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we</c> 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:15.019 x have<00:12:12.720><c> no</c><00:12:13.120><c> conversion</c><00:12:13.799><c> of</c><00:12:14.100><c> Judah,</c> 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:22.580 x which<00:12:15.500><c> dramatically</c><00:12:16.700><c> changes</c><00:12:17.299><c> the</c><00:12:17.500><c> story</c><00:12:17.879><c> of</c><00:12:18.159><c> Joseph</c><00:12:18.580><c> and</c><00:12:19.899><c> the</c><00:12:20.299><c> nation</c><00:12:20.980><c> of</c><00:12:21.559><c> Israel.</c> 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:28.220 x So<00:12:22.779><c> here</c><00:12:23.200><c> one</c><00:12:23.620><c> little</c><00:12:24.000><c> event</c><00:12:25.019><c> becomes</c><00:12:26.080><c> a</c><00:12:27.100><c> glorious</c><00:12:27.559><c> outcome</c> 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:31.480 x by<00:12:28.840><c> the</c><00:12:29.120><c> handworking</c><00:12:29.600><c> of</c><00:12:29.860><c> the</c><00:12:30.000><c> Almighty</c><00:12:30.340><c> Father.</c> 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:34.700 x Isn't<00:12:31.980><c> that</c><00:12:32.220><c> true</c><00:12:32.419><c> in</c><00:12:32.580><c> our</c><00:12:32.740><c> own</c><00:12:32.980><c> lives</c><00:12:33.360><c> where</c><00:12:33.740><c> sometimes</c><00:12:34.340><c> we</c> 00:12:34.700 --> 00:12:37.019 x always<00:12:35.059><c> see</c><00:12:35.299><c> it</c><00:12:35.519><c> better</c><00:12:35.799><c> looking</c><00:12:36.139><c> back</c><00:12:36.480><c> than</c><00:12:36.659><c> we</c><00:12:36.799><c> do</c> 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:40.820 x looking<00:12:37.399><c> forward,</c><00:12:38.620><c> but</c><00:12:39.059><c> sometimes</c><00:12:39.620><c> something</c><00:12:40.200><c> seemingly</c> 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:44.259 x minor<00:12:41.299><c> happens</c><00:12:41.980><c> and</c><00:12:43.019><c> then</c><00:12:43.519><c> the</c><00:12:43.820><c> buildup</c> 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:49.220 x from<00:12:44.399><c> that</c><00:12:44.659><c> minor</c><00:12:45.019><c> event</c><00:12:45.399><c> was</c><00:12:45.820><c> amazing.</c><00:12:47.299><c> Sometimes</c><00:12:47.740><c> negatively,</c><00:12:48.600><c> I</c><00:12:48.600><c> acknowledge</c><00:12:48.960><c> that,</c> 00:12:49.379 --> 00:12:50.039 x but<00:12:49.519><c> oftentimes</c> 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.960 x we<00:12:50.279><c> go,</c><00:12:50.860><c> wow,</c><00:12:51.159><c> how</c><00:12:51.379><c> did</c><00:12:51.580><c> we</c><00:12:51.840><c> get</c><00:12:52.100><c> here?</c><00:12:53.059><c> And</c><00:12:53.200><c> we</c><00:12:53.259><c> look</c><00:12:53.419><c> back</c><00:12:53.759><c> and</c> 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:57.000 x the<00:12:54.179><c> root</c><00:12:54.559><c> was</c><00:12:55.799><c> some</c><00:12:56.120><c> small</c><00:12:56.419><c> decision,</c> 00:12:57.360 --> 00:13:03.220 x like<00:12:57.899><c> the</c><00:12:58.340><c> decision</c><00:12:58.700><c> to</c><00:12:58.919><c> go</c><00:12:59.159><c> to</c><00:12:59.820><c> a</c><00:13:00.100><c> baptism</c><00:13:00.500><c> class</c><00:13:01.259><c> a</c><00:13:02.279><c> couple</c><00:13:02.460><c> days</c><00:13:02.740><c> after</c><00:13:03.059><c> I</c> 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:04.500 x was<00:13:03.440><c> baptized,</c> 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:08.139 x where<00:13:04.740><c> I</c><00:13:04.980><c> happened</c><00:13:05.179><c> to</c><00:13:05.419><c> meet</c><00:13:05.519><c> my</c><00:13:05.779><c> wife.</c><00:13:06.980><c> What</c><00:13:07.299><c> happens</c><00:13:07.700><c> to</c><00:13:07.919><c> my</c> 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:09.700 x life<00:13:08.340><c> without</c><00:13:08.700><c> that?</c><00:13:09.159><c> I</c><00:13:09.259><c> don't</c><00:13:09.519><c> know,</c> 00:13:09.700 --> 00:13:13.039 x I'm<00:13:10.039><c> sure</c><00:13:10.200><c> is</c><00:13:10.460><c> doing</c><00:13:10.620><c> some</c><00:13:10.899><c> work</c><00:13:11.120><c> there,</c><00:13:11.639><c> but</c><00:13:11.700><c> boy,</c><00:13:12.340><c> he</c><00:13:12.580><c> put</c><00:13:12.759><c> me</c> 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:14.960 x 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her</c><00:14:43.639><c> circumstance.</c><00:14:44.259><c> She</c> 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:48.259 x waited.<00:14:45.519><c> She</c><00:14:45.940><c> wanted</c><00:14:46.279><c> to</c><00:14:46.480><c> be</c><00:14:46.620><c> part</c><00:14:46.799><c> of</c><00:14:46.940><c> the</c><00:14:47.139><c> family.</c><00:14:47.419><c> She</c><00:14:47.740><c> wanted</c><00:14:48.059><c> to</c> 00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:49.720 x be<00:14:48.480><c> attached</c><00:14:48.899><c> to</c><00:14:49.139><c> the</c><00:14:49.360><c> promises.</c> 00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:53.039 x She<00:14:50.379><c> was</c><00:14:50.759><c> willing</c><00:14:51.019><c> to</c><00:14:51.320><c> follow</c><00:14:51.500><c> the</c><00:14:51.860><c> instructions</c><00:14:52.279><c> of</c><00:14:52.539><c> the</c><00:14:52.740><c> law</c> 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:57.580 x and<00:14:53.480><c> her</c><00:14:53.659><c> father</c><00:14:54.000><c>-in</c><00:14:54.179><c>-law,</c><00:14:54.580><c> but</c><00:14:55.159><c> she</c><00:14:55.580><c> sees</c><00:14:56.059><c> it</c><00:14:56.879><c> has</c><00:14:57.159><c> not</c> 00:14:57.580 --> 00:15:03.740 x happened<00:14:57.960><c> the</c><00:14:58.179><c> way</c><00:14:58.639><c> it</c><00:14:59.039><c> should</c><00:14:59.320><c> have</c><00:14:59.919><c> and</c><00:15:00.440><c> he</c><00:15:00.740><c> agreed</c><00:15:00.980><c> it</c><00:15:01.240><c> would.