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He<00:10:53.419><c> simply</c><00:10:53.779><c> retreated</c><00:10:54.779><c> in</c><00:10:55.059><c> the</c><00:10:55.240><c> face</c><00:10:55.419><c> of</c><00:10:55.580><c> the</c><00:10:55.700><c> ungodly</c><00:10:56.279><c> and</c><00:10:56.779><c> removed</c><00:10:57.179><c> himself</c><00:10:57.820><c> from</c><00:10:58.700><c> the</c><00:10:58.899><c> face</c><00:10:59.120><c> of</c>

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men<00:10:59.720><c> who</c><00:11:00.259><c> were</c><00:11:01.019><c> intent</c><00:11:01.500><c> on</c><00:11:02.200><c> all</c><00:11:02.500><c> kinds</c><00:11:02.740><c> of</c><00:11:02.899><c> untoward</c><00:11:03.259><c> behavior.</c>

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And<00:11:04.799><c> in</c><00:11:05.100><c> the</c><00:11:05.340><c> end,</c><00:11:05.720><c> it's</c><00:11:05.919><c> the</c><00:11:06.139><c> Philistines</c><00:11:06.539><c> who</c><00:11:06.740><c> come</c><00:11:06.899><c> to</c><00:11:07.139><c> Isaac</c><00:11:07.620><c> and</c>

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desire<00:11:09.080><c> to</c><00:11:09.320><c> make</c><00:11:09.460><c> a</c><00:11:09.700><c> covenant</c><00:11:10.200><c> between</c><00:11:10.799><c> themselves</c><00:11:11.259><c> and</c><00:11:11.480><c> him.</c>

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And<00:11:11.980><c> Isaac</c><00:11:12.360><c> says,</c><00:11:13.000><c> look,</c><00:11:14.399><c> why</c><00:11:14.759><c> are</c><00:11:14.940><c> you</c><00:11:15.000><c> coming</c><00:11:15.220><c> to</c><00:11:15.399><c> me,</c><00:11:15.500><c> verse</c>

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27,<00:11:16.379><c> seeing</c><00:11:16.539><c> ye</c><00:11:16.779><c> hate</c><00:11:16.919><c> me</c><00:11:17.100><c> and</c><00:11:17.179><c> have</c><00:11:17.379><c> sent</c><00:11:17.460><c> me</c><00:11:17.659><c> away</c><00:11:17.860><c> from</c><00:11:18.100><c> you?</c>

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And<00:11:19.200><c> they</c><00:11:19.659><c> come</c><00:11:19.899><c> off</c><00:11:20.080><c> with</c><00:11:20.299><c> their</c><00:11:21.019><c> relatively</c><00:11:21.500><c> lame</c><00:11:21.740><c> excuses.</c>

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But<00:11:22.539><c> nonetheless,</c><00:11:22.899><c> they</c><00:11:23.139><c> recognize</c><00:11:23.539><c> in</c><00:11:23.679><c> Isaac</c><00:11:24.039><c> an</c><00:11:24.620><c> individual</c><00:11:25.080><c> who</c><00:11:25.240><c> they</c>

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can't<00:11:25.759><c> ignore.</c>

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Here<00:11:26.679><c> is</c><00:11:26.840><c> a</c><00:11:26.960><c> man</c><00:11:27.059><c> who's</c><00:11:27.259><c> going</c><00:11:27.379><c> to</c><00:11:27.500><c> be</c><00:11:27.620><c> met</c><00:11:27.740><c> with</c><00:11:28.019><c> success</c><00:11:28.600><c> no</c>

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matter<00:11:28.960><c> where</c><00:11:29.159><c> he</c><00:11:29.379><c> goes.</c>

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And<00:11:30.080><c> they</c><00:11:30.240><c> come</c><00:11:30.399><c> to</c><00:11:30.620><c> terms</c><00:11:30.799><c> with</c><00:11:31.000><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:11:32.039><c> interestingly,</c><00:11:32.620><c> when</c><00:11:33.080><c> the</c><00:11:33.480><c> same</c><00:11:33.659><c> situation</c><00:11:34.539><c> assails</c><00:11:35.080><c> Abraham,</c>

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he<00:11:36.580><c> takes</c><00:11:36.919><c> the</c><00:11:37.240><c> initiative,</c><00:11:37.940><c> goes</c><00:11:38.220><c> to</c><00:11:38.440><c> Abimelech</c><00:11:38.820><c> and</c><00:11:39.019><c> reproves</c><00:11:39.659><c> Abimelech</c><00:11:40.340><c> for</c><00:11:40.740><c> the</c><00:11:40.899><c> behavior</c><00:11:41.440><c> of</c>

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his<00:11:42.600><c> underlings.</c>

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Back<00:11:45.539><c> in</c><00:11:45.679><c> chapter</c><00:11:46.279><c> 21,</c><00:11:48.860><c> verse</c><00:11:49.039><c> 25,</c><00:11:49.960><c> after</c><00:11:50.299><c> they</c><00:11:50.580><c> had</c><00:11:51.679><c> established</c><00:11:52.899><c> some</c><00:11:53.179><c> kind</c><00:11:53.360><c> of</c>

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agreement<00:11:53.740><c> in</c><00:11:53.899><c> verses</c><00:11:54.139><c> 22</c><00:11:54.519><c> and</c><00:11:54.700><c> 23,</c>

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verse<00:11:56.320><c> 25,</c><00:11:56.899><c> Abraham</c><00:11:57.299><c> reproves</c><00:11:58.220><c> Abimelech</c><00:11:58.799><c> because</c><00:11:59.059><c> of</c><00:11:59.259><c> a</c><00:11:59.399><c> well</c><00:11:59.539><c> of</c>

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water<00:11:59.879><c> which</c><00:12:00.100><c> Abimelech's</c><00:12:00.700><c> servants</c><00:12:01.000><c> had</c><00:12:01.480><c> violently</c><00:12:01.779><c> taken</c><00:12:02.100><c> away.</c>

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And<00:12:03.220><c> I</c><00:12:03.460><c> think</c><00:12:03.799><c> here</c><00:12:04.100><c> you</c><00:12:04.259><c> see</c><00:12:04.440><c> the</c><00:12:04.679><c> contrast</c><00:12:05.139><c> between</c><00:12:05.500><c> Isaac</c>

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and<00:12:06.000><c> the</c><00:12:06.139><c> other</c><00:12:06.379><c> patriarchal</c><00:12:06.980><c> figures.</c>

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We<00:12:07.860><c> have</c><00:12:08.100><c> an</c><00:12:08.320><c> Abraham,</c><00:12:08.860><c> a</c><00:12:09.000><c> man</c><00:12:09.120><c> of</c><00:12:09.320><c> vigor,</c><00:12:09.980><c> a</c><00:12:10.059><c> man</c><00:12:10.220><c> of</c><00:12:10.519><c> action,</c>

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that<00:12:12.200><c> paragon</c><00:12:12.639><c> of</c><00:12:12.940><c> faith,</c><00:12:13.879><c> an</c><00:12:14.220><c> individual</c><00:12:14.779><c> who</c><00:12:15.919><c> busied</c><00:12:16.200><c> himself</c><00:12:16.759><c> with</c>

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all<00:12:18.159><c> kinds</c><00:12:18.460><c> of</c><00:12:18.659><c> things.</c>

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In<00:12:20.000><c> fact,</c><00:12:20.259><c> we</c><00:12:20.360><c> might</c><00:12:20.580><c> even</c><00:12:20.860><c> see</c><00:12:21.039><c> Abraham's</c><00:12:21.679><c> life</c><00:12:22.379><c> tinged</c><00:12:23.000><c> with</c>

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a<00:12:23.440><c> fair</c><00:12:23.559><c> amount</c><00:12:23.740><c> of</c><00:12:23.960><c> anxiety</c><00:12:24.539><c> as</c><00:12:25.399><c> he</c><00:12:26.080><c> enters</c><00:12:26.360><c> that</c><00:12:26.620><c> unknown</c><00:12:26.940><c> land,</c>

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as<00:12:27.860><c> he</c><00:12:27.980><c> has</c><00:12:28.159><c> to</c><00:12:28.299><c> come</c><00:12:28.419><c> to</c><00:12:28.620><c> terms</c><00:12:28.860><c> with</c><00:12:29.059><c> domestic</c><00:12:29.480><c> struggles.</c>

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We<00:12:30.960><c> see</c><00:12:31.559><c> a</c><00:12:32.059><c> certain</c><00:12:32.340><c> type</c><00:12:32.659><c> of</c><00:12:32.899><c> individual,</c><00:12:33.700><c> a</c><00:12:33.879><c> vigorous</c><00:12:34.279><c> individual</c><00:12:34.840><c> who</c>

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had<00:12:36.679><c> difficulties</c><00:12:37.440><c> and</c><00:12:38.679><c> anxious</c><00:12:39.200><c> situations</c><00:12:39.940><c> to</c><00:12:40.179><c> come</c><00:12:40.299><c> to</c>

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terms<00:12:40.679><c> with.</c>

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In<00:12:41.559><c> Jacob's</c><00:12:41.960><c> case,</c><00:12:42.399><c> we</c><00:12:42.419><c> have</c><00:12:42.639><c> an</c><00:12:42.860><c> individual</c><00:12:43.320><c> who</c><00:12:43.820><c> is</c><00:12:44.120><c> constantly</c><00:12:44.620><c> acting</c>

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on<00:12:46.200><c> his</c><00:12:46.379><c> own</c><00:12:46.559><c> behalf,</c>

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an<00:12:47.539><c> individual</c><00:12:47.919><c> who</c><00:12:48.120><c> is</c><00:12:48.179><c> constantly</c><00:12:48.480><c> trying</c><00:12:48.799><c> to</c><00:12:49.019><c> seize</c><00:12:49.220><c> control</c><00:12:49.659><c> of</c>

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his<00:12:50.000><c> destiny,</c><00:12:51.519><c> Jacob</c><00:12:52.000><c> constantly</c><00:12:53.100><c> wrestling</c><00:12:53.679><c> with</c><00:12:54.039><c> life.</c>

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But<00:12:54.860><c> in</c><00:12:55.139><c> Isaac,</c><00:12:55.639><c> I</c><00:12:56.039><c> think</c><00:12:56.259><c> we</c><00:12:56.500><c> see</c><00:12:56.679><c> a</c><00:12:56.879><c> man</c><00:12:57.000><c> presented</c><00:12:57.379><c> to</c><00:12:57.639><c> us</c><00:12:58.100><c> who</c><00:12:58.320><c> is</c>

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a<00:12:58.740><c> gentle</c><00:12:59.039><c> individual,</c>

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who<00:13:00.279><c> is</c><00:13:00.600><c> looking</c><00:13:01.019><c> for</c><00:13:01.700><c> a</c><00:13:02.539><c> corner</c><00:13:02.879><c> of</c><00:13:03.799><c> the</c><00:13:04.539><c> earth</c><00:13:04.799><c> as</c><00:13:04.960><c> it</c><00:13:05.600><c> were</c>

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to<00:13:06.500><c> settle</c><00:13:06.879><c> down</c><00:13:07.179><c> and</c><00:13:07.299><c> to</c><00:13:07.460><c> basically</c><00:13:07.779><c> be</c><00:13:08.019><c> left</c><00:13:08.240><c> alone,</c>

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a<00:13:08.820><c> man</c><00:13:09.259><c> who</c><00:13:09.720><c> abhorred</c><00:13:10.220><c> confrontation,</c><00:13:11.399><c> a</c><00:13:11.700><c> gentle</c><00:13:12.120><c> and</c><00:13:13.200><c> a</c>

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lovely<00:13:13.679><c> soul.</c>

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And<00:13:15.639><c> if</c><00:13:16.179><c> this</c><00:13:16.379><c> is</c><00:13:16.559><c> the</c><00:13:16.659><c> case,</c><00:13:16.940><c> if</c><00:13:17.100><c> this</c><00:13:17.279><c> is</c><00:13:17.399><c> what</c><00:13:17.519><c> we</c><00:13:17.759><c> indeed</c><00:13:18.080><c> see</c><00:13:18.460><c> in</c><00:13:18.639><c> Isaac,</c>

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we<00:13:19.679><c> really</c><00:13:20.320><c> see</c><00:13:21.720><c> the</c><00:13:22.500><c> seeds</c><00:13:22.980><c> for</c><00:13:24.179><c> problems</c><00:13:24.600><c> later</c><00:13:24.899><c> on</c><00:13:25.100><c> in</c><00:13:25.200><c> his</c>

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family<00:13:25.700><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:13:26.840><c> as</c><00:13:27.120><c> it</c><00:13:27.259><c> turns</c><00:13:27.480><c> out,</c><00:13:28.720><c> when</c><00:13:28.960><c> Isaac</c><00:13:29.419><c> has</c><00:13:29.940><c> the</c><00:13:30.679><c> twin</c><00:13:30.899><c> boys,</c><00:13:31.519><c> Esau</c>

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and<00:13:31.940><c> Jacob,</c>

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he<00:13:33.120><c> ends</c><00:13:33.419><c> up</c><00:13:33.720><c> being</c><00:13:34.000><c> inclined</c><00:13:34.580><c> towards</c><00:13:34.980><c> that</c><00:13:35.240><c> individual</c><00:13:35.720><c> who</c>

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is<00:13:36.159><c> actually</c><00:13:36.960><c> the</c><00:13:37.240><c> exact</c><00:13:37.539><c> opposite</c><00:13:38.120><c> of</c><00:13:38.399><c> him.</c>

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Isaac,<00:13:39.519><c> the</c><00:13:39.700><c> gentle</c><00:13:40.059><c> soul,</c><00:13:41.279><c> sees</c><00:13:41.460><c> in</c><00:13:41.620><c> Esau</c><00:13:42.179><c> everything</c><00:13:42.940><c> that</c>

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he<00:13:44.139><c> might</c><00:13:44.480><c> have</c><00:13:45.620><c> desired</c><00:13:46.139><c> to</c><00:13:46.419><c> have</c><00:13:46.580><c> been,</c>

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that<00:13:47.460><c> vigorous</c><00:13:48.320><c> man</c><00:13:48.700><c> of</c><00:13:48.840><c> the</c><00:13:49.039><c> field</c><00:13:49.379><c> who</c><00:13:49.659><c> is</c><00:13:51.620><c> undoubtedly</c>

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quite<00:13:53.019><c> athletic,</c>

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quite<00:13:54.860><c> full</c><00:13:55.919><c> of</c><00:13:56.600><c> manly</c><00:13:57.000><c> power</c><00:13:57.480><c> and</c><00:13:58.440><c> activity</c><00:13:59.159><c> and</c><00:13:59.740><c> aggression.</c>

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And<00:14:01.100><c> it</c><00:14:01.460><c> would</c><00:14:01.659><c> appear</c><00:14:01.879><c> that</c><00:14:02.159><c> Isaac</c><00:14:02.820><c> undoubtedly,</c><00:14:04.539><c> quite</c><00:14:04.799><c> unconsciously,</c><00:14:06.279><c> is</c>

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attracted<00:14:07.139><c> to</c><00:14:07.980><c> the</c><00:14:08.500><c> very</c><00:14:08.740><c> opposite</c><00:14:09.220><c> that</c><00:14:09.419><c> he</c><00:14:09.580><c> is.</c>

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Now,<00:14:12.940><c> let</c><00:14:14.340><c> us</c><00:14:14.580><c> then</c><00:14:14.820><c> consider</c><00:14:15.440><c> the</c><00:14:16.179><c> men</c><00:14:16.419><c> Jacob</c><00:14:16.740><c> and</c><00:14:16.960><c> Esau,</c>

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because<00:14:25.960><c> they</c><00:14:26.259><c> certainly</c><00:14:26.759><c> represent</c><00:14:27.320><c> to</c><00:14:27.559><c> us</c><00:14:27.720><c> two</c><00:14:27.960><c> opposite</c>

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ends<00:14:28.779><c> of</c><00:14:28.960><c> the</c><00:14:29.159><c> spiritual</c><00:14:29.580><c> spectrum.</c>

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One,<00:14:32.519><c> man</c><00:14:32.860><c> Jacob</c><00:14:33.340><c> who</c><00:14:34.820><c> acquiesces</c><00:14:35.440><c> to</c><00:14:35.639><c> the</c><00:14:35.700><c> will</c><00:14:35.820><c> of</c><00:14:36.000><c> God</c><00:14:36.460><c> and</c>

