><00:47:33.460><c> well,</c><00:47:33.659><c> the</c><00:47:33.780><c> same</c><00:47:34.039><c> thing.</c> 00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:38.679 I<00:47:34.780><c> will</c><00:47:35.019><c> make</c><00:47:35.280><c> thy</c><00:47:35.659><c> seed</c><00:47:35.940><c> to</c><00:47:36.239><c> multiply</c><00:47:36.800><c> as</c><00:47:37.059><c> the</c><00:47:37.260><c> stars</c><00:47:37.639><c> of</c><00:47:37.860><c> heaven.</c> 00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:45.199 Now<00:47:40.199><c> this</c><00:47:40.400><c> was</c><00:47:40.659><c> one</c><00:47:40.960><c> promise</c><00:47:41.400><c> that</c><00:47:42.699><c> Jacob</c><00:47:43.159><c> had</c><00:47:43.420><c> not</c><00:47:43.639><c> been</c><00:47:44.039><c> given.</c> 00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:53.760 And<00:47:51.239><c> now</c><00:47:51.599><c> he's</c><00:47:51.800><c> being</c><00:47:52.139><c> told,</c><00:47:52.699><c> brothers</c><00:47:52.900><c> and</c><00:47:53.000><c> sisters,</c><00:47:53.539><c> that</c> 00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:55.960 the<00:47:54.139><c> suns</c><00:47:54.760><c> were</c><00:47:55.039><c> the</c><00:47:55.500><c> stars.</c> 00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:57.500 And<00:47:56.280><c> what</c><00:47:56.420><c> is</c><00:47:56.619><c> his</c><00:47:56.860><c> conclusion?</c> 00:47:57.920 --> 00:48:02.739 His<00:47:58.219><c> mouth</c><00:47:58.639><c> drops</c><00:47:59.099><c> open,</c><00:47:59.539><c> and</c><00:47:59.719><c> he</c><00:47:59.880><c> goes,</c><00:48:01.840><c> What?</c> 00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:06.500 They're<00:48:05.159><c> the</c><00:48:05.400><c> stars.</c> 00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:15.159 And<00:48:07.940><c> we</c><00:48:08.119><c> know,</c><00:48:08.619><c> brothers</c><00:48:08.800><c> and</c><00:48:09.059><c> sisters,</c><00:48:09.420><c> that</c><00:48:09.719><c> this</c><00:48:10.300><c> revelation</c><00:48:11.099><c> had</c><00:48:13.019><c> a</c><00:48:13.599><c> huge</c><00:48:14.019><c> impact</c><00:48:14.480><c> on</c><00:48:14.719><c> him.</c> 00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:19.940 Because<00:48:15.900><c> we're</c><00:48:16.260><c> talking</c><00:48:16.559><c> about,</c><00:48:17.460><c> again,</c><00:48:18.539><c> how</c><00:48:18.659><c> the</c><00:48:18.920><c> importance</c><00:48:19.280><c> of</c><00:48:19.599><c> words</c> 00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:21.219 in<00:48:20.260><c> scripture.</c> 00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:28.159 After<00:48:23.420><c> this</c><00:48:23.880><c> dream,</c><00:48:25.780><c> Genesis</c><00:48:26.179><c> chapter</c><00:48:26.559><c> 37</c><00:48:27.079><c> verse</c><00:48:27.400><c> 11,</c><00:48:28.079><c> and</c> 00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:33.320 his<00:48:28.440><c> brethren</c><00:48:28.800><c> envied</c><00:48:29.280><c> him,</c><00:48:30.000><c> but</c><00:48:30.179><c> his</c><00:48:30.519><c> father</c><00:48:31.159><c> observed</c><00:48:32.019><c> the</c><00:48:32.360><c> saying.</c> 00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:37.500 Brother<00:48:35.059><c> and</c><00:48:35.480><c> sisters,</c><00:48:35.860><c> this</c><00:48:36.019><c> is</c><00:48:36.179><c> much</c><00:48:36.420><c> more</c><00:48:36.679><c> than</c><00:48:37.059><c> Jacob</c> 00:48:37.500 --> 00:48:40.679 just<00:48:37.820><c> saying,</c><00:48:38.500><c> Huh,</c><00:48:39.619><c> interesting.