</c><00:15:03.299><c> And</c> 00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:08.320 x so<00:15:04.220><c> as</c><00:15:04.679><c> we</c><00:15:04.899><c> look</c><00:15:05.059><c> at</c><00:15:05.259><c> this,</c><00:15:07.279><c> she</c><00:15:07.379><c> intended</c> 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:14.259 x to<00:15:08.759><c> hold</c><00:15:09.059><c> Judah</c><00:15:09.460><c> to</c><00:15:10.620><c> the</c><00:15:10.879><c> promise</c><00:15:11.139><c> that</c><00:15:11.399><c> he</c><00:15:11.580><c> made,</c><00:15:12.740><c> but</c><00:15:13.220><c> he</c><00:15:13.419><c> wasn't</c><00:15:13.679><c> ready</c><00:15:13.980><c> to</c> 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:15.580 x keep<00:15:14.419><c> his</c><00:15:14.600><c> end</c><00:15:14.759><c> of</c><00:15:14.879><c> the</c><00:15:15.039><c> bargain.</c><00:15:15.360><c> And</c> 00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:20.379 x now<00:15:16.100><c> it</c><00:15:16.720><c> had</c><00:15:16.940><c> become</c><00:15:17.200><c> obvious</c><00:15:17.600><c> that</c><00:15:17.899><c> he</c><00:15:18.059><c> never</c><00:15:18.340><c> would.</c><00:15:19.899><c> So</c><00:15:20.159><c> she</c> 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:22.779 x changes<00:15:20.759><c> her</c><00:15:21.059><c> clothing</c><00:15:21.379><c> to</c><00:15:21.919><c> prevent</c><00:15:22.220><c> detection</c> 00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:25.360 x and<00:15:23.259><c> we're</c><00:15:23.480><c> not</c><00:15:23.720><c> told</c><00:15:23.940><c> what</c><00:15:24.139><c> she</c><00:15:24.379><c> really</c><00:15:24.759><c> thought</c><00:15:25.000><c> what</c><00:15:25.179><c> she</c> 00:15:25.360 --> 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right</c><00:15:51.379><c> reason.</c><00:15:53.139><c> But</c><00:15:53.480><c> in</c> 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:57.139 x the<00:15:53.919><c> weakest</c><00:15:54.320><c> part</c><00:15:54.899><c> of</c><00:15:55.179><c> her</c><00:15:55.480><c> faith,</c><00:15:56.840><c> there's</c> 00:15:57.139 --> 00:16:01.519 x about<00:15:57.399><c> to</c><00:15:57.539><c> be</c><00:15:57.820><c> a</c><00:15:58.179><c> glorious</c><00:15:58.580><c> outcome.</c><00:16:00.080><c> Verse</c><00:16:00.240><c> 15,</c><00:16:00.960><c> Judah</c><00:16:01.279><c> sees</c> 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:04.419 x her<00:16:01.919><c> and</c><00:16:02.179><c> refers</c><00:16:02.559><c> to</c><00:16:02.820><c> her</c><00:16:02.960><c> as</c><00:16:03.080><c> a</c><00:16:03.360><c> harlot,</c><00:16:04.019><c> which</c><00:16:04.220><c> puts</c> 00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:07.399 x her<00:16:04.659><c> in</c><00:16:04.799><c> good</c><00:16:05.000><c> company</c><00:16:05.360><c> with</c><00:16:05.659><c> Rahab,</c><00:16:06.179><c> something</c><00:16:06.440><c> we</c><00:16:06.700><c> did</c><00:16:06.879><c> during</c><00:16:07.159><c> the</c> 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:10.679 x adults<00:16:07.600><c> class.</c><00:16:08.659><c> And</c><00:16:08.879><c> in</c><00:16:09.059><c> verse</c><00:16:09.279><c> 16,</c><00:16:10.399><c> he's</c> 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:13.840 x willing<00:16:10.919><c> to</c><00:16:11.240><c> satisfy</c><00:16:11.659><c> his</c><00:16:11.980><c> lust</c><00:16:12.259><c> after</c><00:16:12.860><c> his</c><00:16:13.100><c> wife</c><00:16:13.340><c> died,</c><00:16:13.679><c> but</c> 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:16.379 x it<00:16:13.980><c> is</c><00:16:14.220><c> highly</c><00:16:14.460><c> unlikely</c><00:16:14.940><c> he</c><00:16:15.220><c> would</c><00:16:15.379><c> have</c><00:16:15.600><c> gone</c><00:16:15.840><c> and</c> 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:19.500 x asked<00:16:16.620><c> his</c><00:16:17.340><c> daughter</c><00:16:17.700><c>-in</c><00:16:17.940><c>-law</c><00:16:18.080><c> to</c><00:16:18.360><c> partake</c><00:16:18.799><c> in</c><00:16:18.940><c> this</c><00:16:19.159><c> event.</c> 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:23.139 x She<00:16:20.299><c> didn't</c><00:16:20.580><c> think</c><00:16:20.820><c> so</c><00:16:21.139><c> either</c><00:16:21.720><c> or</c><00:16:22.340><c> she</c><00:16:22.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:22.860><c> have</c> 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:29.799 x covered<00:16:23.320><c> herself</c><00:16:23.740><c> up</c><00:16:24.320><c> and</c><00:16:25.200><c> tried</c><00:16:25.460><c> to</c><00:16:25.779><c> hide</c><00:16:26.000><c> her</c><00:16:26.320><c> identity.</c><00:16:27.960><c> She</c><00:16:27.960><c> sees</c><00:16:28.360><c> the</c><00:16:28.700><c> opportunity</c><00:16:29.360><c> to</c> 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:31.240 x secure<00:16:30.220><c> a</c><00:16:30.600><c> place</c><00:16:30.820><c> in</c><00:16:31.019><c> the</c> 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:37.179 x family<00:16:31.559><c> line.</c><00:16:32.840><c> Wrong</c><00:16:33.080><c> method?</c><00:16:34.220><c> Absolutely.</c><00:16:36.019><c> Right</c><00:16:36.259><c> motive?</c> 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.340 x It<00:16:37.860><c> appears</c><00:16:38.200><c> so.</c><00:16:39.139><c> And</c><00:16:39.340><c> so</c><00:16:39.440><c> we</c><00:16:39.559><c> get</c><00:16:39.759><c> to</c><00:16:39.919><c> verse</c><00:16:40.100><c> 17</c><00:16:40.700><c> and</c><00:16:40.879><c> 18</c> 00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:45.460 x and<00:16:41.519><c> we</c><00:16:41.779><c> have</c><00:16:41.980><c> what</c><00:16:42.159><c> is</c><00:16:42.519><c> the</c><00:16:43.019><c> exact</c><00:16:43.740><c> opposite</c><00:16:44.399><c> of</c><00:16:44.799><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:48.440 x There's<00:16:46.139><c> an</c><00:16:46.399><c> opportunity,</c><00:16:47.980><c> but</c><00:16:48.179><c> that</c> 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:51.059 x opportunity<00:16:49.279><c> is</c><00:16:49.620><c> missed.