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becomes<00:14:37.279><c> the</c><00:14:37.500><c> recipient</c><00:14:37.879><c> of</c><00:14:38.120><c> the</c><00:14:38.279><c> covenants</c><00:14:38.580><c> of</c><00:14:38.779><c> promise.</c>

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Esau,<00:14:40.840><c> who</c><00:14:41.580><c> simply</c><00:14:42.299><c> has</c><00:14:42.600><c> no</c><00:14:42.840><c> time</c><00:14:43.080><c> whatsoever</c><00:14:43.679><c> for</c><00:14:44.539><c> anything</c>

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that<00:14:45.139><c> God</c><00:14:45.279><c> has</c><00:14:45.500><c> to</c><00:14:45.759><c> offer.</c>

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And<00:14:46.860><c> in</c><00:14:47.019><c> the</c><00:14:47.220><c> end,</c><00:14:47.879><c> his</c><00:14:48.139><c> descendants,</c><00:14:48.720><c> the</c><00:14:48.860><c> Edomites,</c><00:14:50.120><c> as</c><00:14:50.299><c> the</c>

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Egyptians<00:14:50.820><c> before</c><00:14:51.220><c> epitomized,</c>

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gentile<00:14:53.159><c> darkness</c><00:14:53.759><c> and</c><00:14:54.960><c> gentile</c><00:14:55.519><c> wickedness.</c>

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Now,<00:14:58.259><c> let's</c><00:14:58.720><c> turn</c><00:14:58.960><c> back</c><00:14:59.279><c> to</c><00:14:59.700><c> Genesis</c><00:15:00.039><c> 25,</c>

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because<00:15:03.600><c> it</c><00:15:03.799><c> is</c><00:15:04.000><c> there</c><00:15:04.279><c> that</c><00:15:04.460><c> we</c><00:15:04.679><c> have</c><00:15:05.120><c> an</c><00:15:05.580><c> outline</c><00:15:06.179><c> drawn</c><00:15:06.799><c> for</c>

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us<00:15:07.639><c> of</c><00:15:07.940><c> these</c><00:15:08.200><c> two</c><00:15:08.399><c> individuals.</c>

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Now,<00:15:17.360><c> the</c><00:15:17.860><c> first</c><00:15:18.240><c> point</c><00:15:18.480><c> of</c><00:15:18.720><c> comparison</c><00:15:19.080><c> we</c><00:15:19.320><c> have</c><00:15:19.480><c> on</c><00:15:19.620><c> the</c><00:15:19.860><c> overhead</c><00:15:20.159><c> is</c>

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Jacob<00:15:21.740><c> desired</c><00:15:22.539><c> to</c><00:15:22.820><c> establish</c><00:15:23.159><c> fellowship</c><00:15:23.759><c> with</c><00:15:24.700><c> the</c><00:15:24.940><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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that<00:15:25.740><c> is</c><00:15:25.840><c> with</c><00:15:26.039><c> his</c><00:15:26.320><c> family</c><00:15:26.639><c> unit,</c><00:15:28.240><c> the</c><00:15:28.740><c> entourage</c><00:15:29.480><c> that</c><00:15:29.899><c> the</c>

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patriarchs<00:15:31.320><c> lived</c><00:15:31.500><c> with,</c><00:15:32.059><c> that</c><00:15:32.299><c> very</c><00:15:32.820><c> large</c><00:15:33.120><c> community.</c>

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Establish<00:15:34.779><c> fellowship</c><00:15:35.259><c> with</c><00:15:35.480><c> the</c><00:15:35.600><c> Ecclesian</c><00:15:36.039><c> God.</c>

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Esau<00:15:37.820><c> was</c><00:15:38.519><c> quite</c><00:15:38.779><c> happy</c><00:15:39.059><c> to</c><00:15:39.279><c> consort</c><00:15:39.679><c> with</c><00:15:39.919><c> the</c><00:15:40.139><c> world.</c>

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He<00:15:41.700><c> did</c><00:15:41.860><c> not</c><00:15:42.080><c> appear</c><00:15:42.360><c> to</c><00:15:42.559><c> be</c><00:15:42.659><c> at</c><00:15:42.700><c> all</c><00:15:42.899><c> interested</c><00:15:43.500><c> in</c><00:15:44.559><c> activities</c><00:15:44.960><c> that</c><00:15:45.139><c> were</c><00:15:45.320><c> going</c><00:15:45.559><c> on</c>

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at<00:15:46.059><c> home,</c><00:15:46.299><c> which</c><00:15:46.559><c> constituted</c><00:15:47.200><c> the</c><00:15:47.460><c> meeting.</c>

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Now,<00:15:49.139><c> we</c><00:15:49.740><c> read</c><00:15:49.980><c> in</c><00:15:50.159><c> verse</c><00:15:50.740><c> 27,</c><00:15:51.580><c> the</c><00:15:51.659><c> boys</c><00:15:51.899><c> grew.</c>

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Esau<00:15:53.200><c> was</c><00:15:53.460><c> a</c><00:15:53.559><c> cunning</c><00:15:53.779><c> hunter,</c><00:15:54.720><c> a</c><00:15:54.879><c> man</c><00:15:55.039><c> of</c><00:15:55.179><c> the</c><00:15:55.379><c> field,</c><00:15:56.200><c> and</c><00:15:56.419><c> Jacob</c><00:15:56.700><c> was</c><00:15:57.000><c> a</c>

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plain<00:15:57.559><c> man,</c><00:15:58.639><c> dwelling</c><00:15:59.019><c> in</c><00:15:59.399><c> tents.</c>

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And<00:16:00.279><c> again,</c><00:16:00.620><c> the</c><00:16:00.799><c> stereotypes</c><00:16:01.340><c> come</c><00:16:01.600><c> to</c><00:16:01.820><c> the</c><00:16:01.960><c> fore.</c>

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Jacob<00:16:03.379><c> appears</c><00:16:04.360><c> to</c><00:16:05.600><c> be</c><00:16:05.820><c> almost</c><00:16:06.200><c> a</c><00:16:06.899><c> washed</c><00:16:07.240><c>-out</c><00:16:07.600><c> individual.</c>

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The<00:16:08.860><c> description</c><00:16:09.299><c> of</c><00:16:09.419><c> him</c><00:16:09.639><c> doesn't</c><00:16:10.039><c> seem</c><00:16:10.299><c> to</c><00:16:10.399><c> be</c><00:16:10.539><c> the</c><00:16:10.620><c> least</c>

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bit<00:16:11.100><c> complimentary.</c>

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However,<00:16:12.519><c> a</c><00:16:12.700><c> simple</c><00:16:13.000><c> word</c><00:16:13.299><c> study</c><00:16:13.940><c> would</c><00:16:14.639><c> indicate</c><00:16:15.559><c> to</c><00:16:15.740><c> us</c><00:16:15.960><c> that</c><00:16:16.100><c> the</c>

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word<00:16:16.399><c> plain,</c><00:16:17.340><c> of</c><00:16:17.659><c> course,</c><00:16:18.039><c> is</c><00:16:18.360><c> not</c><00:16:18.840><c> plain</c><00:16:19.139><c> in</c><00:16:19.360><c> any</c><00:16:19.620><c> sense</c><00:16:19.960><c> of</c><00:16:20.419><c> uninteresting,</c>

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but<00:16:22.220><c> rather</c><00:16:22.639><c> it's</c><00:16:22.960><c> the</c><00:16:23.139><c> word</c><00:16:23.419><c> for</c><00:16:23.779><c> perfection.</c>

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Jacob<00:16:25.360><c> was</c><00:16:25.580><c> a</c><00:16:25.860><c> perfect</c><00:16:26.179><c> man,</c><00:16:26.580><c> a</c><00:16:26.700><c> whole</c><00:16:27.340><c> individual,</c><00:16:28.240><c> dwelling</c>

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in<00:16:29.179><c> tents.</c>

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And<00:16:30.080><c> I</c><00:16:30.159><c> don't</c><00:16:30.340><c> think</c><00:16:30.460><c> for</c><00:16:30.679><c> a</c><00:16:30.840><c> moment</c><00:16:31.179><c> that</c><00:16:31.700><c> this</c><00:16:31.919><c> means</c><00:16:32.179><c> that</c>

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Jacob<00:16:32.620><c> never,</c><00:16:33.000><c> you</c><00:16:33.220><c> know,</c><00:16:33.320><c> saw</c><00:16:33.559><c> the</c><00:16:33.759><c> outside,</c>

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that<00:16:35.019><c> the</c><00:16:35.179><c> sun</c><00:16:35.320><c> was</c><00:16:35.480><c> too</c><00:16:35.700><c> bright</c><00:16:35.860><c> for</c><00:16:36.059><c> his</c><00:16:36.299><c> eyes,</c><00:16:36.700><c> that</c><00:16:36.820><c> the</c><00:16:36.919><c> rigors</c><00:16:37.120><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:37.379><c> field</c><00:16:37.600><c> were</c><00:16:37.799><c> too</c><00:16:37.980><c> much</c><00:16:38.120><c> for</c><00:16:38.340><c> him,</c>

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that<00:16:39.480><c> every</c><00:16:39.679><c> time</c><00:16:39.860><c> he</c><00:16:40.039><c> lifted</c><00:16:40.279><c> the</c><00:16:40.519><c> folds</c><00:16:40.700><c> of</c><00:16:40.879><c> the</c><00:16:41.080><c> tent,</c><00:16:41.419><c> you</c>

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know,<00:16:41.620><c> I'm</c><00:16:41.919><c> scared,</c><00:16:42.220><c> I</c><00:16:42.360><c> can't</c><00:16:42.580><c> go</c><00:16:42.779><c> out</c><00:16:42.980><c> there.</c>

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You<00:16:43.639><c> know,</c><00:16:43.980><c> absolute</c><00:16:44.240><c> nonsense.</c>

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Jacob<00:16:45.820><c> was,</c><00:16:46.240><c> as</c><00:16:46.559><c> it</c><00:16:46.759><c> turns</c><00:16:46.980><c> out,</c><00:16:47.279><c> was</c><00:16:47.419><c> a</c><00:16:47.559><c> very</c><00:16:47.879><c> vigorous</c><00:16:48.279><c> individual,</c><00:16:49.360><c> no</c><00:16:49.559><c> less</c><00:16:49.759><c> so</c>

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than<00:16:50.080><c> his</c><00:16:50.240><c> brother</c><00:16:50.480><c> Esau.</c>

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When<00:16:51.480><c> he</c><00:16:51.600><c> gets</c><00:16:51.860><c> out</c><00:16:52.259><c> to</c><00:16:53.200><c> Heron,</c><00:16:54.340><c> he</c><00:16:54.480><c> single</c><00:16:54.799><c>-handedly</c><00:16:55.179><c> rolls</c>

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the<00:16:55.940><c> stone</c><00:16:56.179><c> away,</c><00:16:56.559><c> so</c><00:16:56.740><c> taken</c><00:16:57.039><c> is</c><00:16:57.200><c> he</c><00:16:57.299><c> with</c><00:16:57.480><c> the</c><00:16:57.600><c> beauty</c><00:16:57.759><c> of</c><00:16:57.980><c> Rachel.</c>

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And<00:16:58.940><c> as</c><00:16:59.139><c> we</c><00:16:59.299><c> well</c><00:16:59.460><c> know,</c><00:16:59.679><c> he</c><00:16:59.879><c> proceeds</c><00:17:00.340><c> to</c><00:17:01.100><c> spend</c><00:17:01.440><c> some</c><00:17:01.860><c> 20</c><00:17:02.120><c>-odd</c>

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years<00:17:02.679><c> in</c><00:17:02.860><c> the</c><00:17:03.039><c> field,</c>

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consumed<00:17:04.359><c> by</c><00:17:05.079><c> frost</c><00:17:05.359><c> at</c><00:17:05.579><c> night,</c><00:17:06.380><c> burned</c><00:17:06.500><c> up</c><00:17:06.700><c> by</c><00:17:06.980><c> the</c><00:17:07.200><c> sun</c><00:17:07.420><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:07.799><c> heat</c><00:17:07.940><c> during</c><00:17:08.220><c> the</c><00:17:08.400><c> day.</c>

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No,<00:17:09.799><c> Jacob</c><00:17:10.099><c> was</c><00:17:10.579><c> a</c><00:17:10.900><c> stalwart,</c><00:17:11.980><c> hearty,</c><00:17:12.279><c> robust</c><00:17:12.859><c> individual.</c>

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When<00:17:14.259><c> we</c><00:17:14.539><c> read</c><00:17:14.740><c> of</c><00:17:14.819><c> him</c><00:17:15.039><c> that</c><00:17:15.200><c> he</c><00:17:15.359><c> dwells</c><00:17:15.859><c> in</c><00:17:16.000><c> tents,</c><00:17:16.839><c> what</c><00:17:17.039><c> that</c><00:17:17.319><c> tells</c><00:17:17.579><c> us</c>

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is<00:17:18.119><c> Jacob</c><00:17:18.440><c> was</c><00:17:18.700><c> a</c><00:17:18.819><c> dedicated</c><00:17:19.339><c> ecclesial</c><00:17:19.839><c> member.</c>

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He<00:17:20.980><c> was</c><00:17:21.220><c> intent</c><00:17:21.720><c> on</c><00:17:22.099><c> ministering</c><00:17:22.579><c> to</c><00:17:22.700><c> the</c><00:17:22.799><c> needs</c><00:17:23.039><c> of</c><00:17:23.200><c> his</c><00:17:23.380><c> brother</c><00:17:23.500><c> and</c><00:17:23.740><c> sisters.</c>

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Esau<00:17:25.059><c> was</c><00:17:25.400><c> not.</c><00:17:26.380><c> Jacob</c><00:17:26.640><c> was,</c><00:17:27.400><c> at</c><00:17:27.740><c> an</c><00:17:27.900><c> early</c><00:17:28.200><c> age,</c><00:17:28.880><c> had</c><00:17:29.099><c> developed</c><00:17:29.500><c> a</c><00:17:30.099><c> profound</c><00:17:31.059><c> degree</c><00:17:32.039><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:17:32.740><c> maturity.</c>

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Esau<00:17:34.480><c> had</c><00:17:34.680><c> given</c><00:17:34.920><c> vent</c><00:17:35.240><c> to</c><00:17:35.539><c> every</c><00:17:36.180><c> willy</c><00:17:36.480><c>-nilly</c><00:17:36.680><c> idea</c><00:17:37.079><c> that</c>

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came<00:17:37.440><c> into</c><00:17:37.619><c> his</c><00:17:37.859><c> head.</c>

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He<00:17:38.680><c> was</c><00:17:39.180><c> really</c><00:17:39.660><c> very</c><00:17:40.000><c> much</c><00:17:40.720><c> a</c><00:17:41.519><c> man</c><00:17:42.059><c> given</c><00:17:42.640><c> over</c><00:17:42.880><c> to</c><00:17:43.039><c> the</c><00:17:43.140><c> pursuit</c><00:17:43.539><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:44.319><c> lusts,</c><00:17:44.740><c> his</c><00:17:45.000><c> affections,</c><00:17:45.920><c> his</c><00:17:46.220><c> desires.</c>

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Whatever<00:17:47.000><c> Esau</c><00:17:47.259><c> wanted</c><00:17:47.519><c> to</c><00:17:47.720><c> do,</c><00:17:48.259><c> Esau</c><00:17:48.519><c> went</c><00:17:48.660><c> out</c><00:17:48.880><c> and</c><00:17:49.019><c> did</c><00:17:49.140><c> it</c>

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and<00:17:49.339><c> had</c><00:17:49.660><c> a</c><00:17:50.359><c> ripping</c><00:17:51.180><c> good</c><00:17:51.480><c> time</c><00:17:52.420><c> doing</c><00:17:53.680><c> it.</c>

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Esau,<00:17:54.920><c> the</c><00:17:55.039><c> cunning</c><00:17:55.240><c> hunter,</c><00:17:55.680><c> a</c><00:17:55.740><c> man</c><00:17:55.960><c> of</c><00:17:56.099><c> the</c><00:17:56.259><c> field.</c>

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And<00:17:57.799><c> tragically,</c><00:17:58.619><c> Isaac</c><00:17:59.220><c> loved</c><00:17:59.900><c> Esau</c><00:18:00.599><c> because</c><00:18:00.940><c> he</c><00:18:01.099><c> did</c><00:18:01.359><c> eat</c>