</c> 00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:45.800 Because<00:48:42.539><c> that</c><00:48:42.820><c> word</c><00:48:43.039><c> observed</c><00:48:43.800><c> is</c><00:48:44.199><c> a</c><00:48:44.360><c> very</c><00:48:44.739><c> certain</c><00:48:44.980><c> word</c><00:48:45.320><c> that</c><00:48:45.519><c> is</c> 00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:52.300 used<00:48:46.460><c> to</c><00:48:47.719><c> protect,</c><00:48:48.639><c> to</c><00:48:48.800><c> hedge</c><00:48:49.099><c> about,</c><00:48:50.739><c> to</c><00:48:51.199><c> guard.</c> 00:48:52.519 --> 00:48:55.840 And<00:48:52.659><c> the</c><00:48:52.800><c> other</c><00:48:53.019><c> places</c><00:48:53.320><c> this</c><00:48:54.159><c> word</c><00:48:54.440><c> is</c><00:48:54.820><c> used</c><00:48:55.199><c> is</c><00:48:55.440><c> in</c><00:48:55.579><c> Genesis</c> 00:48:55.840 --> 00:48:58.400 2<00:48:56.199><c> verse</c><00:48:56.440><c> 15,</c><00:48:57.059><c> for</c><00:48:57.360><c> example.</c> 00:48:58.699 --> 00:49:03.460 When<00:48:59.239><c> the</c><00:48:59.780><c> job</c><00:49:00.219><c> of</c><00:49:00.639><c> Adam</c><00:49:00.900><c> was</c><00:49:01.239><c> to</c><00:49:01.559><c> keep</c><00:49:01.920><c> the</c><00:49:02.320><c> garden,</c><00:49:03.199><c> that's</c> 00:49:03.460 --> 00:49:04.019 his<00:49:03.679><c> job.</c> 00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:05.820 That's<00:49:04.360><c> all</c><00:49:04.619><c> he</c><00:49:04.760><c> was</c><00:49:05.000><c> supposed</c><00:49:05.320><c> to</c><00:49:05.619><c> do.</c> 00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:08.760 It<00:49:06.019><c> was</c><00:49:06.159><c> supposed</c><00:49:06.280><c> to</c><00:49:06.380><c> be</c><00:49:06.460><c> his</c><00:49:06.699><c> concentration</c><00:49:07.460><c> was</c><00:49:07.900><c> to</c><00:49:08.139><c> keep</c><00:49:08.340><c> it.</c> 00:49:09.219 --> 00:49:10.079 It's<00:49:09.340><c> the</c><00:49:09.500><c> same</c><00:49:09.739><c> word.</c> 00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:14.820 Or<00:49:10.460><c> in</c><00:49:10.619><c> Genesis</c><00:49:10.920><c> 3,</c><00:49:11.360><c> 24,</c><00:49:12.820><c> it's</c><00:49:13.079><c> the</c><00:49:13.239><c> same</c><00:49:13.460><c> word</c><00:49:13.639><c> that</c><00:49:13.840><c> were</c><00:49:14.460><c> used</c><00:49:14.619><c> of</c> 00:49:14.820 --> 00:49:18.039 the<00:49:15.119><c> angels</c><00:49:15.360><c> keeping</c><00:49:15.840><c> the</c><00:49:16.119><c> way</c><00:49:16.239><c> to</c><00:49:16.420><c> the</c><00:49:16.599><c> tree</c><00:49:16.719><c> of</c><00:49:17.000><c> life.</c> 00:49:19.480 --> 00:49:23.400 Interestingly<00:49:19.960><c> enough,</c><00:49:20.800><c> it's</c><00:49:21.119><c> the</c><00:49:21.280><c> word</c><00:49:21.639><c> that</c><00:49:22.159><c> is,</c><00:49:22.599><c> Am</c><00:49:23.079><c> I</c><00:49:23.199><c> my</c> 00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:24.679 brother's<00:49:23.920><c> keeper?</c> 00:49:26.280 --> 00:49:33.159 But<00:49:26.840><c> it's</c><00:49:27.099><c> also</c><00:49:27.380><c> used</c><00:49:28.019><c> throughout</c><00:49:28.719><c> Genesis</c><00:49:30.400><c> up</c><00:49:30.639><c> till</c><00:49:30.820><c> now,</c><00:49:32.239><c> especially</c><00:49:32.559><c> like</c><00:49:33.019><c> in</c> 00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:35.039 Genesis<00:49:33.440><c> 17</c><00:49:33.960><c> verse</c><00:49:34.199><c> 9</c><00:49:34.420><c> and</c><00:49:34.619><c> 10.