</c><00:16:49.820><c> We're</c><00:16:50.019><c> given</c><00:16:50.220><c> some</c><00:16:50.519><c> details</c><00:16:50.919><c> that</c> 00:16:51.059 --> 00:16:52.480 x are<00:16:51.299><c> kind</c><00:16:51.460><c> of</c><00:16:51.659><c> interesting.</c><00:16:51.919><c> We'll</c><00:16:52.139><c> use</c><00:16:52.279><c> some</c> 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:56.320 x modern<00:16:52.740><c> language</c><00:16:53.159><c> for</c><00:16:53.360><c> this.</c><00:16:53.940><c> He</c><00:16:53.960><c> gives</c><00:16:54.240><c> her</c><00:16:54.480><c> his</c><00:16:55.019><c> signet</c><00:16:55.840><c> or</c> 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:58.159 x a<00:16:56.620><c> seal</c><00:16:56.820><c> ring.</c><00:16:57.039><c> This</c><00:16:57.200><c> would</c><00:16:57.360><c> be</c><00:16:57.519><c> a</c><00:16:57.679><c> token</c><00:16:57.899><c> of</c> 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:01.240 x identification.<00:16:58.899><c> Might</c><00:16:59.179><c> be</c><00:16:59.399><c> like</c><00:17:00.000><c> leaving</c><00:17:00.279><c> your</c><00:17:00.620><c> driver's</c> 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:04.839 x license.<00:17:02.600><c> Some</c><00:17:02.879><c> bracelets.</c><00:17:03.960><c> So</c><00:17:04.099><c> we've</c><00:17:04.319><c> got</c><00:17:04.519><c> jewelry.</c> 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.799 x We've<00:17:05.099><c> got</c><00:17:05.200><c> the</c><00:17:05.519><c> staff,</c><00:17:05.799><c> his</c><00:17:06.059><c> support.</c><00:17:06.799><c> Maybe</c><00:17:07.099><c> this</c><00:17:07.339><c> is</c><00:17:07.539><c> our</c> 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:11.779 x car<00:17:08.079><c> keys.</c><00:17:09.160><c> And</c><00:17:09.519><c> so</c><00:17:09.759><c> she</c><00:17:10.019><c> remains</c><00:17:10.500><c> covered</c><00:17:11.240><c> probably</c> 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:15.559 x until<00:17:12.140><c> darkness</c><00:17:12.839><c> so</c><00:17:13.660><c> that</c><00:17:13.839><c> she</c><00:17:14.019><c> is</c><00:17:14.259><c> not</c><00:17:14.460><c> exposed</c><00:17:14.980><c> for</c><00:17:15.180><c> who</c><00:17:15.319><c> she</c> 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.880 x really<00:17:15.900><c> is,</c><00:17:16.759><c> but</c><00:17:17.019><c> for</c><00:17:17.200><c> who</c><00:17:17.339><c> he</c><00:17:17.599><c> thinks</c><00:17:17.759><c> she</c><00:17:18.059><c> is.</c><00:17:18.660><c> But</c> 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:22.720 x she's<00:17:19.059><c> got</c><00:17:19.480><c> effectively</c><00:17:20.240><c> his</c><00:17:20.619><c> jewelry,</c><00:17:21.700><c> his</c><00:17:21.839><c> car</c><00:17:22.099><c> keys,</c><00:17:22.559><c> his</c> 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.220 x driver's<00:17:23.200><c> license.</c> 00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:30.140 x What<00:17:27.019><c> is</c><00:17:27.200><c> she</c><00:17:27.420><c> going</c><00:17:27.579><c> to</c><00:17:27.660><c> do</c><00:17:27.759><c> with</c><00:17:28.000><c> that?</c><00:17:28.940><c> She</c><00:17:29.180><c> goes</c><00:17:29.579><c> back</c><00:17:29.960><c> to</c> 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there's</c><00:17:43.619><c> a</c> 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.299 x different<00:17:44.039><c> word</c><00:17:44.200><c> for</c><00:17:44.539><c> harlot</c><00:17:44.839><c> used.</c><00:17:45.140><c> In</c><00:17:45.380><c> fact,</c><00:17:45.779><c> this</c><00:17:46.059><c> one</c> 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:51.720 x means<00:17:47.200><c> a</c><00:17:47.619><c> temple</c><00:17:47.980><c> prostitute.</c><00:17:48.700><c> Notice</c><00:17:49.099><c> how</c><00:17:49.359><c> it's</c><00:17:49.819><c> seen</c><00:17:50.220><c> now</c><00:17:51.000><c> adding</c><00:17:51.299><c> a</c> 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.000 x religious<00:17:52.140><c> significance</c><00:17:52.940><c> from</c><00:17:53.240><c> the</c><00:17:53.500><c> eyes</c> 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:59.660 x of<00:17:54.640><c> Judah's</c><00:17:55.039><c> friend.</c><00:17:56.480><c> Verse</c><00:17:56.599><c> 22,</c><00:17:57.339><c> verse</c><00:17:57.559><c> 23,</c><00:17:58.240><c> same</c><00:17:58.599><c> word.</c><00:17:59.660><c> And</c> 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:02.819 x here's<00:18:00.539><c> the</c><00:18:00.819><c> part</c><00:18:01.019><c> that's</c><00:18:01.359><c> very</c><00:18:01.740><c> interesting.</c> 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:07.759 x They're<00:18:04.259><c> worried</c><00:18:04.660><c> about</c><00:18:05.259><c> being</c><00:18:06.200><c> shamed</c><00:18:06.960><c> by</c><00:18:07.200><c> the</c><00:18:07.400><c> people</c><00:18:07.579><c> of</c> 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.000 x the<00:18:07.920><c> land.</c><00:18:09.339><c> It's</c><00:18:09.980><c> translated</c> 00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:13.980 x contempt<00:18:11.639><c> normally</c><00:18:12.119><c> through</c><00:18:12.400><c> the</c><00:18:12.619><c> Hebrew.</c><00:18:13.400><c> Judah</c><00:18:13.500><c> wanted</c><00:18:13.759><c> to</c> 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:16.680 x make<00:18:14.160><c> sure</c><00:18:14.420><c> no</c><00:18:14.720><c> one</c><00:18:14.880><c> held</c><00:18:15.140><c> him</c><00:18:15.339><c> in</c><00:18:15.559><c> contempt</c> 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:20.819 x for<00:18:17.440><c> being</c><00:18:17.779><c> swindled</c><00:18:18.220><c> out</c><00:18:18.359><c> of</c><00:18:18.500><c> his</c><00:18:18.680><c> possessions.