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of<00:18:01.900><c> his</c><00:18:02.140><c> venison,</c><00:18:03.140><c> but</c><00:18:03.319><c> Rebekah</c><00:18:04.039><c> loved</c><00:18:04.680><c> Jacob.</c>

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Now,<00:18:07.079><c> here</c><00:18:07.319><c> again</c><00:18:07.599><c> are</c><00:18:07.859><c> one</c><00:18:08.019><c> of</c><00:18:08.140><c> these</c><00:18:08.420><c> glitches.</c><00:18:10.339><c> His</c><00:18:10.519><c> brother</c><00:18:10.980><c> Peter</c>

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put<00:18:11.680><c> it,</c><00:18:11.960><c> a</c><00:18:12.240><c> hiccup</c><00:18:12.500><c> in</c><00:18:12.640><c> their</c><00:18:12.859><c> fate.</c>

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It<00:18:14.119><c> was</c><00:18:14.640><c> a</c><00:18:15.319><c> situation</c><00:18:15.980><c> that</c><00:18:16.299><c> does</c><00:18:16.680><c> not</c><00:18:16.900><c> really</c><00:18:17.259><c> commend</c><00:18:17.619><c> Isaac</c>

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at<00:18:18.319><c> all.</c>

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But<00:18:19.299><c> I</c><00:18:20.299><c> have</c><00:18:20.480><c> suggested</c><00:18:20.799><c> an</c><00:18:21.019><c> explanation.</c><00:18:21.599><c> I</c><00:18:21.819><c> think</c><00:18:22.000><c> it's</c><00:18:22.240><c> a</c>

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reasonably<00:18:22.640><c> valid</c><00:18:22.980><c> one.</c>

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That<00:18:23.940><c> Isaac</c><00:18:24.440><c> was</c><00:18:24.900><c> really</c><00:18:25.279><c> like</c><00:18:25.539><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:26.000><c> or</c><00:18:26.140><c> Jacob</c><00:18:26.359><c> was</c><00:18:26.579><c> like</c><00:18:26.799><c> Isaac.</c>

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And<00:18:29.500><c> Isaac,</c><00:18:30.119><c> like</c><00:18:30.880><c> so</c><00:18:31.279><c> many</c><00:18:31.519><c> fathers,</c><00:18:32.740><c> settled</c><00:18:32.940><c> on</c><00:18:33.200><c> that</c><00:18:33.519><c> son</c>

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that<00:18:34.579><c> unfortunately</c><00:18:35.400><c> reflected</c><00:18:36.000><c> the</c><00:18:36.339><c> prowess</c><00:18:36.920><c> of</c><00:18:37.240><c> this</c><00:18:37.480><c> day</c>

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and<00:18:37.799><c> age,</c>

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instead<00:18:38.859><c> of</c><00:18:39.099><c> spiritual</c><00:18:39.599><c> prowess</c><00:18:40.240><c> which</c><00:18:40.460><c> God</c><00:18:41.099><c> would</c><00:18:41.779><c> love.</c>

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And<00:18:42.960><c> it</c><00:18:43.319><c> did</c><00:18:43.619><c> not</c><00:18:44.220><c> necessarily</c><00:18:45.019><c> mean</c><00:18:45.500><c> that</c><00:18:45.740><c> Isaac</c><00:18:46.059><c> had</c><00:18:46.599><c> given</c>

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up<00:18:47.039><c> his</c><00:18:47.279><c> faith</c><00:18:47.579><c> or</c><00:18:47.799><c> that</c><00:18:47.920><c> he</c><00:18:48.099><c> had</c><00:18:48.980><c> lost</c><00:18:49.319><c> any</c><00:18:50.180><c> sense</c><00:18:50.539><c> of</c><00:18:51.000><c> what</c>

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was<00:18:51.380><c> right</c><00:18:51.619><c> and</c><00:18:51.819><c> wrong.</c>

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But<00:18:52.720><c> he</c><00:18:53.039><c> just</c><00:18:53.380><c> simply</c><00:18:53.660><c> wasn't</c><00:18:54.119><c> seen</c><00:18:54.380><c> clearly.</c><00:18:54.900><c> He</c><00:18:54.900><c> did</c><00:18:55.059><c> not</c><00:18:55.319><c> see</c><00:18:55.680><c> Esau</c><00:18:56.220><c> for</c><00:18:56.799><c> what</c><00:18:56.940><c> he</c><00:18:57.220><c> was.</c>

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Isaac<00:18:58.599><c> had</c><00:18:58.779><c> in</c><00:18:58.859><c> his</c><00:18:59.220><c> mind</c><00:18:59.519><c> created</c><00:18:59.920><c> an</c><00:19:00.180><c> image</c><00:19:00.380><c> of</c><00:19:00.599><c> his</c><00:19:00.720><c> son</c><00:19:00.819><c> Esau</c><00:19:01.299><c> that</c><00:19:01.440><c> was</c>

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simply<00:19:01.980><c> not</c><00:19:02.279><c> reality.</c>

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And<00:19:03.559><c> he</c><00:19:03.740><c> did</c><00:19:03.980><c> so</c><00:19:04.240><c> because</c><00:19:04.480><c> there</c><00:19:04.660><c> were</c><00:19:04.859><c> certain</c><00:19:05.079><c> things</c><00:19:05.299><c> about</c>

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Esau<00:19:05.900><c> that</c><00:19:06.059><c> just</c><00:19:06.319><c> appealed</c><00:19:06.579><c> to</c><00:19:06.680><c> him.</c>

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Esau<00:19:07.400><c> was</c><00:19:07.619><c> his</c><00:19:07.819><c> son.</c><00:19:08.000><c> He</c><00:19:08.220><c> would</c><00:19:08.359><c> have</c><00:19:08.579><c> loved</c><00:19:08.799><c> his</c><00:19:09.019><c> son</c><00:19:09.160><c> profoundly.</c>

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And<00:19:10.559><c> as</c><00:19:10.799><c> Esau</c><00:19:11.119><c> grew</c><00:19:11.359><c> up,</c><00:19:11.579><c> he</c><00:19:11.599><c> would</c><00:19:11.740><c> have</c><00:19:11.900><c> seen</c><00:19:12.500><c> little</c><00:19:13.039><c> strengths</c><00:19:13.700><c> of</c><00:19:14.640><c> Esau's.</c>

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That<00:19:15.259><c> he</c><00:19:15.319><c> was</c><00:19:15.579><c> a</c><00:19:15.819><c> very</c><00:19:16.160><c> robust,</c><00:19:18.920><c> impressive,</c><00:19:20.220><c> physically</c><00:19:20.559><c> strong,</c><00:19:21.920><c> manly</c><00:19:22.240><c> individual</c><00:19:22.839><c> at</c>

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an<00:19:23.720><c> early</c><00:19:24.019><c> age.</c>

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And<00:19:25.259><c> Isaac</c><00:19:25.440><c> would</c><00:19:25.579><c> have</c><00:19:25.700><c> looked</c><00:19:25.900><c> at</c><00:19:26.079><c> this</c><00:19:26.259><c> son</c><00:19:26.440><c> of</c><00:19:26.640><c> his,</c><00:19:26.859><c> his</c>

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height,<00:19:27.940><c> his</c><00:19:28.420><c> frame,</c><00:19:29.039><c> his</c><00:19:29.259><c> stature,</c><00:19:29.759><c> and,</c><00:19:30.000><c> oh,</c><00:19:30.019><c> this</c><00:19:30.200><c> is</c><00:19:30.380><c> my</c><00:19:30.640><c> son.</c>

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He<00:19:31.640><c> couldn't</c><00:19:31.859><c> help</c><00:19:32.059><c> but</c><00:19:32.160><c> be</c><00:19:32.380><c> proud</c><00:19:32.660><c> of</c><00:19:32.799><c> him</c><00:19:32.980><c> and</c><00:19:33.420><c> think</c><00:19:33.640><c> of</c><00:19:33.779><c> all</c>

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that<00:19:34.400><c> Esau</c><00:19:34.839><c> could</c><00:19:35.099><c> do.</c>

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And<00:19:35.819><c> Esau</c><00:19:36.160><c> went</c><00:19:36.299><c> out</c><00:19:36.539><c> and</c><00:19:36.680><c> did</c><00:19:36.799><c> it,</c><00:19:37.599><c> probably</c><00:19:37.599><c> demonstrated</c>

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all<00:19:38.920><c> kinds</c><00:19:39.160><c> of</c><00:19:39.319><c> athletic</c><00:19:39.640><c> ability</c><00:19:40.140><c> at</c><00:19:40.420><c> an</c><00:19:40.579><c> early</c><00:19:40.859><c> age.</c>

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And<00:19:41.740><c> how</c><00:19:41.940><c> often</c><00:19:42.299><c> is</c><00:19:42.579><c> it,</c><00:19:42.859><c> brothers</c><00:19:42.940><c> and</c><00:19:43.200><c> sisters,</c><00:19:44.059><c> in</c><00:19:44.319><c> our</c><00:19:44.539><c> own</c>

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family<00:19:45.839><c> situations,</c>

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whether<00:19:47.259><c> it</c><00:19:47.400><c> be</c><00:19:47.559><c> immediate</c><00:19:47.920><c> family</c><00:19:48.299><c> or</c><00:19:48.460><c> extended</c><00:19:48.920><c> family,</c><00:19:50.119><c> we</c>

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have<00:19:50.779><c> an</c><00:19:50.940><c> inclination</c><00:19:51.319><c> to</c><00:19:51.559><c> do</c><00:19:51.720><c> this.</c>

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We<00:19:52.759><c> might</c><00:19:53.000><c> have</c><00:19:53.180><c> a</c><00:19:53.359><c> child</c><00:19:53.660><c> that</c><00:19:53.900><c> excels</c><00:19:54.220><c> as</c><00:19:54.400><c> a</c><00:19:54.539><c> musician,</c><00:19:55.400><c> a</c><00:19:55.539><c> child</c><00:19:55.839><c> that</c><00:19:56.059><c> excels</c><00:19:56.460><c> at</c>

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high<00:19:56.880><c> school</c><00:19:57.140><c> athletes,</c>

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a<00:19:58.259><c> child</c><00:19:58.720><c> that</c><00:19:59.000><c> excels</c><00:19:59.460><c> as</c><00:19:59.680><c> a</c><00:19:59.859><c> scholar,</c><00:20:00.319><c> gets</c><00:20:00.500><c> all</c><00:20:00.700><c> kinds</c><00:20:01.019><c> of</c>

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scholarships<00:20:02.220><c> and</c><00:20:02.819><c> wins</c><00:20:03.099><c> awards.</c>

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And<00:20:04.779><c> we</c><00:20:04.839><c> can't</c><00:20:05.200><c> help</c><00:20:05.519><c> it,</c><00:20:05.640><c> but</c><00:20:05.799><c> the</c><00:20:05.960><c> pride</c><00:20:06.119><c> just</c><00:20:06.559><c> wells</c><00:20:06.880><c> up</c><00:20:07.140><c> within</c><00:20:07.359><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:07.720><c> we</c><00:20:07.839><c> think,</c><00:20:08.099><c> oh,</c><00:20:08.500><c> you</c><00:20:08.599><c> know,</c><00:20:08.700><c> this</c><00:20:08.940><c> is</c><00:20:09.279><c> great.</c>

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And<00:20:10.779><c> at</c><00:20:11.619><c> times</c><00:20:12.339><c> the</c><00:20:13.799><c> situation</c><00:20:14.319><c> can</c><00:20:14.579><c> arise</c><00:20:14.900><c> where</c><00:20:15.700><c> ecclesial</c>

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meetings<00:20:16.579><c> begin</c><00:20:16.859><c> to</c><00:20:17.140><c> suffer</c>

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because<00:20:17.640><c> we're</c><00:20:17.880><c> so</c><00:20:18.180><c> intent</c><00:20:18.500><c> on</c><00:20:18.700><c> these</c><00:20:19.039><c> talents</c><00:20:19.400><c> being</c><00:20:19.720><c> developed</c><00:20:20.039><c> to</c>

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their<00:20:20.339><c> fullest</c><00:20:20.599><c> extent.</c>

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And<00:20:21.779><c> we</c><00:20:21.900><c> might</c><00:20:22.079><c> even</c><00:20:22.319><c> think</c><00:20:22.500><c> to</c><00:20:22.640><c> ourselves,</c><00:20:23.480><c> well,</c><00:20:23.859><c> you</c><00:20:23.859><c> know,</c>

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these<00:20:24.259><c> things</c><00:20:24.420><c> can</c><00:20:24.599><c> be</c><00:20:24.740><c> put</c><00:20:24.859><c> to</c><00:20:24.980><c> good</c><00:20:25.140><c> use</c><00:20:25.380><c> ecclesially.</c>

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You<00:20:26.039><c> know,</c><00:20:28.000><c> ecclesias</c><00:20:28.299><c> need</c><00:20:28.539><c> good</c><00:20:28.799><c> musicians</c><00:20:29.339><c> to</c><00:20:29.740><c> play</c><00:20:30.019><c> the</c>

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organ<00:20:30.500><c> and</c><00:20:30.880><c> to</c><00:20:31.140><c> put</c><00:20:31.279><c> on</c><00:20:31.519><c> talent</c><00:20:31.859><c> show</c><00:20:32.140><c> nights</c>

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at<00:20:33.700><c> Sunday</c><00:20:33.880><c> school</c><00:20:34.160><c> entertainments</c><00:20:34.799><c> and</c><00:20:35.119><c> things</c><00:20:35.319><c> of</c><00:20:35.480><c> this</c><00:20:35.640><c> nature.</c>

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We<00:20:36.539><c> begin</c><00:20:36.660><c> to</c><00:20:37.019><c> rationalize</c><00:20:38.019><c> our</c><00:20:38.380><c> emphasis</c><00:20:39.019><c> on</c><00:20:39.519><c> these</c><00:20:40.000><c> talents</c>

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and<00:20:40.660><c> strengths,</c>

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which<00:20:41.900><c> really</c><00:20:42.720><c> have</c><00:20:43.440><c> nothing</c><00:20:43.740><c> to</c><00:20:43.920><c> do</c><00:20:44.000><c> in</c><00:20:44.160><c> the</c><00:20:44.400><c> end</c><00:20:44.819><c> with</c><00:20:45.619><c> godliness</c><00:20:46.240><c> or</c>

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their<00:20:47.420><c> entrance</c><00:20:47.819><c> into</c><00:20:48.000><c> the</c><00:20:48.200><c> kingdom</c>

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or<00:20:49.000><c> their</c><00:20:49.299><c> contribution</c><00:20:50.019><c> as</c><00:20:50.400><c> sound,</c><00:20:50.799><c> mature</c><00:20:51.160><c> brother</c><00:20:51.460><c> and</c><00:20:51.720><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:20:53.059><c> get</c><00:20:53.380><c> it</c><00:20:53.640><c> a</c><00:20:53.640><c> little</c><00:20:54.599><c> twisted</c><00:20:54.980><c> up</c><00:20:55.500><c> in</c><00:20:56.000><c> our</c><00:20:56.220><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:20:57.599><c> quite</c><00:20:57.779><c> often</c><00:20:58.299><c> the</c><00:20:59.559><c> son</c><00:20:59.779><c> or</c><00:20:59.920><c> daughter</c><00:21:00.480><c> who</c><00:21:01.339><c> might</c><00:21:01.799><c> not</c><00:21:02.339><c> be</c>

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full<00:21:02.839><c> of</c><00:21:03.079><c> all</c><00:21:03.220><c> these</c><00:21:03.579><c> natural</c><00:21:04.160><c> talents</c><00:21:04.519><c> and</c><00:21:04.839><c> strengths,</c>

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but<00:21:06.559><c> who</c><00:21:06.819><c> are</c><00:21:07.039><c> prepared</c><00:21:07.440><c> to,</c><00:21:08.099><c> you</c><00:21:08.359><c> know,</c><00:21:08.519><c> dig</c><00:21:08.779><c> in</c><00:21:09.339><c> and</c><00:21:09.900><c> stick</c><00:21:10.160><c> to</c><00:21:10.460><c> it</c><00:21:10.700><c> and</c><00:21:10.940><c> get</c><00:21:11.140><c> a</c>

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job<00:21:11.539><c> done</c>