</c> 00:49:35.260 --> 00:49:38.480 And<00:49:35.320><c> God</c><00:49:35.599><c> said</c><00:49:35.760><c> unto</c><00:49:36.000><c> Abram,</c><00:49:36.400><c> Thou</c><00:49:36.659><c> shalt</c><00:49:37.019><c> keep</c><00:49:37.659><c> my</c><00:49:38.059><c> covenant.</c> 00:49:38.920 --> 00:49:40.219 That's<00:49:39.260><c> how</c><00:49:39.619><c> important</c><00:49:39.860><c> it</c><00:49:40.079><c> was.</c> 00:49:40.239 --> 00:49:41.639 He<00:49:40.420><c> had</c><00:49:40.659><c> to</c><00:49:41.000><c> guard</c><00:49:41.239><c> it.</c> 00:49:41.820 --> 00:49:45.679 It<00:49:42.059><c> had</c><00:49:42.280><c> to</c><00:49:42.500><c> be</c><00:49:42.619><c> his</c><00:49:43.079><c> contemplation</c><00:49:43.940><c> all</c><00:49:44.500><c> day</c><00:49:44.780><c> long.</c> 00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:48.820 Other<00:49:46.340><c> places</c><00:49:46.679><c> it's</c><00:49:47.000><c> used,</c><00:49:47.219><c> Genesis</c><00:49:47.519><c> 18</c><00:49:47.920><c> verse</c><00:49:48.199><c> 19.</c> 00:49:49.059 --> 00:49:52.320 And<00:49:49.260><c> they</c><00:49:49.599><c> shall</c><00:49:49.820><c> keep</c><00:49:50.360><c> the</c><00:49:50.659><c> way</c><00:49:50.840><c> of</c><00:49:51.059><c> the</c><00:49:51.239><c> Lord</c><00:49:51.420><c> to</c><00:49:51.679><c> do</c><00:49:51.840><c> justice</c> 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:53.440 and<00:49:52.579><c> judgment.</c> 00:49:53.800 --> 00:50:00.840 Genesis<00:49:54.519><c> 26</c><00:49:55.119><c> verse</c><00:49:55.400><c> 5,</c><00:49:55.880><c> because</c><00:49:56.099><c> that</c><00:49:56.320><c> Abraham</c><00:49:56.679><c> obeyed</c><00:49:57.179><c> my</c><00:49:57.480><c> voice</c><00:49:57.760><c> and</c><00:49:58.079><c> kept</c><00:49:58.539><c> my</c><00:49:59.739><c> charge.</c> 00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:04.480 It<00:50:03.059><c> doesn't</c><00:50:03.280><c> mean</c><00:50:03.480><c> he</c><00:50:03.639><c> just</c><00:50:03.900><c> observed</c><00:50:04.260><c> it.</c> 00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:05.519 He<00:50:04.760><c> kept</c><00:50:05.179><c> it.</c> 00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:08.360 It<00:50:05.719><c> was</c><00:50:05.920><c> 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thee,</c><00:50:28.900><c> and</c><00:50:29.159><c> will</c><00:50:29.460><c> keep</c><00:50:29.800><c> thee</c><00:50:30.119><c> in</c><00:50:30.300><c> all</c><00:50:30.500><c> places.</c> 00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:39.980 And<00:50:34.619><c> he</c><00:50:34.780><c> thought</c><00:50:35.019><c> about</c><00:50:35.260><c> it,</c><00:50:35.500><c> brothers</c><00:50:35.639><c> and</c><00:50:35.860><c> sisters,</c><00:50:38.179><c> and</c><00:50:39.139><c> it</c> 00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:40.639 consumed<00:50:40.460><c> him.</c> 00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:43.159 But<00:50:40.840><c> what</c><00:50:41.019><c> is</c><00:50:41.219><c> the</c><00:50:41.400><c> first</c><00:50:41.659><c> thing</c><00:50:41.880><c> that</c><00:50:42.059><c> he</c><00:50:42.280><c> does?