</c><00:18:20.299><c> He's</c><00:18:20.660><c> not</c> 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:22.500 x worried<00:18:21.079><c> about</c><00:18:21.279><c> what</c><00:18:21.420><c> they</c><00:18:21.680><c> think</c><00:18:21.839><c> about</c><00:18:22.099><c> the</c><00:18:22.299><c> act</c> 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:27.140 x of<00:18:22.680><c> being</c><00:18:22.799><c> with</c><00:18:23.019><c> the</c><00:18:23.180><c> harlot.</c><00:18:24.119><c> Isn't</c><00:18:24.299><c> it</c><00:18:24.579><c> funny</c><00:18:24.839><c> how</c><00:18:25.240><c> we</c><00:18:26.119><c> rationalize</c><00:18:26.880><c> when</c> 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:28.400 x sin<00:18:27.319><c> starts</c><00:18:27.660><c> taking</c><00:18:27.960><c> over</c><00:18:28.200><c> like,</c> 00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:30.880 x oh,<00:18:28.660><c> I</c><00:18:28.740><c> don't</c><00:18:28.940><c> want</c><00:18:29.079><c> anybody</c><00:18:29.359><c> to</c><00:18:29.579><c> see</c><00:18:29.680><c> it.</c><00:18:29.920><c> There's</c><00:18:30.140><c> this</c><00:18:30.359><c> giant</c><00:18:30.700><c> sin</c> 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:32.339 x on<00:18:31.099><c> the</c><00:18:31.259><c> side.</c><00:18:31.420><c> I'm</c><00:18:31.819><c> not</c><00:18:31.980><c> really</c><00:18:32.259><c> worried,</c> 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:36.359 x but<00:18:32.500><c> let's</c><00:18:32.799><c> not</c><00:18:32.900><c> let</c><00:18:33.059><c> this</c><00:18:33.359><c> one</c><00:18:33.500><c> be</c><00:18:33.720><c> known.</c><00:18:34.700><c> But</c><00:18:35.019><c> when</c><00:18:35.460><c> the</c><00:18:35.900><c> thinking</c><00:18:36.140><c> of</c> 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:38.140 x the<00:18:36.559><c> flesh</c><00:18:36.740><c> takes</c><00:18:37.079><c> over,</c> 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:43.039 x 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00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:58.160 x Things<00:18:55.000><c> may</c><00:18:55.240><c> not</c><00:18:55.440><c> go</c><00:18:55.559><c> as</c><00:18:55.759><c> we</c><00:18:56.000><c> planned.</c><00:18:56.900><c> We</c><00:18:57.200><c> justify</c><00:18:57.700><c> it</c><00:18:57.960><c> some</c> 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.559 x way<00:18:58.380><c> and</c><00:18:58.519><c> we</c><00:18:58.759><c> move</c><00:18:58.920><c> on.</c><00:18:59.859><c> And</c><00:19:00.259><c> so</c><00:19:00.559><c> in</c><00:19:00.740><c> verse</c><00:19:01.000><c> 24,</c> 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:06.119 x we<00:19:01.720><c> go</c><00:19:01.920><c> back</c><00:19:02.160><c> to</c><00:19:02.319><c> the</c><00:19:02.500><c> original</c><00:19:02.880><c> harlot</c><00:19:03.180><c> word.</c><00:19:03.680><c> And</c><00:19:03.839><c> three</c><00:19:04.220><c> months</c><00:19:04.859><c> later,</c><00:19:06.039><c> it</c> 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.160 x was<00:19:06.299><c> told</c><00:19:06.579><c> Judah</c><00:19:06.819><c> saying,</c> 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.839 x Tamar,<00:19:08.180><c> thy</c><00:19:08.319><c> daughter</c><00:19:08.619><c>-in</c><00:19:08.880><c>-law,</c><00:19:09.599><c> played</c><00:19:09.759><c> the</c><00:19:10.019><c> harlot.</c><00:19:10.660><c> And</c><00:19:10.799><c> behold,</c><00:19:11.519><c> she</c><00:19:11.680><c> is</c> 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.900 x with<00:19:12.019><c> child</c><00:19:12.339><c> by</c><00:19:12.619><c> whoredom,</c> 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:17.940 x and<00:19:13.079><c> Judah</c><00:19:13.259><c> said,</c><00:19:13.559><c> bring</c><00:19:13.640><c> her</c><00:19:13.839><c> forth,</c><00:19:14.460><c> let</c><00:19:14.579><c> her</c><00:19:14.799><c> be</c><00:19:15.039><c> burnt.</c><00:19:16.960><c> And</c><00:19:17.380><c> so</c> 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:20.319 x now<00:19:19.019><c> as</c><00:19:19.259><c> we</c><00:19:19.440><c> look</c><00:19:19.559><c> at</c><00:19:19.759><c> this</c><00:19:20.000><c> story,</c> 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:24.980 x she<00:19:20.740><c> had</c><00:19:20.960><c> the</c><00:19:21.200><c> legal</c><00:19:21.460><c> right</c><00:19:21.700><c> to</c><00:19:21.900><c> remarry</c><00:19:22.220><c> as</c><00:19:22.440><c> a</c><00:19:22.559><c> widow.</c><00:19:23.099><c> She</c><00:19:23.359><c> was</c><00:19:23.700><c> already</c><00:19:24.220><c> obligated</c><00:19:24.799><c> to</c> 00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.700 x the<00:19:25.140><c> third</c><00:19:25.400><c> son.</c> 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:30.619 x She<00:19:26.279><c> had</c><00:19:26.519><c> remained</c><00:19:26.960><c> silent</c><00:19:27.599><c> to</c><00:19:27.759><c> this</c><00:19:28.079><c> point.</c><00:19:28.700><c> And</c><00:19:28.980><c> here</c><00:19:29.440><c> he</c><00:19:29.859><c> declares</c><00:19:30.359><c> a</c> 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:32.640 x punishment<00:19:31.140><c> that</c><00:19:31.759><c> actually</c><00:19:32.259><c> becomes</c> 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:36.779 x the<00:19:32.880><c> baseline</c><00:19:33.220><c> for</c><00:19:33.500><c> Leviticus</c><00:19:33.880><c> 21</c><00:19:34.319><c> and</c><00:19:34.539><c> 9,</c><00:19:35.039><c> which</c><00:19:35.259><c> says,</c><00:19:35.900><c> if</c><00:19:35.900><c> the</c><00:19:36.160><c> daughter</c><00:19:36.380><c> of</c><00:19:36.579><c> a</c> 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:38.599 x priest,<00:19:37.160><c> she</c><00:19:37.579><c> profane</c><00:19:38.160><c> herself</c> 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:41.359 x by<00:19:38.859><c> playing</c><00:19:39.119><c> the</c><00:19:39.380><c> whore,</c><00:19:39.819><c> she</c><00:19:40.039><c> profaneth</c><00:19:40.539><c> her</c><00:19:40.779><c> father,</c><00:19:41.200><c> she</c> 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:44.059 x shall<00:19:41.539><c> be</c><00:19:41.779><c> burnt</c><00:19:41.859><c> with</c><00:19:42.119><c> fire.