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and,<00:21:12.799><c> you</c><00:21:13.640><c> know,</c><00:21:13.779><c> show</c><00:21:13.940><c> themselves</c><00:21:14.460><c> to</c><00:21:15.119><c> have</c><00:21:15.539><c> strengths</c><00:21:15.900><c> ecclesially,</c>

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we<00:21:17.400><c> don't</c><00:21:17.660><c> always</c><00:21:18.019><c> acknowledge</c><00:21:18.460><c> that</c><00:21:18.799><c> as</c><00:21:19.119><c> much</c><00:21:19.299><c> as</c><00:21:19.440><c> we</c><00:21:19.599><c> should.</c>

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And<00:21:20.460><c> it</c><00:21:20.559><c> was</c><00:21:20.819><c> certainly</c><00:21:21.160><c> a</c><00:21:21.720><c> very</c><00:21:22.140><c> human</c><00:21:22.440><c> problem,</c><00:21:23.740><c> something</c>

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as<00:21:24.380><c> old</c><00:21:24.680><c> as</c><00:21:24.980><c> time</c><00:21:25.240><c> itself.</c>

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It<00:21:26.079><c> could</c><00:21:26.220><c> well</c><00:21:26.400><c> have</c><00:21:26.519><c> been</c><00:21:26.619><c> the</c><00:21:26.779><c> problem</c><00:21:27.039><c> with</c><00:21:27.279><c> Cain</c><00:21:27.440><c> and</c><00:21:27.619><c> Abel.</c>

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Isaac<00:21:29.119><c> had</c><00:21:29.339><c> become</c><00:21:29.660><c> an</c><00:21:29.960><c> indulgent</c><00:21:30.859><c> father.</c>

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He<00:21:32.420><c> loved</c><00:21:32.680><c> this</c><00:21:33.000><c> boy</c><00:21:33.119><c> so</c><00:21:33.420><c> much</c><00:21:33.599><c> and</c><00:21:33.859><c> that</c><00:21:34.079><c> love</c><00:21:34.299><c> in</c><00:21:34.480><c> the</c><00:21:34.640><c> end</c><00:21:35.440><c> proved</c><00:21:36.039><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:36.680><c> Esau's</c><00:21:37.259><c> undoing.</c>

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Instead<00:21:38.839><c> of,</c><00:21:39.420><c> you</c><00:21:39.579><c> know,</c><00:21:39.819><c> taking</c><00:21:40.160><c> Esau</c><00:21:40.640><c> over,</c><00:21:41.319><c> you</c><00:21:41.319><c> know,</c><00:21:42.400><c> grabbing</c><00:21:42.579><c> him</c>

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by<00:21:42.940><c> the</c><00:21:43.099><c> earlobe</c><00:21:43.660><c> and</c><00:21:43.859><c> saying,</c>

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look,<00:21:44.460><c> boy,</c><00:21:44.700><c> you</c><00:21:44.819><c> know,</c><00:21:45.519><c> sure,</c><00:21:45.759><c> you're</c><00:21:45.920><c> this,</c><00:21:46.140><c> that</c><00:21:46.279><c> and</c><00:21:46.359><c> the</c>

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other<00:21:46.640><c> thing,</c>

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but<00:21:46.960><c> don't</c><00:21:47.140><c> get</c><00:21:47.279><c> too</c><00:21:47.460><c> high</c><00:21:47.619><c> and</c><00:21:47.720><c> mighty</c><00:21:47.900><c> on</c><00:21:48.099><c> yourself.</c>

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I<00:21:48.960><c> see</c><00:21:49.180><c> some</c><00:21:49.539><c> things</c><00:21:49.700><c> that</c><00:21:49.859><c> need</c><00:21:50.079><c> straightening</c><00:21:50.480><c> out</c><00:21:50.839><c> and</c><00:21:51.059><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:21:51.299><c> to</c><00:21:51.519><c> straighten</c><00:21:51.660><c> them</c><00:21:51.839><c> out</c><00:21:51.960><c> for</c><00:21:52.240><c> you.</c>

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Isaac<00:21:53.099><c> probably</c><00:21:53.559><c> never</c><00:21:53.859><c> did</c><00:21:54.099><c> that</c><00:21:55.140><c> with</c><00:21:55.599><c> Esau.</c>

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And<00:21:56.819><c> Rebecca</c><00:21:57.059><c> might</c><00:21:57.279><c> very</c><00:21:57.579><c> well</c><00:21:57.720><c> have</c><00:21:57.920><c> tried,</c><00:21:58.279><c> but</c><00:21:58.380><c> have</c><00:21:58.519><c> been</c>

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undermined<00:21:59.539><c> by</c><00:21:59.900><c> an</c><00:22:00.099><c> indulgent</c><00:22:00.400><c> father.</c>

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You<00:22:00.940><c> know,</c><00:22:01.180><c> I'm</c><00:22:01.380><c> going</c><00:22:01.480><c> to</c><00:22:01.619><c> avoid</c><00:22:01.839><c> mom,</c><00:22:02.180><c> she's</c><00:22:02.400><c> going</c><00:22:02.539><c> to</c><00:22:02.680><c> clobber</c><00:22:02.920><c> me.</c>

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I'll<00:22:03.559><c> get</c><00:22:03.680><c> over</c><00:22:03.880><c> alongside</c><00:22:04.359><c> dad</c><00:22:04.759><c> and</c><00:22:04.960><c> he'll</c><00:22:06.140><c> overlook,</c><00:22:06.619><c> you</c>

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know,<00:22:07.680><c> my</c><00:22:07.799><c> mischievousness</c>

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and<00:22:09.339><c> be</c><00:22:09.619><c> taken</c><00:22:09.900><c> with</c><00:22:10.299><c> all</c><00:22:10.660><c> these</c><00:22:10.859><c> other</c><00:22:11.079><c> things</c><00:22:11.279><c> that</c><00:22:11.420><c> he</c><00:22:11.539><c> thinks</c><00:22:11.740><c> are</c>

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so<00:22:12.299><c> great.</c>

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So,<00:22:15.900><c> however</c><00:22:16.140><c> suppositional</c><00:22:16.839><c> some</c><00:22:17.059><c> of</c><00:22:17.200><c> these</c><00:22:17.339><c> thoughts</c><00:22:17.599><c> may</c><00:22:17.940><c> be,</c>

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I<00:22:19.200><c> would</c><00:22:20.220><c> suggest</c><00:22:21.680><c> them</c><00:22:21.859><c> as</c><00:22:22.119><c> reasonable</c><00:22:22.599><c> nonetheless,</c>

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that<00:22:24.000><c> this</c><00:22:24.440><c> could</c><00:22:25.920><c> very</c><00:22:26.220><c> well</c><00:22:26.380><c> have</c><00:22:26.559><c> been</c><00:22:26.960><c> what</c><00:22:27.380><c> happened</c><00:22:27.839><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:28.220><c> lives</c><00:22:28.619><c> of</c><00:22:28.920><c> Jacob</c><00:22:29.200><c> and</c><00:22:29.380><c> Esau</c><00:22:29.640><c> and</c><00:22:29.779><c> their</c><00:22:29.920><c> father</c><00:22:30.240><c> Isaac.</c>

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You<00:22:32.180><c> know,</c><00:22:32.279><c> we</c><00:22:32.440><c> do</c><00:22:33.079><c> sometimes</c><00:22:33.880><c> look</c><00:22:34.140><c> at</c><00:22:34.420><c> the</c><00:22:34.980><c> children</c><00:22:35.420><c> of</c><00:22:35.680><c> the</c>

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worthy<00:22:35.960><c> men</c><00:22:36.160><c> of</c><00:22:36.339><c> old.</c>

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We<00:22:37.960><c> see</c><00:22:38.240><c> some</c><00:22:38.500><c> go</c><00:22:38.740><c> good</c><00:22:38.980><c> and</c><00:22:39.140><c> some</c><00:22:39.319><c> go</c><00:22:39.579><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:22:40.359><c> in</c><00:22:40.980><c> the</c><00:22:41.180><c> end</c><00:22:41.319><c> we</c><00:22:41.940><c> conclude</c><00:22:42.299><c> whether</c><00:22:42.559><c> there</c><00:22:42.900><c> isn't</c><00:22:43.079><c> some</c>

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kind<00:22:43.500><c> of</c><00:22:43.640><c> genetic</c><00:22:44.240><c> predisposition</c><00:22:45.259><c> to</c><00:22:45.519><c> godliness.</c>

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That<00:22:47.119><c> there's</c><00:22:47.640><c> going</c><00:22:47.759><c> to</c><00:22:47.839><c> be</c><00:22:48.059><c> Jacob's</c><00:22:48.420><c> and</c><00:22:48.500><c> there's</c><00:22:48.579><c> going</c><00:22:48.799><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:49.000><c> Esau's</c><00:22:49.380><c> and</c><00:22:49.500><c> do</c><00:22:49.640><c> what</c><00:22:49.759><c> you</c><00:22:49.940><c> might.</c>

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They're<00:22:50.640><c> going</c><00:22:50.740><c> to</c><00:22:50.799><c> end</c><00:22:50.940><c> up</c><00:22:51.059><c> being</c><00:22:51.259><c> Esau's</c><00:22:51.680><c> and</c><00:22:51.759><c> they're</c><00:22:51.839><c> going</c><00:22:51.980><c> to</c>

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end<00:22:52.180><c> up</c><00:22:52.299><c> being</c><00:22:52.500><c> Jacob's.</c>

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I<00:22:54.480><c> would</c><00:22:54.880><c> really</c><00:22:56.259><c> be</c><00:22:58.059><c> quite</c><00:22:58.339><c> concerned</c><00:22:58.980><c> if</c><00:22:59.259><c> we</c><00:22:59.539><c> settled</c><00:22:59.759><c> on</c><00:23:00.079><c> that</c><00:23:00.640><c> as</c>

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a<00:23:01.819><c> validity</c><00:23:02.240><c> in</c><00:23:02.960><c> the</c><00:23:03.119><c> lives</c><00:23:03.299><c> of</c><00:23:03.480><c> our</c><00:23:03.680><c> children.</c>

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In<00:23:04.980><c> actual</c><00:23:05.299><c> fact,</c><00:23:05.880><c> that's</c><00:23:06.180><c> the</c><00:23:06.299><c> philosophy</c><00:23:07.019><c> of</c><00:23:08.299><c> scientific</c><00:23:08.880><c> rationalism.</c>

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The<00:23:10.319><c> morality</c><00:23:10.700><c> isn't</c><00:23:10.960><c> morality</c><00:23:11.440><c> at</c><00:23:12.019><c> all.</c>

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Rather,<00:23:13.319><c> if</c><00:23:13.920><c> you're</c><00:23:14.099><c> an</c><00:23:14.319><c> alcoholic,</c><00:23:14.960><c> you're</c><00:23:15.119><c> an</c><00:23:15.259><c> alcoholic</c><00:23:15.559><c> because</c><00:23:15.720><c> you've</c><00:23:15.960><c> got</c><00:23:15.980><c> a</c>

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genetic<00:23:16.359><c> predisposition.</c>

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If<00:23:17.519><c> you're</c><00:23:17.680><c> a</c><00:23:17.799><c> homosexual,</c><00:23:18.380><c> you're</c><00:23:18.579><c> a</c><00:23:18.660><c> homosexual</c><00:23:19.119><c> because</c><00:23:19.380><c> you've</c><00:23:19.579><c> got</c><00:23:19.660><c> a</c>

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genetic<00:23:20.099><c> predisposition.</c>

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Nobody's<00:23:21.940><c> a</c><00:23:22.099><c> function</c><00:23:22.420><c> of</c><00:23:22.619><c> what</c><00:23:22.779><c> they</c><00:23:23.079><c> consciously</c><00:23:23.480><c> choose</c>

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to<00:23:23.980><c> do.</c>

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Everybody's<00:23:25.279><c> a</c><00:23:25.400><c> function</c><00:23:25.660><c> of</c><00:23:25.839><c> their</c><00:23:26.019><c> genes</c><00:23:26.420><c> and</c><00:23:26.859><c> what</c><00:23:27.079><c> you</c><00:23:27.319><c> are</c><00:23:27.500><c> is</c>

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what<00:23:27.740><c> you're</c><00:23:28.000><c> going</c><00:23:28.160><c> to</c><00:23:28.279><c> be</c><00:23:28.380><c> no</c><00:23:28.559><c> matter</c><00:23:28.819><c> what.</c>

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That<00:23:30.299><c> we</c><00:23:30.539><c> cannot</c><00:23:31.420><c> default</c><00:23:32.160><c> to</c><00:23:32.460><c> that</c><00:23:32.720><c> explanation</c><00:23:33.240><c> of</c><00:23:33.460><c> human</c><00:23:33.619><c> behavior.</c>

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It's<00:23:34.200><c> quite</c><00:23:34.500><c> wrong.</c>

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There's<00:23:35.799><c> only</c><00:23:36.119><c> one</c><00:23:36.380><c> genetic</c><00:23:36.720><c> predisposition.</c>

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We<00:23:37.660><c> all</c><00:23:37.980><c> share</c><00:23:38.240><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:23:38.920><c> to</c><00:23:39.099><c> rebellion</c><00:23:39.720><c> and</c><00:23:40.799><c> sin</c><00:23:41.359><c> and</c><00:23:42.220><c> that</c><00:23:42.680><c> which</c><00:23:42.960><c> is</c><00:23:43.720><c> quite</c><00:23:44.000><c> against</c><00:23:44.619><c> the</c>

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commands<00:23:45.299><c> of</c><00:23:45.980><c> god</c><00:23:46.319><c> and</c><00:23:47.160><c> our</c><00:23:47.400><c> lord</c><00:23:47.599><c> Jesus.</c>

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We've<00:23:49.140><c> been</c><00:23:49.299><c> told</c><00:23:49.480><c> that</c><00:23:49.700><c> in</c><00:23:49.799><c> the</c><00:23:49.940><c> scripture.</c>

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The<00:23:50.779><c> heart</c><00:23:51.000><c> of</c><00:23:51.299><c> all</c><00:23:51.559><c> men</c><00:23:51.759><c> is</c><00:23:51.980><c> filled</c><00:23:52.259><c> with</c><00:23:52.640><c> various</c><00:23:53.079><c> and</c><00:23:53.319><c> sundry</c><00:23:53.539><c> things</c><00:23:53.799><c> which</c>

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are<00:23:54.180><c> quite</c><00:23:54.359><c> unworthy.</c>

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If<00:23:55.700><c> we</c><00:23:55.839><c> were</c><00:23:56.220><c> honest</c><00:23:56.599><c> with</c><00:23:56.819><c> ourselves</c><00:23:57.259><c> and</c><00:23:57.700><c> we</c><00:23:57.940><c> look</c><00:23:58.119><c> at</c><00:23:58.400><c> the</c>

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little<00:23:59.079><c> ones</c><00:23:59.339><c> running</c><00:23:59.579><c> around,</c><00:24:00.400><c> we</c><00:24:00.619><c> know</c><00:24:00.819><c> that</c><00:24:01.039><c> to</c><00:24:01.180><c> be</c><00:24:01.319><c> the</c><00:24:01.460><c> case.</c>

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A<00:24:02.319><c> rebellion</c><00:24:02.819><c> and</c><00:24:03.220><c> foolishness</c><00:24:03.680><c> is</c><00:24:03.920><c> bound</c><00:24:04.099><c> up</c><00:24:04.299><c> in</c><00:24:04.400><c> the</c><00:24:04.460><c> heart</c>

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of<00:24:04.779><c> men.</c>

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It<00:24:05.339><c> was</c><00:24:05.480><c> bound</c><00:24:05.700><c> up</c><00:24:05.880><c> in</c><00:24:05.980><c> the</c><00:24:06.039><c> heart</c><00:24:06.180><c> of</c><00:24:06.400><c> Jacob</c><00:24:06.640><c> every</c><00:24:06.920><c> bit</c><00:24:07.079><c> as</c><00:24:07.200><c> much</c><00:24:07.359><c> as</c>

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:09.440
it<00:24:07.500><c> was</c><00:24:07.700><c> bound</c><00:24:07.920><c> up</c><00:24:08.059><c> in</c><00:24:08.180><c> the</c><00:24:08.180><c> heart</c><00:24:08.380><c> of</c><00:24:08.579><c> Esau.</c>