</c> 00:50:43.539 --> 00:50:45.780 If<00:50:43.699><c> you</c><00:50:43.739><c> go</c><00:50:43.920><c> back</c><00:50:44.099><c> really</c><00:50:44.480><c> quickly</c><00:50:44.679><c> back</c><00:50:45.000><c> to</c><00:50:45.119><c> 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their</c><00:53:52.139><c> lives</c><00:53:52.679><c> to</c> 00:53:53.019 --> 00:53:58.840 save<00:53:54.159><c> Benjamin,</c><00:53:57.460><c> specifically</c><00:53:58.019><c> Judah.</c> 00:53:59.619 --> 00:54:01.900 And<00:53:59.920><c> it</c><00:53:59.980><c> may</c><00:54:00.139><c> have</c><00:54:00.280><c> taken</c><00:54:00.539><c> years</c><00:54:00.840><c> to</c><00:54:01.019><c> get</c><00:54:01.199><c> there,</c><00:54:01.400><c> and</c><00:54:01.500><c> there</c><00:54:01.619><c> was</c><00:54:01.800><c> a</c> 00:54:01.900 --> 00:54:04.400 lot<00:54:02.099><c> of</c><00:54:02.320><c> other</c><00:54:02.500><c> things</c><00:54:02.760><c> involved,</c><00:54:03.260><c> yes</c><00:54:03.519><c> I</c><00:54:03.659><c> know,</c><00:54:04.000><c> but</c><00:54:04.159><c> the</c> 00:54:04.400 --> 00:54:07.059 reconciliation<00:54:05.260><c> started</c><00:54:05.880><c> here.</c> 00:54:11.519 --> 00:54:16.860 So<00:54:12.039><c> what</c><00:54:12.239><c> was</c><00:54:12.500><c> Jacob</c><00:54:12.719><c> thinking</c><00:54:13.159><c> to</c><00:54:14.460><c> end</c><00:54:15.179><c> our</c><00:54:15.480><c> class</c><00:54:15.719><c> for</c><00:54:15.880><c> this</c><00:54:16.039><c> morning?</c> 00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:23.500 He<00:54:18.760><c> was</c><00:54:19.000><c> thinking</c><00:54:19.239><c> that</c><00:54:19.519><c> family</c><00:54:19.800><c> history</c><00:54:20.159><c> would</c><00:54:20.420><c> repeat</c><00:54:20.699><c> itself,</c><00:54:23.460><c> and</c> 00:54:23.500 --> 00:54:25.119 there<00:54:23.659><c> was</c><00:54:23.820><c> the</c><00:54:24.019><c> good.</c> 00:54:26.460 --> 00:54:32.920 It<00:54:26.719><c> showed</c><00:54:26.860><c> his</c><00:54:27.179><c> faith</c><00:54:27.380><c> in</c><00:54:27.559><c> the</c><00:54:27.760><c> promises,</c><00:54:30.880><c> and</c><00:54:31.019><c> he</c><00:54:31.139><c> gave</c><00:54:31.920><c> Joseph</c><00:54:32.639><c> the</c> 00:54:32.920 --> 00:54:35.820 leadership,<00:54:33.559><c> and</c><00:54:33.559><c> it</c><00:54:33.780><c> brought</c><00:54:33.980><c> salvation,</c><00:54:34.880><c> didn't</c><00:54:35.019><c> it?</c> 00:54:35.880 --> 00:54:39.860 And<00:54:36.400><c> he</c><00:54:36.579><c> demonstrated</c><00:54:37.340><c> his</c><00:54:37.860><c> understanding</c><00:54:38.440><c> of</c><00:54:38.659><c> the</c><00:54:38.800><c> principle</c><00:54:39.280><c> of</c><00:54:39.719><c> the</c> 00:54:39.860 --> 00:54:42.800 son<00:54:39.980><c> of</c><00:54:40.139><c> the</c><00:54:40.340><c> promise</c><00:54:40.639><c> taking</c><00:54:41.000><c> the</c><00:54:41.280><c> place</c><00:54:41.440><c> of</c><00:54:41.619><c> the</c><00:54:41.760><c> firstborn.</c> 00:54:45.380 --> 00:54:48.840 But<00:54:45.559><c> of</c><00:54:45.719><c> course</c><00:54:45.840><c> there</c><00:54:46.000><c> was</c><00:54:46.119><c> the</c><00:54:46.300><c> bad,</c><00:54:47.880><c> because</c><00:54:48.139><c> he</c><00:54:48.460><c> assumed</c> 00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:52.659 just<00:54:49.420><c> as</c><00:54:49.679><c> in</c><00:54:49.940><c> previous</c><00:54:50.179><c> generations,</c><00:54:51.440><c> his</c><00:54:51.579><c> sons</c><00:54:51.980><c> would</c><00:54:52.460><c> not</c> 00:54:52.659 --> 00:54:54.219 be<00:54:52.820><c> part</c><00:54:53.000><c> of</c><00:54:53.219><c> the</c><00:54:53.340><c> promises.