</c><00:19:42.700><c> So</c><00:19:42.960><c> here's</c><00:19:43.880><c> the</c> 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:53.200 x burner.<00:19:46.559><c> And</c><00:19:47.079><c> then</c><00:19:48.079><c> at</c><00:19:48.680><c> verse</c><00:19:48.960><c> 25,</c><00:19:51.200><c> she</c><00:19:51.500><c> keeps</c><00:19:51.900><c> silence</c><00:19:52.720><c> till</c> 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:56.619 x the<00:19:53.539><c> point</c><00:19:54.039><c> of</c><00:19:55.460><c> execution.</c> 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:00.579 x And<00:19:57.900><c> we</c><00:19:58.059><c> might</c><00:19:58.259><c> even</c><00:19:58.599><c> consider</c><00:19:58.980><c> thinking</c><00:19:59.359><c> of</c><00:19:59.579><c> our</c><00:19:59.740><c> Lord.</c><00:20:00.240><c> And</c> 00:20:00.579 --> 00:20:07.130 x as<00:20:01.480><c> she</c><00:20:02.619><c> reveals,</c><00:20:04.819><c> whose</c><00:20:05.299><c> car</c><00:20:05.759><c> keys</c><00:20:06.140><c> and</c> 00:20:07.350 --> 00:20:12.730 x driver's<00:20:08.069><c> license</c><00:20:08.490><c> and</c><00:20:08.769><c> jewelry</c><00:20:09.190><c> is</c><00:20:09.470><c> this?</c><00:20:11.170><c> So</c><00:20:11.769><c> we</c><00:20:12.289><c> come</c><00:20:12.529><c> to</c> 00:20:12.730 --> 00:20:16.230 x the<00:20:13.089><c> critical</c><00:20:13.869><c> fork</c><00:20:14.329><c> in</c><00:20:14.509><c> the</c><00:20:14.670><c> road,</c><00:20:14.890><c> the</c><00:20:15.289><c> point</c><00:20:15.650><c> where</c> 00:20:16.230 --> 00:20:22.250 x everything<00:20:16.869><c> could</c><00:20:17.250><c> go</c><00:20:18.009><c> one</c><00:20:18.549><c> way</c><00:20:18.990><c> or</c><00:20:19.349><c> the</c><00:20:19.569><c> other.</c><00:20:20.049><c> And</c><00:20:20.130><c> at</c><00:20:20.309><c> verse</c><00:20:20.549><c> 26,</c> 00:20:23.009 --> 00:20:26.230 x Judah<00:20:23.230><c> acknowledged,</c><00:20:25.150><c> he</c><00:20:25.529><c> acknowledged</c> 00:20:26.230 --> 00:20:31.549 x those<00:20:26.490><c> were</c><00:20:26.710><c> his.</c><00:20:27.730><c> He</c><00:20:28.130><c> is</c><00:20:28.450><c> the</c><00:20:28.809><c> patriarch</c><00:20:29.349><c> of</c><00:20:29.609><c> 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his</c><00:21:00.769><c> family,</c><00:21:02.849><c> he</c><00:21:02.990><c> for</c> 00:21:03.329 --> 00:21:08.329 x once<00:21:03.869><c> stood</c><00:21:04.410><c> up</c><00:21:05.630><c> and</c><00:21:06.990><c> acknowledged</c><00:21:07.509><c> and</c><00:21:07.970><c> says</c> 00:21:08.329 --> 00:21:15.410 x these<00:21:08.710><c> words.</c><00:21:09.869><c> She</c><00:21:10.130><c> hath</c><00:21:10.609><c> been</c><00:21:11.329><c> more</c><00:21:12.029><c> righteous</c><00:21:12.650><c> than</c><00:21:13.150><c> I,</c><00:21:14.890><c> because</c><00:21:15.190><c> I</c> 00:21:15.410 --> 00:21:17.210 x gave<00:21:15.569><c> her</c><00:21:15.769><c> not</c><00:21:15.930><c> to</c><00:21:16.210><c> Shelah</c><00:21:16.470><c> my</c><00:21:16.650><c> son,</c> 00:21:17.630 --> 00:21:23.849 x and<00:21:17.869><c> he</c><00:21:18.029><c> knew</c><00:21:18.130><c> her</c><00:21:18.430><c> again</c><00:21:18.670><c> no</c><00:21:18.970><c> more.</c><00:21:20.150><c> He</c><00:21:20.750><c> acknowledges</c><00:21:21.410><c> the</c><00:21:21.730><c> sin,</c><00:21:22.410><c> not</c><00:21:22.890><c> just</c><00:21:23.529><c> of</c> 00:21:23.849 --> 00:21:26.029 x being<00:21:24.130><c> with</c><00:21:24.450><c> her</c><00:21:25.269><c> and</c><00:21:25.750><c> giving</c> 00:21:26.029 --> 00:21:29.049 x her<00:21:26.289><c> the</c><00:21:26.589><c> condition</c><00:21:27.210><c> for</c><00:21:27.470><c> which</c><00:21:27.650><c> he</c><00:21:27.869><c> just</c><00:21:28.170><c> thought</c><00:21:28.410><c> death</c><00:21:28.769><c> was</c> 00:21:29.049 --> 00:21:33.089 x a<00:21:29.450><c> prescribable</c><00:21:30.230><c> offense,</c><00:21:32.190><c> but</c><00:21:32.309><c> also</c> 00:21:33.089 --> 00:21:36.269 x acknowledging<00:21:33.710><c> she</c><00:21:34.049><c> was</c><00:21:34.269><c> right.</c><00:21:34.809><c> He</c><00:21:34.970><c> was</c><00:21:35.250><c> never</c><00:21:35.549><c> gonna</c><00:21:35.809><c> give</c> 00:21:36.269 --> 00:21:42.410 x his<00:21:36.710><c> son.</c><00:21:39.509><c> What's</c><00:21:40.190><c> even</c><00:21:40.430><c> more</c><00:21:40.849><c> fascinating</c><00:21:41.589><c> is</c> 00:21:42.410 --> 00:21:46.569 x that<00:21:42.789><c> this</c><00:21:43.230><c> word</c><00:21:43.650><c> where</c><00:21:44.029><c> it</c><00:21:44.269><c> says</c><00:21:44.450><c> she</c><00:21:44.750><c> has</c><00:21:44.970><c> been</c><00:21:45.210><c> more</c><00:21:45.730><c> righteous</c><00:21:46.190><c> than</c> 00:21:46.569 --> 00:21:50.670 x I,<00:21:47.829><c> that</c><00:21:48.150><c> is</c><00:21:48.730><c> the</c><00:21:49.529><c> first</c><00:21:49.990><c> time</c><00:21:50.390><c> that</c> 00:21:50.670 --> 00:21:58.049 x is<00:21:50.950><c> used</c><00:21:51.190><c> in</c><00:21:51.450><c> Hebrew.</c><00:21:52.829><c> The</c><00:21:53.269><c> next</c><00:21:53.650><c> one</c><00:21:54.430><c> is</c><00:21:55.369><c> Genesis</c><00:21:55.789><c> 44.</c><00:21:56.410><c> This</c><00:21:56.630><c> one's</c><00:21:56.950><c> worth</c><00:21:57.089><c> looking.</c><00:21:57.450><c> Turn</c><00:21:57.690><c> over</c><00:21:57.910><c> a</c> 00:21:58.049 --> 00:21:58.589 x couple<00:21:58.230><c> pages</c> 00:21:58.589 --> 00:22:07.930 x to<00:21:58.890><c> Genesis</c><00:21:59.289><c> 44</c><00:21:59.809><c> and</c><00:22:00.009><c> verse</c><00:22:00.210><c> 16.