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The<00:24:09.759><c> problem</c><00:24:10.160><c> was,</c><00:24:10.640><c> I</c><00:24:11.000><c> would</c><00:24:11.200><c> suggest,</c><00:24:12.220><c> Esau</c><00:24:12.940><c> never</c><00:24:13.819><c> was</c><00:24:14.319><c> brought</c><00:24:14.539><c> to</c>

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task<00:24:15.259><c> by</c><00:24:15.880><c> his</c><00:24:16.039><c> father</c><00:24:16.299><c> Isaac.</c>

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Rebekah<00:24:18.500><c> was</c><00:24:18.900><c> able</c><00:24:19.119><c> to</c><00:24:19.359><c> work</c><00:24:19.619><c> constructively</c><00:24:20.299><c> with</c><00:24:20.519><c> Jacob.</c>

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As<00:24:21.799><c> a</c><00:24:22.099><c> result,</c><00:24:23.380><c> you</c><00:24:23.680><c> had</c><00:24:24.200><c> two</c><00:24:24.779><c> very</c><00:24:25.140><c> different</c><00:24:25.420><c> characters</c><00:24:26.180><c> developing</c><00:24:26.980><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:27.359><c> same</c><00:24:27.619><c> household.</c>

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We<00:24:30.200><c> know</c><00:24:30.500><c> that</c><00:24:30.680><c> that's</c><00:24:30.980><c> quite</c><00:24:31.279><c> possible.</c>

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In<00:24:32.859><c> a</c><00:24:32.980><c> household,</c><00:24:34.859><c> each</c><00:24:35.200><c> child</c><00:24:35.500><c> that</c><00:24:35.680><c> comes</c><00:24:35.839><c> along</c><00:24:36.099><c> is</c><00:24:36.279><c> quite</c>

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different,<00:24:36.960><c> requires</c><00:24:37.759><c> individual</c><00:24:38.960><c> attention</c><00:24:39.420><c> and</c><00:24:39.720><c> has</c>

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individual<00:24:40.460><c> needs.</c>

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If<00:24:41.480><c> we</c><00:24:41.660><c> fail</c><00:24:41.819><c> to</c><00:24:41.980><c> recognize</c><00:24:42.480><c> those</c><00:24:42.799><c> needs</c><00:24:43.099><c> and</c><00:24:43.279><c> we</c><00:24:43.460><c> fail</c><00:24:43.640><c> to</c><00:24:44.220><c> give</c><00:24:44.700><c> that</c><00:24:44.960><c> attention</c><00:24:45.440><c> to</c>

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our<00:24:47.019><c> children,</c><00:24:47.420><c> we</c><00:24:47.599><c> can</c><00:24:47.920><c> reap</c><00:24:48.619><c> the</c><00:24:49.240><c> rewards</c><00:24:49.660><c> of</c><00:24:49.900><c> our</c><00:24:50.099><c> inattention.</c>

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It<00:24:51.480><c> can</c><00:24:51.680><c> happen</c><00:24:51.859><c> to</c><00:24:52.000><c> each</c><00:24:52.240><c> and</c><00:24:52.339><c> every</c><00:24:52.559><c> one</c><00:24:52.680><c> of</c><00:24:52.819><c> us.</c>

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In<00:24:53.519><c> the</c><00:24:53.759><c> end,</c><00:24:54.319><c> it</c><00:24:54.319><c> does</c><00:24:54.579><c> not</c><00:24:54.740><c> consign</c><00:24:55.200><c> us</c><00:24:55.740><c> to</c><00:24:56.079><c> any</c><00:24:56.279><c> ultimate</c><00:24:56.700><c> state</c><00:24:57.079><c> of</c><00:24:57.759><c> condemnation,</c>

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but<00:24:59.119><c> it</c><00:24:59.400><c> certainly</c><00:24:59.980><c> will</c><00:25:01.319><c> cause</c><00:25:01.579><c> us</c><00:25:01.960><c> to</c><00:25:02.920><c> have</c><00:25:03.140><c> many</c><00:25:03.819><c> moments</c>

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of<00:25:05.119><c> remorse</c><00:25:05.500><c> and</c><00:25:05.720><c> regret</c><00:25:06.140><c> and</c><00:25:06.599><c> sorrow</c><00:25:06.859><c> in</c><00:25:07.019><c> our</c><00:25:07.200><c> lives</c>

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as<00:25:07.779><c> we</c><00:25:08.059><c> see</c><00:25:08.299><c> a</c><00:25:08.500><c> child</c><00:25:09.259><c> fail</c><00:25:10.000><c> to</c><00:25:10.660><c> come</c><00:25:10.880><c> to</c><00:25:11.079><c> terms</c><00:25:11.259><c> with</c><00:25:11.440><c> his</c><00:25:11.579><c> commitment</c><00:25:12.119><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:13.660><c> Lord.</c>

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Now,<00:25:17.059><c> in</c><00:25:17.059><c> the</c><00:25:17.259><c> ensuing</c><00:25:17.599><c> verses</c><00:25:18.000><c> in</c><00:25:18.200><c> chapter</c><00:25:18.500><c> 25,</c><00:25:19.779><c> Jacob,</c><00:25:20.400><c> the</c>

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famous<00:25:21.140><c> potage</c><00:25:21.559><c> story,</c>

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:26.660
Jacob<00:25:22.559><c> is</c><00:25:22.779><c> making</c><00:25:23.000><c> the</c><00:25:23.240><c> potage,</c><00:25:23.880><c> this</c><00:25:24.200><c> red</c><00:25:24.640><c> lintel</c><00:25:25.720><c> stew.</c>

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:29.059
Esau<00:25:26.900><c> comes</c><00:25:27.160><c> from</c><00:25:27.359><c> the</c><00:25:27.539><c> field.</c><00:25:27.839><c> He</c><00:25:27.940><c> was</c><00:25:28.160><c> faint,</c><00:25:28.720><c> apparently</c>

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:31.059
not<00:25:29.319><c> having</c><00:25:29.500><c> met</c><00:25:29.680><c> with</c><00:25:29.859><c> much</c><00:25:30.039><c> success.</c>

00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:35.480
Esau<00:25:31.819><c> says,</c><00:25:32.099><c> feed</c><00:25:32.339><c> me,</c><00:25:32.960><c> I</c><00:25:33.279><c> pray</c><00:25:33.480><c> you,</c><00:25:34.000><c> with</c><00:25:34.299><c> that</c><00:25:34.880><c> red</c><00:25:35.119><c> stuff.</c>

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:40.299
I'm<00:25:36.160><c> faint.</c><00:25:37.599><c> This</c><00:25:37.900><c> is</c><00:25:38.180><c> from</c><00:25:38.980><c> whence</c><00:25:39.460><c> he</c><00:25:39.500><c> gets</c><00:25:39.660><c> the</c><00:25:39.819><c> name</c><00:25:39.980><c> Edom,</c>

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or<00:25:40.539><c> red.</c>

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Jacob<00:25:41.960><c> says,</c><00:25:43.019><c> sell</c><00:25:43.019><c> me</c><00:25:43.180><c> this</c><00:25:43.359><c> day</c><00:25:43.480><c> thy</c><00:25:43.660><c> birthright.</c>

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:49.039
Now,<00:25:45.519><c> quite</c><00:25:45.799><c> often</c><00:25:46.259><c> in</c><00:25:46.759><c> our</c><00:25:46.980><c> consideration</c><00:25:47.519><c> of</c><00:25:47.720><c> godly</c><00:25:47.980><c> men</c><00:25:48.119><c> and</c><00:25:48.299><c> women,</c><00:25:48.900><c> we</c>

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:52.380
just<00:25:49.339><c> love</c><00:25:49.559><c> to</c><00:25:49.779><c> nail</c><00:25:49.940><c> them</c><00:25:50.079><c> when</c><00:25:50.180><c> they</c><00:25:50.380><c> seem</c><00:25:50.539><c> to</c><00:25:50.680><c> get</c><00:25:50.819><c> off</c><00:25:51.460><c> base.</c>

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:56.460
And<00:25:52.619><c> this</c><00:25:52.779><c> is</c><00:25:52.960><c> an</c><00:25:53.119><c> example</c><00:25:53.559><c> where</c><00:25:53.920><c> we</c><00:25:54.940><c> quite</c><00:25:55.140><c> often</c><00:25:55.500><c> jump</c><00:25:55.900><c> on</c><00:25:56.119><c> Jacob.</c>

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What<00:25:57.000><c> a</c><00:25:57.220><c> mercenary</c><00:25:57.839><c> individual.</c>

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What<00:26:00.640><c> a</c><00:26:01.160><c> sniveling</c><00:26:01.799><c> character</c><00:26:02.359><c> that</c><00:26:02.940><c> he</c><00:26:03.099><c> would</c><00:26:03.460><c> take</c><00:26:03.759><c> advantage</c><00:26:04.160><c> of</c><00:26:04.400><c> Esau</c>

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:07.319
in<00:26:04.759><c> a</c><00:26:04.880><c> moment</c><00:26:05.059><c> of</c><00:26:05.240><c> weakness</c><00:26:05.500><c> and</c><00:26:06.059><c> grab</c><00:26:06.319><c> hold</c><00:26:06.480><c> of</c><00:26:06.619><c> this</c><00:26:06.799><c> birthright.</c>

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:12.680
Really,<00:26:08.380><c> Jacob,</c><00:26:08.779><c> you'll</c><00:26:10.180><c> stoop</c><00:26:10.579><c> to</c><00:26:11.420><c> just</c><00:26:11.880><c> about</c><00:26:12.180><c> anything</c><00:26:12.559><c> to</c>

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.940
get<00:26:12.799><c> what</c><00:26:12.920><c> you</c><00:26:13.140><c> want.</c>

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:23.579
In<00:26:14.859><c> fact,</c><00:26:15.299><c> we</c><00:26:16.220><c> had</c><00:26:16.400><c> a</c><00:26:16.579><c> discussion</c><00:26:16.980><c> with</c><00:26:18.019><c> a</c><00:26:20.059><c> young</c><00:26:20.559><c> woman</c><00:26:21.400><c> who</c><00:26:22.099><c> was</c><00:26:22.480><c> married</c><00:26:22.700><c> to</c><00:26:22.880><c> a</c><00:26:23.000><c> Christadelphian,</c>

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:27.119
but<00:26:23.799><c> she</c><00:26:23.980><c> herself</c><00:26:24.319><c> was</c><00:26:24.559><c> not</c><00:26:24.839><c> in</c><00:26:25.000><c> the</c><00:26:25.200><c> truth,</c><00:26:26.099><c> and</c><00:26:26.680><c> the</c><00:26:26.799><c> family</c>

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:31.119
was<00:26:27.339><c> working</c><00:26:27.839><c> quite</c><00:26:28.619><c> hard</c><00:26:28.980><c> to</c><00:26:29.460><c> convince</c><00:26:29.779><c> her</c><00:26:29.980><c> of</c><00:26:30.079><c> Bible</c><00:26:30.259><c> truth.</c>

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:34.339
Oh,<00:26:32.240><c> she</c><00:26:32.380><c> had</c><00:26:32.579><c> read</c><00:26:32.720><c> through</c><00:26:32.960><c> this</c><00:26:33.200><c> section,</c><00:26:33.640><c> and</c><00:26:33.880><c> she</c><00:26:34.099><c> wasn't</c>

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.319
at<00:26:34.460><c> all</c><00:26:34.559><c> pressed</c><00:26:34.799><c> with</c><00:26:34.960><c> Jacob.</c>

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:37.640
Now,<00:26:35.819><c> everyone</c><00:26:36.099><c> gets</c><00:26:36.319><c> on</c><00:26:36.559><c> Esau's</c><00:26:36.900><c> case,</c><00:26:37.160><c> but</c><00:26:37.240><c> I</c><00:26:37.359><c> don't</c><00:26:37.500><c> think</c>

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.960
much<00:26:37.839><c> of</c><00:26:38.019><c> Jacob</c><00:26:38.200><c> myself.</c>

00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:42.019
And<00:26:39.460><c> of</c><00:26:39.640><c> course,</c><00:26:40.000><c> it</c><00:26:40.000><c> was</c><00:26:40.319><c> her</c><00:26:40.660><c> lack</c><00:26:40.920><c> of</c><00:26:41.160><c> background</c><00:26:41.480><c> and</c><00:26:41.779><c> her</c>

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:46.539
lack<00:26:42.299><c> of</c><00:26:43.480><c> full</c><00:26:43.740><c>-blown</c><00:26:44.000><c> appreciation</c><00:26:44.559><c> of</c><00:26:44.740><c> the</c><00:26:44.880><c> story</c><00:26:45.160><c> that</c><00:26:45.660><c> compelled</c><00:26:45.980><c> her</c>

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.420
to<00:26:46.779><c> conclude</c><00:26:47.099><c> this.</c>

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And<00:26:47.859><c> unfortunately,</c><00:26:48.559><c> quite</c><00:26:49.099><c> often</c><00:26:49.359><c> we</c><00:26:49.539><c> do</c><00:26:49.720><c> the</c><00:26:49.940><c> same,</c><00:26:50.480><c> and</c><00:26:50.640><c> it</c>

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:53.500
simply<00:26:51.160><c> is</c><00:26:51.400><c> not</c><00:26:51.640><c> valid</c><00:26:51.960><c> for</c><00:26:52.700><c> a</c><00:26:52.900><c> couple</c><00:26:53.079><c> of</c><00:26:53.279><c> reasons.</c>

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:57.160
One,<00:26:54.319><c> Jacob</c><00:26:54.740><c> was</c><00:26:55.000><c> already</c><00:26:55.440><c> fulfilling</c><00:26:55.900><c> all</c><00:26:56.220><c> the</c><00:26:56.500><c> obligations</c>

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:59.799
of<00:26:57.359><c> the</c><00:26:57.500><c> birthright,</c><00:26:58.440><c> because</c><00:26:58.619><c> the</c><00:26:58.859><c> birthright</c><00:26:59.279><c> appertained</c>

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to<00:26:59.940><c> the</c><00:27:00.140><c> firstborn.</c>

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Who<00:27:01.220><c> was</c><00:27:01.839><c> executing</c><00:27:02.339><c> the</c><00:27:02.599><c> function</c><00:27:02.839><c> of</c><00:27:02.980><c> the</c><00:27:03.119><c> firstborn?</c><00:27:03.539><c> Jacob</c><00:27:03.900><c> was.</c>

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:10.819
Esau<00:27:05.079><c> didn't</c><00:27:05.359><c> care.</c><00:27:06.299><c> Who</c><00:27:06.480><c> was</c><00:27:06.720><c> looking</c><00:27:06.960><c> after</c><00:27:07.400><c> the</c><00:27:08.940><c> family</c><00:27:09.440><c> priesthood</c><00:27:10.019><c> duties?</c><00:27:10.680><c> It</c>

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.480
was<00:27:11.039><c> Jacob.</c>

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:15.880
Esau<00:27:12.240><c> certainly</c><00:27:12.660><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:12.859><c> have</c><00:27:13.059><c> done</c><00:27:13.200><c> it,</c><00:27:13.380><c> or</c><00:27:13.539><c> if</c><00:27:13.700><c> he</c><00:27:14.000><c> had,</c><00:27:14.700><c> he</c><00:27:14.799><c> would</c><00:27:14.960><c> have</c><00:27:15.079><c> done</c><00:27:15.240><c> it</c><00:27:15.440><c> in</c><00:27:15.500><c> such</c><00:27:15.740><c> a</c>

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:17.660
perfunctory<00:27:16.480><c> and</c><00:27:16.700><c> superficial</c><00:27:17.180><c> manner</c>

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:21.079
that<00:27:18.099><c> it</c><00:27:18.220><c> would</c><00:27:18.380><c> have</c><00:27:18.559><c> brought</c><00:27:18.720><c> dishonor</c><00:27:19.339><c> upon</c><00:27:19.599><c> the</c><00:27:19.799><c> whole</c><00:27:20.000><c> activity.</c>

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At<00:27:21.799><c> whatever</c><00:27:22.099><c> points</c><00:27:22.500><c> in</c><00:27:22.720><c> the</c><00:27:22.880><c> year</c><00:27:24.000><c> a</c><00:27:24.579><c> communal</c><00:27:24.960><c> sacrifice</c>