</c> 00:54:54.239 --> 00:54:58.920 And<00:54:54.500><c> he</c><00:54:54.739><c> treated</c><00:54:55.000><c> them</c><00:54:55.860><c> as</c><00:54:56.780><c> Ishmael</c><00:54:57.420><c> and</c><00:54:57.599><c> Esau</c><00:54:58.199><c> should</c><00:54:58.679><c> have</c> 00:54:58.920 --> 00:55:03.019 been<00:54:59.179><c> treated,</c><00:55:01.260><c> throwing</c><00:55:01.500><c> them</c><00:55:01.739><c> out</c><00:55:02.219><c> and</c><00:55:02.539><c> not</c><00:55:02.739><c> accounting</c> 00:55:03.019 --> 00:55:03.900 for<00:55:03.239><c> their</c><00:55:03.440><c> salvation.</c> 00:55:03.900 --> 00:55:06.960 But<00:55:04.579><c> of</c><00:55:04.719><c> course,</c><00:55:05.099><c> brothers</c><00:55:05.219><c> and</c><00:55:05.400><c> sisters,</c><00:55:06.039><c> he</c><00:55:06.239><c> didn't</c><00:55:06.460><c> account</c><00:55:06.780><c> for</c> 00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:08.159 God's<00:55:07.360><c> will.</c> 00:55:09.059 --> 00:55:10.639 And<00:55:09.119><c> remember,</c><00:55:09.400><c> brothers</c><00:55:09.599><c> and</c><00:55:09.719><c> sisters,</c><00:55:10.000><c> as</c><00:55:10.119><c> the</c><00:55:10.199><c> last</c><00:55:10.480><c> word</c> 00:55:10.639 --> 00:55:13.900 of<00:55:10.900><c> exhortation,</c><00:55:11.960><c> sometimes</c><00:55:12.460><c> we</c><00:55:12.679><c> might</c><00:55:12.900><c> be</c><00:55:13.039><c> able</c><00:55:13.239><c> to</c><00:55:13.340><c> get</c><00:55:13.480><c> into</c><00:55:13.699><c> the</c> 00:55:13.900 --> 00:55:15.619 same<00:55:14.059><c> situation,</c> 00:55:17.519 --> 00:55:24.559 where<00:55:17.619><c> we</c><00:55:17.980><c> treat</c><00:55:18.260><c> the</c><00:55:18.619><c> family</c><00:55:18.940><c> of</c><00:55:19.179><c> God</c><00:55:20.460><c> poorly</c><00:55:21.239><c> because</c><00:55:23.219><c> of</c><00:55:23.420><c> tradition.</c> 00:55:25.760 --> 00:55:31.760 That<00:55:26.280><c> brothers</c><00:55:26.800><c> and</c><00:55:27.059><c> sisters,</c><00:55:27.639><c> that</c><00:55:27.739><c> God</c><00:55:27.980><c> are</c><00:55:28.699><c> in</c><00:55:29.019><c> God's</c><00:55:29.380><c> family</c><00:55:30.059><c> because</c><00:55:31.320><c> we</c> 00:55:31.760 --> 00:55:37.039 think<00:55:33.039><c> history</c><00:55:34.199><c> has</c><00:55:34.780><c> told</c><00:55:34.980><c> us</c><00:55:35.199><c> to</c><00:55:35.340><c> do</c><00:55:35.500><c> so,</c><00:55:36.400><c> and</c><00:55:36.659><c> that</c><00:55:36.820><c> wasn't</c> 00:55:37.039 --> 00:55:38.539 the<00:55:37.219><c> case</c><00:55:37.380><c> here.</c> 00:55:39.440 --> 00:55:46.679 So<00:55:39.699><c> what</c><00:55:39.800><c> was</c><00:55:39.940><c> he</c><00:55:40.139><c> thinking?</c><00:55:42.699><c> Well,</c><00:55:43.559><c> he</c><00:55:43.719><c> was</c><00:55:43.940><c> thinking</c><00:55:44.340><c> the</c><00:55:46.360><c> son</c><00:55:46.539><c> of</c> 00:55:46.679 --> 00:55:53.119 the<00:55:46.880><c> promise</c><00:55:48.440><c> was</c><00:55:49.960><c> the</c><00:55:50.179><c> one</c><00:55:50.340><c> through</c><00:55:50.599><c> whom</c><00:55:50.980><c> salvation</c><00:55:51.659><c> was</c><00:55:52.119><c> going</c><00:55:52.280><c> to</c><00:55:52.460><c> come.</c> 00:55:54.059 --> 00:55:55.719 Thank<00:55:54.739><c> you.</c>