</c><00:22:04.769><c> Genesis</c><00:22:05.230><c> 44</c><00:22:06.269><c> and</c><00:22:07.490><c> at</c><00:22:07.670><c> verse</c> 00:22:07.930 --> 00:22:13.849 x 16,<00:22:10.750><c> Judah</c><00:22:11.309><c> said,</c><00:22:12.130><c> and</c><00:22:12.349><c> this</c><00:22:12.730><c> is</c><00:22:12.990><c> him</c><00:22:13.210><c> talking</c> 00:22:13.849 --> 00:22:23.950 x in<00:22:14.470><c> front</c><00:22:15.029><c> of</c><00:22:15.549><c> Joseph</c><00:22:16.170><c> begging</c><00:22:17.849><c> to</c><00:22:18.869><c> be</c><00:22:19.250><c> taken</c><00:22:19.750><c> instead</c><00:22:20.789><c> of</c><00:22:21.049><c> Benjamin,</c><00:22:22.869><c> wanting</c><00:22:23.289><c> to</c> 00:22:23.950 --> 00:22:25.170 x save<00:22:24.269><c> his</c><00:22:24.690><c> brother</c> 00:22:25.170 --> 00:22:28.849 x for<00:22:25.769><c> the</c><00:22:26.210><c> sake</c><00:22:26.410><c> of</c><00:22:26.630><c> his</c><00:22:26.849><c> father.</c><00:22:27.309><c> And</c><00:22:27.410><c> here</c><00:22:27.630><c> Judah</c><00:22:27.849><c> is</c><00:22:28.369><c> finally</c> 00:22:28.849 --> 00:22:32.569 x living<00:22:29.130><c> up</c><00:22:29.450><c> to</c><00:22:29.650><c> his</c><00:22:29.990><c> name,</c><00:22:30.569><c> and</c><00:22:31.190><c> he</c><00:22:31.569><c> says,</c> 00:22:33.710 --> 00:22:38.369 x what<00:22:34.109><c> shall</c><00:22:34.369><c> we</c><00:22:34.650><c> say</c><00:22:34.829><c> unto</c><00:22:35.049><c> my</c><00:22:35.349><c> Lord?</c><00:22:36.410><c> What</c><00:22:36.750><c> shall</c><00:22:37.029><c> we</c><00:22:37.329><c> speak?</c> 00:22:38.650 --> 00:22:41.650 x Or<00:22:38.930><c> how</c><00:22:39.630><c> shall</c><00:22:39.990><c> we</c><00:22:40.410><c> clear</c><00:22:40.690><c> ourselves?</c><00:22:41.210><c> That's</c> 00:22:41.650 --> 00:22:46.890 x the<00:22:42.009><c> same</c><00:22:42.289><c> word</c><00:22:43.170><c> showing</c><00:22:45.470><c> us</c><00:22:45.769><c> not</c><00:22:46.049><c> only</c><00:22:46.190><c> are</c><00:22:46.329><c> these</c><00:22:46.569><c> stories</c> 00:22:46.890 --> 00:22:48.569 x connected<00:22:47.450><c> by</c><00:22:47.750><c> the</c><00:22:47.950><c> Hebrew</c><00:22:48.150><c> language,</c> 00:22:48.609 --> 00:22:52.910 x which<00:22:48.809><c> they</c><00:22:49.150><c> clearly</c><00:22:49.509><c> are,</c><00:22:50.589><c> but</c><00:22:50.990><c> they're</c><00:22:51.410><c> connected</c><00:22:51.849><c> in</c><00:22:52.150><c> Judah's</c><00:22:52.650><c> mind</c> 00:22:52.910 --> 00:22:57.210 x too.<00:22:54.589><c> The</c><00:22:54.970><c> same</c><00:22:55.269><c> language</c><00:22:55.950><c> he</c><00:22:57.009><c> said</c> 00:22:57.210 --> 00:23:04.349 x before<00:22:57.549><c> his</c><00:22:57.849><c> family</c><00:22:58.150><c> in</c><00:22:58.470><c> defense</c><00:22:59.150><c> of</c><00:22:59.549><c> Tamar,</c><00:23:00.950><c> he</c><00:23:01.589><c> is</c><00:23:01.829><c> now</c><00:23:02.029><c> using</c><00:23:02.589><c> before</c><00:23:04.009><c> his</c> 00:23:04.349 --> 00:23:07.029 x family<00:23:04.829><c> in</c><00:23:05.809><c> the</c><00:23:06.089><c> defense</c><00:23:06.309><c> of</c><00:23:06.569><c> Benjamin</c> 00:23:07.029 --> 00:23:14.529 x and<00:23:07.509><c> Jacob.</c><00:23:11.970><c> We</c><00:23:12.130><c> recall</c><00:23:12.430><c> the</c><00:23:12.589><c> last</c><00:23:12.809><c> time</c><00:23:13.029><c> we</c><00:23:13.210><c> saw</c><00:23:13.410><c> Judah,</c><00:23:13.869><c> prior</c><00:23:14.309><c> to</c> 00:23:14.529 --> 00:23:15.849 x 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happens</c><00:23:46.000><c> to</c><00:23:46.380><c> us</c><00:23:46.559><c> that</c><00:23:46.839><c> matters.</c><00:23:48.019><c> It's</c><00:23:48.160><c> what</c><00:23:48.359><c> happens</c><00:23:48.660><c> within</c> 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:50.880 x us.<00:23:49.279><c> The</c><00:23:49.740><c> challenges</c><00:23:50.119><c> this</c><00:23:50.440><c> life</c><00:23:50.640><c> has</c> 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:54.359 x to<00:23:51.119><c> offer,</c><00:23:51.680><c> some</c><00:23:52.059><c> we</c><00:23:52.279><c> are</c><00:23:52.420><c> just</c><00:23:52.599><c> the</c><00:23:52.799><c> victim</c><00:23:53.039><c> of</c><00:23:53.380><c> circumstance,</c><00:23:53.839><c> some</c><00:23:54.140><c> we're</c> 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.140 x the<00:23:54.480><c> victim</c><00:23:54.700><c> of</c><00:23:54.920><c> our</c> 00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:58.660 x own<00:23:55.359><c> doing.</c><00:23:56.059><c> Either</c><00:23:56.519><c> way</c><00:23:56.740><c> there's</c><00:23:57.160><c> 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all</c><00:24:12.420><c> being</c><00:24:12.720><c> molded</c><00:24:13.420><c> as</c><00:24:13.779><c> fit</c><00:24:13.940><c> vessels.</c> 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:17.460 x With<00:24:15.819><c> the</c><00:24:16.119><c> teens</c><00:24:16.359><c> we</c><00:24:16.579><c> spent</c><00:24:16.759><c> a</c><00:24:16.880><c> lot</c><00:24:17.079><c> of</c><00:24:17.279><c> time</c> 00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:21.559 x on<00:24:17.640><c> the</c><00:24:17.920><c> seven</c><00:24:18.180><c> different</c><00:24:18.539><c> times</c><00:24:18.759><c> in</c><00:24:19.000><c> scripture</c><00:24:19.319><c> where</c><00:24:19.640><c> Joseph</c><00:24:20.059><c> wept,</c> 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:24.160 x showing<00:24:21.759><c> how</c><00:24:22.240><c> God's</c><00:24:22.799><c> plan</c><00:24:23.200><c> was</c><00:24:23.519><c> to</c><00:24:23.920><c> save</c> 00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:28.880 x this<00:24:24.559><c> family</c><00:24:25.019><c> from</c><00:24:25.740><c> the</c><00:24:26.019><c> beginning.</c><00:24:27.700><c> Joseph</c><00:24:28.140><c> was</c><00:24:28.380><c> trying</c><00:24:28.640><c> to</c> 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:32.079 x save<00:24:29.059><c> Benjamin.</c><00:24:29.759><c> His</c><00:24:30.119><c> plan</c><00:24:30.359><c> was</c><00:24:30.779><c> much</c><00:24:31.039><c> smaller.