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:27.460
was<00:27:25.839><c> offered,</c><00:27:26.460><c> we're</c><00:27:26.619><c> not</c><00:27:26.819><c> entirely</c><00:27:27.160><c> sure.</c>

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:31.079
However,<00:27:27.579><c> we</c><00:27:27.599><c> do</c><00:27:27.839><c> know</c><00:27:28.000><c> that</c><00:27:28.240><c> sacrifice</c><00:27:28.680><c> was</c><00:27:28.940><c> part</c><00:27:29.279><c> of</c><00:27:30.119><c> the</c><00:27:30.660><c> lives</c><00:27:30.900><c> of</c>

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.880
these<00:27:31.279><c> individuals.</c>

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And<00:27:32.480><c> just</c><00:27:32.599><c> how</c><00:27:32.799><c> it</c><00:27:32.940><c> was</c><00:27:33.099><c> worked</c><00:27:33.279><c> out,</c><00:27:33.660><c> we</c><00:27:33.980><c> don't</c><00:27:34.259><c> know.</c><00:27:34.460><c> It</c><00:27:34.539><c> was</c>

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:38.099
regularized<00:27:35.480><c> in</c><00:27:35.619><c> the</c><00:27:35.660><c> Law</c><00:27:35.799><c> of</c><00:27:35.980><c> Moses,</c><00:27:36.720><c> but</c><00:27:37.059><c> it</c><00:27:37.460><c> predated</c><00:27:37.900><c> the</c>

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.359
laws<00:27:38.279><c> we</c><00:27:38.579><c> know.</c>

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:44.859
Whether<00:27:40.259><c> Esau</c><00:27:40.640><c> attended</c><00:27:40.920><c> to</c><00:27:41.259><c> these</c><00:27:42.400><c> ritualistic</c><00:27:43.420><c> responsibilities</c><00:27:44.160><c> or</c><00:27:44.539><c> whether</c>

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.059
Jacob<00:27:45.099><c> did,</c><00:27:45.400><c> we're</c><00:27:45.500><c> not</c><00:27:45.779><c> sure.</c>

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:49.980
But<00:27:46.440><c> when</c><00:27:46.579><c> it</c><00:27:46.680><c> came</c><00:27:46.920><c> to</c><00:27:47.140><c> the</c><00:27:48.279><c> actual</c><00:27:48.460><c> meatiness</c><00:27:48.799><c> of</c><00:27:48.980><c> the</c><00:27:49.160><c> job,</c>

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.180
it<00:27:50.099><c> was</c><00:27:50.319><c> Jacob</c><00:27:50.759><c> who</c><00:27:50.980><c> was</c><00:27:51.200><c> looking</c><00:27:51.420><c> after</c><00:27:51.799><c> things.</c>

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:54.799
So<00:27:52.619><c> Jacob</c><00:27:52.900><c> was</c><00:27:53.099><c> well</c><00:27:53.299><c> within</c><00:27:53.519><c> his</c><00:27:53.779><c> right</c><00:27:53.960><c> to</c><00:27:54.160><c> say,</c><00:27:54.640><c> sell</c><00:27:54.640><c> me</c>

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.420
this<00:27:55.039><c> birthright.</c>

00:27:55.680 --> 00:28:02.059
Esau,<00:27:55.839><c> in</c><00:27:56.059><c> effect,</c><00:27:56.259><c> had</c><00:27:56.380><c> already</c><00:27:56.700><c> given</c><00:27:56.839><c> it</c><00:27:57.079><c> to</c><00:27:57.299><c> Jacob</c><00:27:57.599><c> and</c><00:27:58.200><c> was</c><00:27:58.420><c> not</c><00:27:58.599><c> the</c><00:27:58.700><c> least</c><00:27:58.900><c> bit</c><00:27:59.019><c> worried</c><00:27:59.319><c> about</c><00:27:59.599><c> the</c><00:27:59.759><c> fact</c><00:28:00.119><c> that</c><00:28:00.880><c> Jacob</c><00:28:01.160><c> was</c><00:28:01.519><c> attending</c><00:28:01.799><c> to</c>

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:03.420
all<00:28:02.180><c> these</c><00:28:02.460><c> things.</c>

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:07.319
And<00:28:03.920><c> Esau's</c><00:28:04.559><c> attitude,</c><00:28:04.980><c> behold,</c><00:28:05.380><c> I</c><00:28:05.539><c> am</c><00:28:05.640><c> at</c><00:28:05.759><c> the</c><00:28:05.940><c> point</c><00:28:06.099><c> to</c><00:28:06.339><c> die,</c><00:28:06.519><c> which</c><00:28:06.700><c> was</c>

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:10.519
a<00:28:07.599><c> gross</c><00:28:07.839><c> exaggeration,</c><00:28:09.160><c> seems</c><00:28:09.319><c> to</c><00:28:09.480><c> be</c><00:28:09.660><c> a</c><00:28:09.799><c> characteristic</c><00:28:10.259><c> of</c>

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.000
the<00:28:10.660><c> Angali.</c>

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:14.759
They<00:28:11.200><c> just</c><00:28:11.500><c> love</c><00:28:11.700><c> to</c><00:28:12.000><c> exaggerate,</c><00:28:12.880><c> just</c><00:28:13.099><c> love</c><00:28:13.279><c> to</c><00:28:13.500><c> portray</c><00:28:13.759><c> their</c><00:28:14.000><c> situation</c><00:28:14.579><c> as</c>

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.400
the<00:28:14.980><c> absolute</c><00:28:15.359><c> worst.</c>

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They're<00:28:17.859><c> the</c><00:28:18.000><c> ones</c><00:28:18.160><c> in</c><00:28:18.339><c> the</c><00:28:18.579><c> greatest</c><00:28:18.900><c> need.</c>

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:25.579
Everything<00:28:20.859><c> has</c><00:28:21.140><c> to</c><00:28:21.220><c> come</c><00:28:21.440><c> their</c><00:28:21.740><c> way</c><00:28:22.079><c> because</c><00:28:22.539><c> they</c><00:28:22.880><c> have</c><00:28:23.539><c> all</c><00:28:24.119><c> kinds</c><00:28:24.480><c> of</c>

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:28.619
situations<00:28:26.180><c> that</c><00:28:26.400><c> absolutely</c><00:28:26.779><c> demand</c><00:28:27.220><c> that</c><00:28:27.400><c> everybody</c><00:28:27.759><c> caters</c><00:28:28.180><c> to</c><00:28:28.400><c> them.</c>

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:34.059
This<00:28:29.079><c> is</c><00:28:29.339><c> the</c><00:28:29.779><c> attitude</c><00:28:29.980><c> that</c><00:28:32.299><c> Esau</c><00:28:32.500><c> was</c><00:28:32.640><c> coming</c><00:28:32.880><c> off</c><00:28:33.160><c> with.</c>

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:37.920
So<00:28:34.880><c> Esau</c><00:28:35.240><c> says,</c><00:28:35.539><c> I'm</c><00:28:35.660><c> at</c><00:28:35.759><c> the</c><00:28:35.940><c> point</c><00:28:36.099><c> to</c><00:28:36.380><c> die,</c><00:28:36.920><c> and</c><00:28:37.099><c> what</c><00:28:37.359><c> profit</c><00:28:37.740><c> shall</c>

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:39.799
this<00:28:38.180><c> birthright</c><00:28:38.599><c> do</c><00:28:38.779><c> to</c><00:28:38.960><c> me?</c>

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:43.599
So<00:28:40.619><c> Jacob</c><00:28:40.819><c> says,</c><00:28:41.240><c> okay,</c><00:28:41.819><c> swear</c><00:28:42.059><c> to</c><00:28:42.259><c> me</c><00:28:42.519><c> that</c><00:28:42.960><c> it's</c><00:28:43.279><c> mine.</c>

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:47.000
And<00:28:44.259><c> Esau</c><00:28:44.859><c> lightheartedly</c><00:28:45.759><c> does</c><00:28:46.019><c> so.</c>

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:49.839
And<00:28:47.660><c> Jacob</c><00:28:47.900><c> gave</c><00:28:48.380><c> Esau</c><00:28:48.880><c> bread</c><00:28:49.099><c> and</c><00:28:49.279><c> pottage.</c>

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:52.000
He<00:28:50.220><c> did</c><00:28:50.339><c> eat</c><00:28:50.519><c> and</c><00:28:50.619><c> drink,</c><00:28:50.819><c> rose</c><00:28:51.019><c> up</c><00:28:51.220><c> and</c><00:28:51.279><c> went</c><00:28:51.400><c> on</c><00:28:51.559><c> his</c><00:28:51.700><c> way.</c>

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:55.660
Thus<00:28:52.519><c> did</c><00:28:52.839><c> Esau</c><00:28:53.619><c> despise</c><00:28:54.359><c> his</c><00:28:54.660><c> birthright.</c>

00:28:55.839 --> 00:29:00.259
Now<00:28:56.099><c> we</c><00:28:56.359><c> have</c><00:28:56.900><c> to</c><00:28:57.200><c> bow</c><00:28:57.700><c> to</c><00:28:58.460><c> the</c><00:28:59.119><c> scriptures</c><00:28:59.519><c> in</c><00:28:59.720><c> this</c><00:28:59.940><c> matter.</c>

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:04.519
Esau<00:29:01.259><c> was</c><00:29:01.660><c> despising</c><00:29:02.240><c> that</c><00:29:02.579><c> which</c><00:29:02.759><c> was</c><00:29:03.039><c> his</c><00:29:03.259><c> by</c><00:29:03.559><c> birth,</c><00:29:04.240><c> that</c>

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:08.759
which<00:29:04.940><c> in</c><00:29:05.359><c> a</c><00:29:05.519><c> godly</c><00:29:05.839><c> household</c><00:29:06.279><c> gave</c><00:29:06.619><c> an</c><00:29:06.900><c> individual</c><00:29:07.380><c> untold</c><00:29:07.960><c> opportunity</c>

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:14.000
to<00:29:09.519><c> instruct,</c><00:29:10.319><c> to</c><00:29:10.539><c> set</c><00:29:10.779><c> forth</c><00:29:11.019><c> an</c><00:29:11.279><c> example,</c><00:29:12.200><c> to</c><00:29:12.420><c> guide</c><00:29:12.779><c> the</c><00:29:13.039><c> household</c><00:29:13.579><c> in</c>

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.059
a<00:29:14.220><c> godly</c><00:29:14.660><c> way.</c>

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:18.799
And<00:29:15.700><c> Esau</c><00:29:15.799><c> would</c><00:29:15.980><c> have</c><00:29:16.200><c> none</c><00:29:16.380><c> of</c><00:29:16.519><c> it,</c><00:29:17.079><c> not</c><00:29:17.359><c> the</c><00:29:17.480><c> least</c><00:29:17.680><c> bit</c><00:29:17.779><c> interested.</c>

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:24.680
I'd<00:29:19.380><c> sooner</c><00:29:19.559><c> have</c><00:29:19.819><c> a</c><00:29:20.000><c> bowl</c><00:29:20.180><c> of</c><00:29:20.380><c> cereal</c><00:29:20.940><c> than</c><00:29:21.720><c> I</c><00:29:21.900><c> would</c><00:29:22.740><c> the</c><00:29:23.619><c> responsibilities</c><00:29:24.440><c> of</c>

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.779
looking<00:29:24.859><c> after</c><00:29:25.119><c> my</c><00:29:25.359><c> family.</c>

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:31.480
The<00:29:26.339><c> man</c><00:29:26.500><c> was</c><00:29:26.720><c> so</c><00:29:27.039><c> reprehensible,</c><00:29:28.299><c> it's</c><00:29:28.640><c> incredible,</c><00:29:29.160><c> his</c><00:29:29.359><c> attitude</c><00:29:29.819><c> was</c><00:29:30.119><c> so</c>

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:35.059
reflective<00:29:32.619><c> of</c><00:29:33.039><c> disdain</c><00:29:33.579><c> and</c><00:29:33.940><c> contempt</c><00:29:34.299><c> towards</c><00:29:34.680><c> the</c><00:29:34.880><c> things</c>

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.599
of<00:29:35.299><c> God</c>

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:38.740
that<00:29:36.140><c> if</c><00:29:36.420><c> we</c><00:29:36.740><c> recoil</c><00:29:37.259><c> at</c><00:29:37.539><c> anybody,</c><00:29:37.960><c> it</c><00:29:37.960><c> better</c><00:29:38.180><c> be</c><00:29:38.380><c> at</c><00:29:38.599><c> Esau,</c>

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:40.039
not<00:29:38.940><c> at</c><00:29:39.200><c> Jacob.</c>

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:47.079
Jacob<00:29:40.420><c> was</c><00:29:40.640><c> a</c><00:29:40.799><c> man</c><00:29:41.000><c> who</c><00:29:41.420><c> loved</c><00:29:41.700><c> the</c><00:29:41.900><c> things</c><00:29:42.059><c> of</c><00:29:42.299><c> God</c><00:29:43.099><c> and</c><00:29:43.619><c> who</c><00:29:44.019><c> was</c><00:29:44.799><c> undoubtedly,</c><00:29:46.700><c> I</c>

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:50.380
think<00:29:47.480><c> Esau</c><00:29:47.980><c> was</c><00:29:48.599><c> quite</c><00:29:48.960><c> disgusting</c><00:29:49.500><c> to</c><00:29:49.799><c> him.</c>

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:55.160
Really,<00:29:51.420><c> his</c><00:29:51.599><c> brother</c><00:29:51.839><c> turned</c><00:29:52.140><c> out</c><00:29:52.380><c> to</c><00:29:52.500><c> be</c><00:29:52.720><c> quite</c><00:29:53.500><c> a</c><00:29:53.700><c> useless</c><00:29:54.079><c> lout.</c>

00:29:55.859 --> 00:30:01.220
And<00:29:56.039><c> Jacob</c><00:29:56.480><c> was</c><00:29:57.579><c> going</c><00:29:57.799><c> to</c><00:29:58.140><c> wrest</c><00:29:58.359><c> that</c><00:29:58.740><c> birthright</c><00:29:59.259><c> from</c><00:29:59.579><c> this</c><00:29:59.819><c> individual</c><00:30:00.319><c> and</c>

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:03.299
attend<00:30:01.519><c> to</c><00:30:01.700><c> things</c><00:30:01.940><c> as</c><00:30:02.099><c> he</c><00:30:02.279><c> already</c><00:30:02.640><c> had</c><00:30:02.779><c> been</c><00:30:03.000><c> doing.</c>

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:07.619
So<00:30:03.819><c> the</c><00:30:04.059><c> birthright</c><00:30:04.579><c> became</c><00:30:05.359><c> Jacob's,</c><00:30:06.119><c> the</c><00:30:06.259><c> right</c><00:30:06.339><c> of</c><00:30:06.500><c> the</c><00:30:06.660><c> firstborn.</c>

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:11.359
Now,<00:30:08.740><c> just</c><00:30:09.059><c> exactly</c><00:30:09.440><c> what</c><00:30:09.640><c> this</c><00:30:09.880><c> right</c><00:30:10.059><c> of</c><00:30:10.180><c> the</c><00:30:10.359><c> firstborn</c><00:30:10.859><c> is</c>

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:13.059
involved<00:30:12.000><c> a</c><00:30:12.140><c> number</c><00:30:12.420><c> of</c><00:30:12.660><c> things.</c>

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:17.839
We<00:30:13.799><c> do</c><00:30:14.059><c> know</c><00:30:14.180><c> from</c><00:30:14.400><c> the</c><00:30:14.619><c> precedent</c><00:30:15.039><c> of</c><00:30:15.480><c> Reuben,</c><00:30:16.319><c> when</c><00:30:16.599><c> Reuben</c>

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:21.420
defiled<00:30:18.660><c> his</c><00:30:18.859><c> father's</c><00:30:19.319><c> bed,</c><00:30:20.279><c> the</c><00:30:20.400><c> birthright</c><00:30:20.839><c> was</c><00:30:21.059><c> removed</c>

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.019
from<00:30:21.619><c> him</c>

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:24.019
and<00:30:22.440><c> it</c><00:30:22.599><c> was</c><00:30:22.799><c> given</c><00:30:22.940><c> to</c><00:30:23.140><c> three</c><00:30:23.359><c> of</c><00:30:23.519><c> the</c><00:30:23.700><c> sons.</c>

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:27.740
It<00:30:24.440><c> was</c><00:30:24.619><c> given</c><00:30:24.859><c> to</c><00:30:26.000><c> the</c><00:30:26.180><c> kingship,</c><00:30:26.779><c> it</c><00:30:26.779><c> was</c><00:30:27.019><c> given</c><00:30:27.240><c> to</c><00:30:27.500><c> Judah,</c>

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.579
the<00:30:28.460><c> priesthood</c><00:30:28.779><c> went</c><00:30:28.960><c> to</c><00:30:29.200><c> Levi,</c>

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:34.039
and<00:30:30.059><c> the</c><00:30:30.200><c> double</c><00:30:30.480><c> portion</c><00:30:30.859><c> went</c><00:30:31.059><c> to</c><00:30:31.279><c> Joseph,</c><00:30:31.660><c> who</c><00:30:31.740><c> was</c><00:30:31.940><c> represented</c><00:30:32.380><c> by</c><00:30:32.619><c> Ephraim</c><00:30:33.019><c> and</c><00:30:33.160><c> Manasseh.</c>

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:38.039
So<00:30:34.220><c> that</c><00:30:34.460><c> outlines</c><00:30:34.859><c> the</c><00:30:35.140><c> three</c><00:30:35.599><c> most</c><00:30:37.019><c> important</c><00:30:37.480><c> components</c>

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:40.160
of<00:30:38.920><c> the</c><00:30:39.220><c> birthright.</c>

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:43.500
Now,<00:30:40.880><c> Esau,</c><00:30:41.119><c> in</c><00:30:41.299><c> his</c><00:30:41.539><c> balled</c><00:30:41.880><c>-up</c><00:30:42.000><c> thinking,</c><00:30:42.920><c> had</c><00:30:43.059><c> undoubtedly</c>

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:45.880
retained<00:30:43.920><c> in</c><00:30:44.000><c> his</c><00:30:44.240><c> own</c><00:30:44.460><c> mind</c><00:30:44.660><c> claim</c><00:30:44.920><c> on</c><00:30:45.099><c> the</c><00:30:45.220><c> double</c><00:30:45.440><c> portion.</c>

00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:49.500
He<00:30:46.460><c> was</c><00:30:46.559><c> quite</c><00:30:46.759><c> happy</c><00:30:46.980><c> to</c><00:30:47.140><c> give</c><00:30:47.220><c> up</c><00:30:47.420><c> the</c><00:30:47.599><c> leadership</c><00:30:48.059><c> and</c><00:30:48.940><c> the</c>

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.900
priesthood,<00:30:49.940><c> as</c><00:30:50.079><c> it</c><00:30:50.180><c> were,</c><00:30:50.319><c> of</c><00:30:50.400><c> the</c><00:30:50.539><c> family,</c>

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:55.259
but<00:30:51.259><c> he</c><00:30:51.480><c> still</c><00:30:51.700><c> wanted</c><00:30:51.940><c> the</c><00:30:52.180><c> double</c><00:30:52.400><c> portion</c><00:30:52.920><c> and</c><00:30:53.579><c> much</c><00:30:54.319><c> to</c><00:30:54.500><c> his</c><00:30:54.680><c> distress,</c><00:30:55.079><c> he</c>

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:57.119
wasn't<00:30:55.980><c> going</c><00:30:56.380><c> to</c><00:30:56.619><c> get</c><00:30:56.740><c> it.</c>

00:30:57.119 --> 00:31:03.039
So<00:30:58.460><c> Jacob</c><00:30:59.599><c> desires</c><00:31:00.119><c> the</c><00:31:00.359><c> birthright,</c><00:31:01.339><c> Esau</c><00:31:01.539><c> despises</c><00:31:02.119><c> it.</c>

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:09.880
Now,<00:31:04.519><c> this</c><00:31:04.859><c> little</c><00:31:05.160><c> phrase</c><00:31:05.400><c> at</c><00:31:05.619><c> the</c><00:31:05.779><c> end,</c><00:31:08.859><c> verse</c><00:31:09.299><c> 34,</c>

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:16.420
He<00:31:10.539><c> did</c><00:31:10.740><c> eat</c><00:31:11.599><c> and</c><00:31:12.259><c> drink</c><00:31:12.900><c> and</c><00:31:13.640><c> rose</c><00:31:13.980><c> up</c><00:31:14.500><c> and</c><00:31:15.039><c> went</c><00:31:15.400><c> his</c><00:31:15.960><c> way.</c>

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:20.200
Now,<00:31:17.140><c> every</c><00:31:17.400><c> time</c><00:31:17.619><c> I</c><00:31:17.799><c> read</c><00:31:18.039><c> that,</c><00:31:18.299><c> that</c><00:31:18.539><c> reminds</c><00:31:19.000><c> me</c><00:31:19.740><c> of</c>

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.500
another<00:31:20.500><c> incident.</c>

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:24.440
It's<00:31:21.960><c> not</c><00:31:22.319><c> the</c><00:31:22.720><c> exact</c><00:31:23.079><c> words,</c><00:31:23.359><c> but</c><00:31:23.480><c> it's</c><00:31:23.660><c> pretty</c><00:31:24.019><c> close.</c>

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:26.859
It's<00:31:25.079><c> the</c><00:31:25.220><c> children</c><00:31:25.440><c> of</c><00:31:25.619><c> Israel</c><00:31:25.880><c> in</c><00:31:26.019><c> the</c><00:31:26.140><c> wilderness</c><00:31:26.440><c> before</c>

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.599
the<00:31:27.059><c> golden</c><00:31:27.319><c> calf.</c>

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:31.359
They<00:31:27.859><c> ate,</c><00:31:28.279><c> they</c><00:31:28.460><c> drank,</c><00:31:29.119><c> they</c><00:31:29.359><c> rose</c><00:31:29.700><c> up,</c><00:31:30.220><c> and</c><00:31:30.519><c> they</c><00:31:30.900><c> played.</c>

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:34.759
And<00:31:31.859><c> we</c><00:31:31.920><c> know</c><00:31:32.059><c> what</c><00:31:32.200><c> that</c><00:31:32.480><c> play</c><00:31:32.680><c> involved.</c><00:31:33.240><c> It</c><00:31:33.420><c> involved</c><00:31:33.799><c> debauchery,</c><00:31:34.720><c> it</c>

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:37.079
involved<00:31:35.240><c> naked</c><00:31:36.500><c> orgies.</c>

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:41.619
It<00:31:37.240><c> was</c><00:31:37.619><c> absolutely</c><00:31:38.779><c> a,</c><00:31:39.660><c> well,</c><00:31:39.880><c> it</c><00:31:39.960><c> makes</c><00:31:40.200><c> a</c><00:31:40.799><c> lot</c><00:31:40.980><c> of</c><00:31:41.099><c> the</c><00:31:41.240><c> parties</c><00:31:41.440><c> of</c>

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:44.240
today<00:31:41.980><c> look</c><00:31:42.519><c> like</c><00:31:43.259><c> kindergarten.</c>

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:48.319
I<00:31:45.180><c> would</c><00:31:45.460><c> suggest</c><00:31:46.059><c> that</c><00:31:46.579><c> Esau,</c><00:31:47.119><c> when</c><00:31:47.319><c> he</c><00:31:47.559><c> ate</c><00:31:47.819><c> and</c><00:31:47.960><c> he</c><00:31:48.180><c> drank</c>

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:50.740
and<00:31:48.440><c> he</c><00:31:48.619><c> rose</c><00:31:48.819><c> up,</c><00:31:49.240><c> he</c><00:31:49.500><c> went</c><00:31:49.740><c> to</c><00:31:50.000><c> play</c><00:31:50.160><c> also.</c>

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:54.400
He<00:31:51.559><c> went</c><00:31:51.799><c> to</c><00:31:52.059><c> seek</c><00:31:52.259><c> out</c><00:31:52.500><c> all</c><00:31:52.740><c> his</c><00:31:53.180><c> hard</c><00:31:53.500><c> drinking</c><00:31:53.819><c> buddies</c><00:31:54.140><c> at</c>

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:58.339
the<00:31:54.519><c> high</c><00:31:54.720><c> places</c><00:31:55.200><c> and</c><00:31:56.319><c> had</c><00:31:56.720><c> himself</c><00:31:57.079><c> a</c><00:31:57.220><c> good</c><00:31:57.440><c> time</c>

00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:04.079
and<00:31:59.000><c> consorted</c><00:31:59.440><c> with</c><00:31:59.880><c> the</c><00:32:02.200><c> prostitutes</c><00:32:03.200><c> that</c><00:32:03.579><c> populated</c>

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:05.400
these<00:32:04.420><c> groves.</c>

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:10.279
This<00:32:06.299><c> was</c><00:32:06.539><c> their</c><00:32:06.779><c> worship</c><00:32:07.180><c> at</c><00:32:07.759><c> the</c><00:32:08.079><c> Asherah</c><00:32:08.859><c> in</c><00:32:09.539><c> devotion</c><00:32:10.079><c> to</c>

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.240
the<00:32:10.400><c> fertility</c><00:32:10.799><c> goddess.</c>

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:13.359
Oh,<00:32:11.920><c> Esau,</c><00:32:12.480><c> I'm</c><00:32:12.539><c> quite</c><00:32:12.799><c> convinced.</c>

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:15.839
And<00:32:13.799><c> when</c><00:32:13.880><c> he</c><00:32:14.079><c> rose</c><00:32:14.319><c> up,</c><00:32:14.539><c> it</c><00:32:14.640><c> wasn't</c><00:32:14.859><c> just</c><00:32:15.099><c> to</c><00:32:15.279><c> take</c><00:32:15.440><c> a</c><00:32:15.559><c> walk</c><00:32:15.680><c> in</c>

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.220
the<00:32:16.019><c> woods.</c>

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:20.339
He<00:32:16.380><c> was</c><00:32:16.579><c> out</c><00:32:16.740><c> to</c><00:32:16.960><c> find</c><00:32:17.099><c> the</c><00:32:17.339><c> friends</c><00:32:17.660><c> and</c><00:32:18.200><c> to</c><00:32:18.400><c> have</c><00:32:18.799><c> a</c><00:32:19.279><c> rollicking</c><00:32:19.680><c> good</c><00:32:20.000><c> time.</c>

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:27.069
So<00:32:21.000><c> that</c><00:32:22.000><c> Esau</c><00:32:22.599><c> had</c><00:32:23.500><c> really</c><00:32:23.799><c> given</c><00:32:24.019><c> himself</c><00:32:24.400><c> over</c><00:32:25.079><c> to</c><00:32:25.500><c> all</c><00:32:25.680><c> that</c><00:32:25.839><c> was</c><00:32:26.019><c> unworthy.</c>

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:44.400
Now,<00:32:39.640><c> another</c><00:32:40.339><c> aspect</c><00:32:40.960><c> of</c><00:32:41.259><c> contrast</c><00:32:41.660><c> between</c><00:32:42.440><c> Jacob</c><00:32:43.099><c> and</c><00:32:43.299><c> Esau</c><00:32:43.759><c> is</c>

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:46.660
the<00:32:44.859><c> sensitivity</c><00:32:45.400><c> to</c><00:32:45.720><c> parental</c><00:32:46.099><c> wishes.</c>

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:53.579
And<00:32:48.180><c> this</c><00:32:48.420><c> is</c><00:32:48.599><c> where</c><00:32:48.900><c> we</c><00:32:49.220><c> do</c><00:32:50.400><c> observe</c><00:32:52.279><c> some</c><00:32:52.839><c> redemption,</c><00:32:53.380><c> as</c>

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:55.539
it<00:32:53.700><c> were,</c><00:32:53.839><c> of</c><00:32:54.039><c> Isaac's</c><00:32:54.539><c> character.</c>

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:58.599
Verse<00:32:55.859><c> 34</c><00:32:56.720><c> of</c><00:32:57.279><c> chapter</c><00:32:57.599><c> 26,</c>

00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:01.500
Esau<00:32:59.180><c> was</c><00:32:59.400><c> 40</c><00:32:59.680><c> years</c><00:33:00.019><c> old</c><00:33:00.140><c> when</c><00:33:00.240><c> he</c><00:33:00.359><c> took</c><00:33:00.559><c> to</c><00:33:00.740><c> wife</c><00:33:00.880><c> Judith</c><00:33:01.299><c> the</c>

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:03.079
daughter<00:33:01.740><c> of</c><00:33:01.940><c> Viri</c><00:33:02.180><c> the</c><00:33:02.400><c> Hittite</c>

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:06.539
and<00:33:03.440><c> Bashamath</c><00:33:03.960><c> the</c><00:33:04.160><c> daughter</c><00:33:04.339><c> of</c><00:33:04.579><c> Elan</c><00:33:05.299><c> the</c><00:33:05.900><c> Hittite,</c>

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:11.759
which<00:33:07.240><c> were</c><00:33:07.720><c> a</c><00:33:08.039><c> grief</c><00:33:08.279><c> of</c><00:33:08.819><c> mind</c><00:33:09.440><c> unto</c><00:33:09.960><c> Isaac</c><00:33:10.539><c> and</c><00:33:10.799><c> to</c><00:33:11.000><c> Rebekah.</c>

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:17.960
And<00:33:12.519><c> later</c><00:33:12.960><c> on,</c><00:33:14.859><c> we</c><00:33:14.859><c> have</c><00:33:15.359><c> this</c><00:33:15.559><c> comment</c><00:33:15.819><c> of</c><00:33:15.960><c> Rebekah's,</c><00:33:17.240><c> verse</c><00:33:17.440><c> 46</c>

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.940
of<00:33:18.180><c> chapter</c><00:33:18.460><c> 27,</c>

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:22.940
Rebekah<00:33:19.319><c> said</c><00:33:19.480><c> to</c><00:33:19.599><c> Isaac,</c><00:33:20.039><c> I</c><00:33:20.039><c> am</c><00:33:20.440><c> weary,</c><00:33:22.000><c> weary</c><00:33:22.299><c> of</c><00:33:22.500><c> my</c><00:33:22.740><c> life</c>

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:24.079
because<00:33:23.220><c> of</c><00:33:23.359><c> the</c><00:33:23.480><c> daughters</c><00:33:23.700><c> of</c><00:33:23.960><c> Heth.</c>

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:27.079
If<00:33:24.599><c> Jacob</c><00:33:25.000><c> take</c><00:33:25.279><c> a</c><00:33:25.420><c> wife</c><00:33:25.539><c> of</c><00:33:25.700><c> the</c><00:33:25.839><c> daughters</c><00:33:26.119><c> of</c><00:33:26.319><c> Heth,</c><00:33:26.880><c> such</c>

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:29.359
as<00:33:27.359><c> these</c><00:33:27.599><c> which</c><00:33:27.779><c> are</c><00:33:27.900><c> of</c><00:33:28.000><c> the</c><00:33:28.079><c> daughters</c><00:33:28.319><c> of</c><00:33:28.480><c> the</c><00:33:28.619><c> land,</c>

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:32.559
what<00:33:29.759><c> good</c><00:33:30.299><c> shall</c><00:33:31.019><c> my</c><00:33:31.279><c> life</c><00:33:31.619><c> do</c><00:33:32.079><c> to</c><00:33:32.299><c> me?</c>

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:37.579
Now,<00:33:33.099><c> to</c><00:33:33.339><c> Isaac's</c><00:33:33.799><c> credit,</c><00:33:34.339><c> he</c><00:33:34.539><c> is</c><00:33:34.839><c> in</c><00:33:35.000><c> exactly</c><00:33:35.440><c> the</c><00:33:35.740><c> same</c><00:33:36.000><c> position</c><00:33:36.400><c> as</c><00:33:36.579><c> Rebekah.</c>

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:40.220
He<00:33:38.460><c> probably</c><00:33:38.799><c> is</c><00:33:38.960><c> wondering,</c><00:33:39.319><c> well,</c><00:33:39.359><c> how</c><00:33:39.519><c> did</c><00:33:39.599><c> this</c><00:33:39.779><c> happen?</c>

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:44.220
How<00:33:40.819><c> did</c><00:33:40.940><c> this</c><00:33:41.259><c> son</c><00:33:41.500><c> Esau,</c><00:33:42.140><c> who</c><00:33:42.579><c> I've</c><00:33:43.140><c> devoted</c><00:33:43.420><c> so</c><00:33:43.759><c> much</c><00:33:44.019><c> to,</c>