</c> 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:37.759 x But<00:24:32.960><c> boy,</c><00:24:33.460><c> how</c><00:24:33.720><c> glorious</c><00:24:34.200><c> it</c><00:24:34.460><c> was</c><00:24:34.740><c> when</c><00:24:35.000><c> Joseph</c><00:24:35.420><c> was</c><00:24:36.200><c> given</c><00:24:36.559><c> the</c><00:24:36.839><c> insight</c><00:24:37.319><c> to</c> 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:39.240 x the<00:24:38.079><c> character</c><00:24:38.420><c> changes</c><00:24:38.859><c> in</c><00:24:39.019><c> his</c> 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:45.400 x family.<00:24:39.619><c> He</c><00:24:39.619><c> had</c><00:24:39.839><c> no</c><00:24:40.140><c> reason</c><00:24:40.380><c> to</c><00:24:40.680><c> expect.</c><00:24:42.000><c> When</c><00:24:42.220><c> he</c><00:24:42.619><c> sees</c><00:24:43.220><c> Benjamin</c><00:24:43.900><c> still</c><00:24:44.200><c> alive,</c><00:24:44.519><c> he</c><00:24:44.720><c> asks,</c><00:24:45.019><c> do</c><00:24:45.099><c> you</c><00:24:45.119><c> have</c><00:24:45.240><c> a</c> 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:48.740 x brother?<00:24:45.579><c> Do</c><00:24:45.660><c> you</c><00:24:45.720><c> have</c><00:24:45.859><c> a</c><00:24:46.000><c> father?</c><00:24:46.220><c> And</c><00:24:46.319><c> they</c><00:24:46.539><c> say,</c><00:24:46.940><c> yes.</c><00:24:48.460><c> He</c> 00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:51.359 x didn't<00:24:48.980><c> expect</c><00:24:49.380><c> Benjamin</c><00:24:49.819><c> to</c><00:24:50.099><c> live.</c><00:24:50.420><c> Who</c><00:24:50.599><c> was</c><00:24:50.880><c> next</c><00:24:51.119><c> in</c> 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:56.059 x line<00:24:51.519><c> as</c><00:24:51.720><c> Rachel's</c><00:24:52.380><c> only</c><00:24:52.700><c> other</c><00:24:53.000><c> child?</c><00:24:54.940><c> He's</c><00:24:55.500><c> worried</c><00:24:55.740><c> about</c> 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:59.940 x his<00:24:56.359><c> brother.</c><00:24:58.220><c> How</c><00:24:58.680><c> is</c><00:24:58.920><c> Benjamin</c><00:24:59.299><c> doing?</c><00:24:59.640><c> Oh,</c> 00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:02.460 x he<00:25:00.160><c> is</c><00:25:00.359><c> really</c><00:25:00.700><c> still</c><00:25:00.980><c> alive.</c><00:25:01.380><c> I</c><00:25:01.380><c> have</c><00:25:01.619><c> got</c><00:25:01.740><c> to</c><00:25:01.900><c> find</c><00:25:02.039><c> a</c><00:25:02.160><c> way</c><00:25:02.220><c> to</c> 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:04.599 x get<00:25:02.559><c> him</c><00:25:02.839><c> out</c><00:25:03.039><c> of</c><00:25:03.160><c> there</c><00:25:03.339><c> before</c><00:25:03.660><c> they</c><00:25:04.000><c> kill</c><00:25:04.180><c> him</c> 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:08.500 x like<00:25:04.980><c> they</c><00:25:05.299><c> tried</c><00:25:05.519><c> to</c><00:25:05.700><c> get</c><00:25:05.819><c> rid</c><00:25:05.980><c> of</c><00:25:06.180><c> me.</c><00:25:07.400><c> And</c><00:25:07.799><c> so</c><00:25:08.000><c> when</c><00:25:08.160><c> we</c><00:25:08.359><c> look</c> 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:10.519 x at<00:25:08.680><c> this</c><00:25:08.880><c> story,</c><00:25:09.200><c> we</c><00:25:09.279><c> start</c><00:25:09.440><c> looking</c><00:25:09.680><c> at</c><00:25:09.880><c> when</c><00:25:10.180><c> did</c> 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:14.339 x Joseph<00:25:10.859><c> cry?</c><00:25:12.180><c> It's</c><00:25:12.579><c> really</c><00:25:12.920><c> neat</c><00:25:13.140><c> how</c><00:25:13.440><c> scripture</c><00:25:13.799><c> gives</c><00:25:14.119><c> us</c> 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.940 x the<00:25:14.579><c> details.</c><00:25:15.019><c> The</c><00:25:15.180><c> first</c><00:25:15.380><c> time,</c><00:25:15.599><c> we're</c><00:25:15.700><c> not</c><00:25:15.839><c> going</c> 00:25:15.940 --> 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about</c><00:25:26.519><c> selling</c><00:25:26.839><c> him.</c> 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:31.740 x First<00:25:27.599><c> time.</c><00:25:29.019><c> See,</c><00:25:29.819><c> up</c><00:25:30.059><c> until</c><00:25:30.319><c> that</c><00:25:30.559><c> moment,</c><00:25:30.839><c> he</c><00:25:31.000><c> thought</c><00:25:31.180><c> they</c><00:25:31.339><c> were</c><00:25:31.519><c> all</c> 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.779 x happy<00:25:31.980><c> to</c><00:25:32.140><c> get</c><00:25:32.259><c> rid</c><00:25:32.400><c> of</c><00:25:32.579><c> him.</c> 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:38.900 x And<00:25:33.160><c> then</c><00:25:33.299><c> he</c><00:25:33.440><c> hears</c><00:25:33.839><c> Ruben.</c><00:25:36.579><c> You</c><00:25:36.839><c> ever</c><00:25:37.059><c> wonder</c><00:25:37.319><c> why</c><00:25:38.220><c> he</c><00:25:38.680><c> put</c> 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.880 x Simeon<00:25:39.359><c> in</c><00:25:39.559><c> prison</c><00:25:39.779><c> as</c><00:25:39.980><c> 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all</c><00:25:49.039><c> of</c> 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.640 x his<00:25:49.400><c> brethren</c> 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:53.460 x hated<00:25:49.980><c> him.</c><00:25:50.759><c> Now</c><00:25:51.140><c> we</c><00:25:51.299><c> could</c><00:25:51.480><c> acknowledge</c><00:25:51.839><c> Ruben</c><00:25:52.200><c> was</c><00:25:52.400><c> a</c><00:25:52.559><c> weasel</c><00:25:52.839><c> and</c><00:25:52.980><c> that'd</c><00:25:53.180><c> be</c><00:25:53.240><c> a</c> 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.180 x different<00:25:53.599><c> class</c><00:25:53.799><c> for</c><00:25:54.019><c> a</c> 00:25:54.180 --> 00:26:00.619 x day,<00:25:54.579><c> but</c><00:25:55.579><c> they</c><00:25:55.839><c> weren't</c><00:25:55.980><c> all</c><00:25:56.240><c> out</c><00:25:56.440><c> to</c><00:25:56.680><c> get</c><00:25:56.819><c> him.</c><00:25:58.440><c> And</c><00:25:58.759><c> then</c><00:25:59.380><c> in</c> 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:05.039 x 43<00:26:01.059><c> and</c><00:26:01.299><c> 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And</c><00:26:36.579><c> this</c><00:26:36.799><c> reunion</c><00:26:37.160><c> with</c> 00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:39.059 x his<00:26:37.619><c> brethren</c><00:26:37.980><c> comes</c><00:26:38.319><c> full</c><00:26:38.660><c> circle.</c> 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:43.680 x The<00:26:39.500><c> other</c><00:26:39.940><c> ones,</c><00:26:40.619><c> 45</c><00:26:41.119><c> and</c><00:26:41.279><c> 14,</c><00:26:42.380><c> specifically</c><00:26:42.900><c> when</c><00:26:43.140><c> he</c><00:26:43.359><c> has</c> 00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:48.000 x an<00:26:43.900><c> opportunity</c><00:26:44.519><c> to</c><00:26:44.819><c> hug</c><00:26:45.039><c> Benjamin.</c><00:26:46.559><c> 46,</c><00:26:47.259><c> 29</c><00:26:47.779><c> when</c> 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:51.700 x he<00:26:48.119><c> meets</c><00:26:48.359><c> with</c><00:26:48.579><c> his</c><00:26:48.940><c> father</c><00:26:49.339><c> for</c><00:26:49.619><c> the</c><00:26:49.799><c> first</c><00:26:50.079><c> time.</c><00:26:51.299><c> 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go</c><00:27:04.799><c> back</c><00:27:05.059><c> to</c><00:27:05.240><c> Genesis</c><00:27:05.579><c> 38</c> 00:27:06.099 --> 00:27:08.339 x as<00:27:06.380><c> we</c><00:27:06.680><c> wrap</c><00:27:06.859><c> this</c><00:27:07.200><c> up</c><00:27:07.400><c> and</c><00:27:07.599><c> we</c><00:27:07.799><c> look</c><00:27:07.980><c> at</c> 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:13.279 x verse<00:27:08.619><c> 27</c><00:27:09.380><c> where</c><00:27:09.680><c> we</c><00:27:10.000><c> have</c><00:27:10.480><c> the</c><00:27:11.220><c> twins</c><00:27:11.680><c> being</c><00:27:12.059><c> brought</c><00:27:12.339><c> forth.</c> 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:16.220 x And<00:27:13.500><c> the</c><00:27:13.619><c> only</c><00:27:13.880><c> prior</c><00:27:14.339><c> event</c><00:27:14.740><c> is</c><00:27:15.019><c> the</c><00:27:15.220><c> birth</c><00:27:15.460><c> of</c> 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:22.059 x Jacob<00:27:16.980><c> and</c><00:27:17.240><c> Esau.</c><00:27:19.440><c> The</c><00:27:19.660><c> 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00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:17.740 x close<00:28:13.619><c> this</c><00:28:14.000><c> morning</c><00:28:14.400><c> by</c><00:28:14.819><c> recapping</c><00:28:15.460><c> briefly</c><00:28:16.039><c> the</c><00:28:16.940><c> five</c><00:28:17.220><c> women</c><00:28:17.539><c> in</c> 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:19.660 x Matthew<00:28:18.119><c> chapter</c><00:28:18.619><c> 1.</c> 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:23.019 x We<00:28:20.200><c> started</c><00:28:20.420><c> with</c><00:28:20.740><c> Tamar</c><00:28:21.440><c> who</c><00:28:21.920><c> we</c><00:28:22.099><c> looked</c><00:28:22.220><c> at</c><00:28:22.460><c> this</c><00:28:22.680><c> morning.</c> 00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:26.680 x She<00:28:23.740><c> played</c><00:28:24.220><c> the</c><00:28:24.519><c> harlot</c><00:28:24.940><c> but</c><00:28:25.819><c> she</c><00:28:26.119><c> became</c> 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:30.440 x a<00:28:27.019><c> mother</c><00:28:27.240><c> in</c><00:28:27.460><c> Israel</c><00:28:28.000><c> and</c><00:28:28.960><c> she</c><00:28:29.160><c> was</c><00:28:29.380><c> declared</c><00:28:29.759><c> righteous</c><00:28:30.240><c> in</c> 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:32.039 x the<00:28:30.640><c> process</c><00:28:31.039><c> before</c><00:28:31.400><c> the</c><00:28:31.660><c> family.</c> 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:38.140 x We<00:28:32.500><c> have</c><00:28:32.920><c> Rahab</c><00:28:33.420><c> who</c><00:28:33.960><c> played</c><00:28:34.339><c> the</c><00:28:34.619><c> harlot</c><00:28:34.880><c> in</c><00:28:35.119><c> Jericho</c><00:28:36.099><c> but</c><00:28:36.980><c> became</c><00:28:37.880><c> a</c> 00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:40.400 x mother<00:28:38.319><c> in</c><00:28:38.500><c> Israel.</c><00:28:39.160><c> She</c><00:28:39.480><c> raised</c><00:28:39.839><c> a</c> 00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:46.720 x pillar<00:28:40.680><c> in</c><00:28:40.960><c> the</c><00:28:41.180><c> truth</c><00:28:41.440><c> Boaz</c><00:28:42.940><c> and</c><00:28:43.799><c> showed</c><00:28:44.059><c> how</c><00:28:45.240><c> 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recorded</c><00:29:04.579><c> in</c><00:29:04.859><c> scripture.</c><00:29:05.680><c> United</c><00:29:06.319><c> to</c><00:29:06.920><c> a</c> 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.059 x pillar<00:29:07.279><c> in</c><00:29:07.500><c> the</c><00:29:07.720><c> temple</c> 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:13.980 x and<00:29:08.599><c> became</c><00:29:09.160><c> why</c><00:29:09.759><c> a</c><00:29:10.039><c> mother</c><00:29:10.240><c> in</c><00:29:10.460><c> Israel.</c><00:29:12.339><c> Bathsheba</c><00:29:12.980><c> taken</c><00:29:13.579><c> in</c> 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:17.200 x adultery<00:29:15.200><c> but</c><00:29:15.559><c> became</c><00:29:15.859><c> the</c><00:29:16.299><c> mother</c><00:29:16.759><c> to</c><00:29:17.019><c> the</c> 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:20.140 x king<00:29:17.380><c> and</c><00:29:17.559><c> in</c><00:29:17.680><c> her</c><00:29:17.900><c> husband</c><00:29:18.319><c> and</c><00:29:18.599><c> her</c><00:29:18.799><c> son</c><00:29:19.259><c> we</c><00:29:19.519><c> 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