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:46.240
loved<00:33:44.599><c> so</c><00:33:44.920><c> much,</c><00:33:45.460><c> cared</c><00:33:45.619><c> about</c><00:33:45.920><c> so</c><00:33:46.099><c> much,</c>

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:49.200
how<00:33:46.640><c> could</c><00:33:46.779><c> he</c><00:33:46.920><c> have</c><00:33:47.160><c> disappointed</c><00:33:47.799><c> me</c><00:33:48.240><c> by</c><00:33:48.579><c> going</c><00:33:48.819><c> off</c><00:33:49.059><c> and</c>

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.559
marrying<00:33:49.440><c> these</c><00:33:49.680><c> women?</c>

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:52.900
See,<00:33:50.819><c> poor</c><00:33:50.980><c> Isaac</c><00:33:51.380><c> would</c><00:33:51.559><c> have</c><00:33:51.680><c> been</c><00:33:51.859><c> absolutely</c><00:33:52.400><c> confused</c>

00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.440
on<00:33:53.119><c> the</c><00:33:53.259><c> matter.</c>

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:56.220
How<00:33:53.660><c> did</c><00:33:53.839><c> it</c><00:33:53.960><c> go</c><00:33:54.200><c> wrong?</c><00:33:54.599><c> What</c><00:33:54.759><c> went</c><00:33:55.000><c> wrong?</c><00:33:55.740><c> Rebekah</c><00:33:56.079><c> knew</c>

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.859
what<00:33:56.359><c> went</c><00:33:56.579><c> wrong.</c>

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:59.400
You<00:33:57.140><c> spoiled</c><00:33:57.640><c> him.</c><00:33:58.279><c> That's</c><00:33:58.579><c> what</c><00:33:58.720><c> went</c><00:33:58.940><c> wrong.</c>

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:03.220
He<00:33:59.920><c> went</c><00:34:00.000><c> off</c><00:34:00.259><c> and</c><00:34:00.420><c> married</c><00:34:00.680><c> these</c><00:34:01.460><c> nothing</c><00:34:01.920><c> better</c><00:34:02.380><c> than</c>

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.599
horish<00:34:03.660><c> women.</c>

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:06.920
And<00:34:05.039><c> look</c><00:34:05.140><c> at</c><00:34:05.279><c> the</c><00:34:05.480><c> fix</c><00:34:05.660><c> we're</c><00:34:05.900><c> in.</c><00:34:06.319><c> Well,</c><00:34:06.460><c> I</c><00:34:06.539><c> don't</c><00:34:06.700><c> want</c><00:34:06.779><c> it</c>

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.680
to<00:34:07.099><c> happen</c><00:34:07.240><c> to</c><00:34:07.480><c> Jacob.</c>

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:09.780
And<00:34:07.900><c> Isaac</c><00:34:08.079><c> said,</c><00:34:08.320><c> well,</c><00:34:08.480><c> no,</c><00:34:08.619><c> I</c><00:34:08.739><c> don't</c><00:34:08.880><c> want</c><00:34:08.980><c> it</c><00:34:09.139><c> to</c><00:34:09.300><c> happen</c><00:34:09.420><c> either.</c>

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:12.639
So<00:34:10.400><c> verse</c><00:34:10.639><c> one,</c><00:34:10.840><c> Isaac</c><00:34:11.119><c> calls</c><00:34:11.440><c> Jacob</c><00:34:11.800><c> and</c><00:34:12.000><c> blesses</c><00:34:12.400><c> him</c><00:34:12.519><c> and</c>

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.460
charges<00:34:12.980><c> him.</c>

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:15.780
He<00:34:13.679><c> says,</c><00:34:13.840><c> look,</c><00:34:14.239><c> don't</c><00:34:14.599><c> take</c><00:34:14.960><c> a</c><00:34:15.099><c> wife</c><00:34:15.219><c> of</c><00:34:15.340><c> these</c><00:34:15.519><c> daughters</c>

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.760
of<00:34:16.000><c> Canaan.</c>

00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:20.480
Jacob<00:34:18.300><c> responds.</c><00:34:18.699><c> He's</c><00:34:19.000><c> sensitive</c><00:34:19.360><c> to</c><00:34:19.539><c> the</c><00:34:19.699><c> wishes</c><00:34:19.860><c> of</c><00:34:20.059><c> his</c><00:34:20.219><c> parents.</c>

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:24.340
And<00:34:20.659><c> he</c><00:34:20.739><c> goes</c><00:34:20.960><c> out</c><00:34:21.280><c> to</c><00:34:21.480><c> find</c><00:34:22.059><c> a</c><00:34:22.780><c> wife</c><00:34:23.039><c> that</c><00:34:23.219><c> is</c><00:34:23.400><c> suitable.</c>

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:28.800
Esau,<00:34:24.920><c> now</c><00:34:25.099><c> this</c><00:34:25.340><c> is</c><00:34:25.559><c> where</c><00:34:25.780><c> you</c><00:34:26.139><c> really</c><00:34:26.519><c> see</c><00:34:26.920><c> into</c><00:34:27.219><c> the</c><00:34:27.400><c> man's</c><00:34:27.800><c> mind.</c>

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:32.639
Obviously,<00:34:31.099><c> his</c><00:34:31.300><c> parents</c><00:34:31.579><c> can't</c><00:34:31.920><c> stand</c><00:34:32.119><c> these</c><00:34:32.300><c> women</c><00:34:32.519><c> that</c>

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.719
he's<00:34:32.880><c> married.</c>

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:36.780
And<00:34:34.320><c> well,</c><00:34:34.920><c> he</c><00:34:35.000><c> wants</c><00:34:35.179><c> to</c><00:34:35.380><c> put</c><00:34:35.480><c> things</c><00:34:35.719><c> right</c><00:34:35.980><c> because</c><00:34:36.340><c> things</c>

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.739
have<00:34:37.000><c> gone</c><00:34:37.119><c> very</c><00:34:37.559><c> wrong.</c>

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:39.400
He's<00:34:38.000><c> missed</c><00:34:38.179><c> out</c><00:34:38.340><c> on</c><00:34:38.460><c> everything.</c>

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:42.320
Esau's<00:34:40.320><c> scrambling</c><00:34:40.800><c> to</c><00:34:40.980><c> put</c><00:34:41.139><c> things</c><00:34:41.380><c> back</c><00:34:41.639><c> together</c><00:34:41.940><c> as</c><00:34:42.139><c> best</c>

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.780
he<00:34:42.519><c> can.</c>

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:45.639
So<00:34:43.320><c> he</c><00:34:43.480><c> goes</c><00:34:43.739><c> off</c><00:34:44.000><c> to</c><00:34:44.260><c> Ishmael.</c>

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:48.659
Now,<00:34:46.380><c> he</c><00:34:46.760><c> takes</c><00:34:47.059><c> wives</c><00:34:47.579><c> of</c><00:34:47.780><c> the</c><00:34:47.960><c> daughters</c><00:34:48.199><c> of</c><00:34:48.420><c> Ishmael,</c>

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:51.900
I<00:34:49.539><c> guess</c><00:34:49.780><c> because</c><00:34:50.099><c> they</c><00:34:50.280><c> were</c><00:34:50.880><c> descendants</c><00:34:51.280><c> of</c><00:34:51.519><c> Abraham.</c>

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:55.480
And<00:34:52.420><c> of</c><00:34:52.500><c> course,</c><00:34:52.920><c> Abraham</c><00:34:53.320><c> was</c><00:34:53.679><c> the</c><00:34:53.860><c> father</c><00:34:54.300><c> of</c><00:34:54.719><c> Isaac.</c>

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:59.199
Now,<00:34:56.900><c> any</c><00:34:57.260><c> clear</c><00:34:57.519><c> thinking</c><00:34:57.780><c> individual</c><00:34:58.360><c> would</c><00:34:58.619><c> have</c><00:34:58.780><c> realized</c>

00:34:59.199 --> 00:35:01.199
that<00:34:59.420><c> the</c><00:34:59.559><c> daughters</c><00:34:59.760><c> of</c><00:34:59.980><c> Ishmael</c><00:35:00.300><c> were</c><00:35:00.460><c> not</c><00:35:00.639><c> likely</c><00:35:00.920><c> to</c><00:35:01.079><c> be</c>

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:02.039
much<00:35:01.619><c> godlier</c>

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:03.659
than<00:35:02.179><c> the</c><00:35:02.340><c> daughters</c><00:35:02.539><c> of</c><00:35:02.679><c> the</c><00:35:02.840><c> land.</c>

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:07.440
But<00:35:03.980><c> you</c><00:35:04.320><c> can</c><00:35:04.539><c> see</c><00:35:04.659><c> how</c><00:35:04.920><c> Esau's</c><00:35:05.199><c> thinking,</c><00:35:05.880><c> very</c><00:35:06.280><c> naturally.</c>

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:10.380
Exactly<00:35:08.519><c> like</c><00:35:08.880><c> the</c><00:35:09.219><c> Jew</c><00:35:09.380><c> in</c><00:35:09.559><c> the</c><00:35:09.679><c> days</c><00:35:09.840><c> of</c><00:35:10.019><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:13.780
who<00:35:10.980><c> depended</c><00:35:11.300><c> upon</c><00:35:11.619><c> natural</c><00:35:12.119><c> lineage</c><00:35:12.599><c> to</c><00:35:13.039><c> commend</c><00:35:13.320><c> himself</c>

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.980
to<00:35:14.000><c> God.</c>

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:17.800
Esau's<00:35:15.860><c> depending</c><00:35:16.139><c> on</c><00:35:16.380><c> association</c><00:35:16.920><c> with</c><00:35:17.119><c> natural</c><00:35:17.480><c> lineage</c>

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:19.300
to<00:35:18.000><c> commend</c><00:35:18.199><c> himself</c><00:35:18.579><c> to</c><00:35:18.739><c> his</c><00:35:18.920><c> father.</c>

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:24.039
And<00:35:19.940><c> it</c><00:35:19.980><c> was</c><00:35:20.199><c> a</c><00:35:20.300><c> way</c><00:35:20.420><c> of</c><00:35:20.699><c> thinking</c><00:35:21.179><c> that</c><00:35:22.219><c> was</c><00:35:22.539><c> hollow</c><00:35:22.840><c> in</c><00:35:23.019><c> the</c><00:35:23.300><c> extreme.</c>

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:27.880
It<00:35:24.719><c> really</c><00:35:25.320><c> revealed</c><00:35:26.159><c> that</c><00:35:26.420><c> the</c><00:35:26.619><c> individual</c><00:35:27.039><c> had</c><00:35:27.380><c> little</c><00:35:27.719><c> or</c>

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.539
no<00:35:28.159><c> understanding</c>

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.920
of<00:35:28.840><c> what</c><00:35:29.000><c> was</c><00:35:29.199><c> going</c><00:35:29.440><c> on</c><00:35:29.679><c> here.</c>

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:31.559
But<00:35:30.340><c> this</c><00:35:30.460><c> is</c><00:35:30.599><c> the</c><00:35:30.679><c> way</c><00:35:30.800><c> Esau</c><00:35:31.139><c> thought.</c>

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:35.659
He,<00:35:32.659><c> quite</c><00:35:33.119><c> insensitive</c><00:35:33.699><c> to</c><00:35:33.960><c> the</c><00:35:34.219><c> genuine</c><00:35:34.619><c> wishes</c><00:35:34.880><c> of</c><00:35:35.079><c> his</c><00:35:35.300><c> parent,</c>

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:38.139
Jacob,<00:35:36.420><c> exceedingly</c><00:35:37.139><c> sensitive.</c>

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:43.280
Now,<00:35:39.619><c> one</c><00:35:40.199><c> point</c><00:35:40.760><c> we</c><00:35:40.940><c> shouldn't</c><00:35:41.340><c> overlook</c><00:35:41.780><c> in</c><00:35:41.960><c> this</c><00:35:42.280><c> is</c><00:35:42.840><c> that,</c>

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:43.460
you<00:35:43.420><c> know,</c>

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:48.500
we<00:35:43.719><c> talk</c><00:35:43.880><c> about</c><00:35:44.400><c> the</c><00:35:45.000><c> exposure</c><00:35:45.400><c> of</c><00:35:45.739><c> the</c><00:35:46.179><c> patriarchs</c><00:35:46.719><c> to</c><00:35:47.559><c> the</c>

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.980
Canaanite<00:35:48.860><c> peoples,</c>

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:53.519
how<00:35:50.559><c> that</c><00:35:51.239><c> they</c><00:35:51.739><c> had</c><00:35:51.960><c> to</c><00:35:52.099><c> cope</c><00:35:52.280><c> with</c><00:35:52.519><c> as</c><00:35:52.699><c> much</c><00:35:52.980><c> decadence</c><00:35:53.320><c> as</c>

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:54.619
we<00:35:53.760><c> do.</c>

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:58.579
Here<00:35:55.159><c> is</c><00:35:55.320><c> an</c><00:35:55.539><c> example,</c><00:35:55.900><c> really,</c><00:35:57.019><c> of</c><00:35:57.579><c> that</c><00:35:57.940><c> decadence</c><00:35:58.340><c> being</c>

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:01.340
moved<00:35:58.900><c> right</c><00:35:59.320><c> in</c><00:35:59.900><c> to</c><00:36:00.239><c> the</c><00:36:00.440><c> camp.</c>

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:04.260
And<00:36:01.920><c> in</c><00:36:02.119><c> such</c><00:36:02.300><c> a</c><00:36:02.539><c> fashion</c><00:36:02.900><c> that</c><00:36:03.199><c> Isaac</c><00:36:03.539><c> and</c><00:36:03.739><c> Rebekah</c><00:36:04.059><c> were</c>

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.780
quite<00:36:04.519><c> helpless</c>

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:06.719
to<00:36:04.960><c> do</c><00:36:05.079><c> anything</c><00:36:05.300><c> about</c><00:36:05.579><c> it.</c><00:36:05.860><c> They</c><00:36:06.139><c> couldn't.</c>

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:09.739
Esau<00:36:07.460><c> was</c><00:36:07.619><c> his</c><00:36:07.760><c> own</c><00:36:07.940><c> man.</c><00:36:08.840><c> He</c><00:36:09.000><c> was</c><00:36:09.199><c> of</c><00:36:09.380><c> age.</c>

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:11.260
He<00:36:10.179><c> could</c><00:36:10.340><c> marry</c><00:36:10.599><c> whom</c><00:36:10.760><c> he</c><00:36:11.000><c> wanted.</c>

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:14.079
And<00:36:11.639><c> he</c><00:36:11.739><c> could</c><00:36:11.900><c> bring</c><00:36:12.079><c> those</c><00:36:12.380><c> wives</c><00:36:12.619><c> right</c><00:36:12.900><c> into</c><00:36:13.079><c> his</c><00:36:13.340><c> tent.</c>

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:17.960
And<00:36:14.260><c> there</c><00:36:14.400><c> was</c><00:36:14.639><c> Rebekah,</c><00:36:15.039><c> day</c><00:36:15.219><c> after</c><00:36:15.480><c> day,</c><00:36:15.880><c> faced</c><00:36:16.260><c> with</c><00:36:16.739><c> these</c><00:36:17.099><c> Canaanite</c><00:36:17.500><c>-ish</c><00:36:17.639><c> women.</c>

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:20.579
And<00:36:18.539><c> they</c><00:36:18.739><c> must</c><00:36:19.000><c> have</c><00:36:19.139><c> been</c><00:36:19.440><c> something</c><00:36:19.659><c> else.</c>

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:22.039
You<00:36:20.679><c> know,</c><00:36:20.840><c> if</c><00:36:20.940><c> there</c><00:36:21.099><c> had</c><00:36:21.219><c> been</c><00:36:21.420><c> soap</c><00:36:21.679><c> operas,</c>

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:24.480
they<00:36:22.199><c> would</c><00:36:22.360><c> have</c><00:36:22.460><c> been</c><00:36:22.659><c> watching</c><00:36:22.860><c> them</c><00:36:23.039><c> from</c><00:36:23.260><c> dawn</c><00:36:23.480><c> till</c><00:36:23.639><c> dusk.</c>

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:27.460
As<00:36:25.440><c> it</c><00:36:25.659><c> were,</c><00:36:25.840><c> they</c><00:36:26.000><c> probably</c><00:36:26.320><c> created</c><00:36:26.659><c> their</c><00:36:26.860><c> own</c><00:36:27.019><c> real</c><00:36:27.260><c>-life</c>

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.059
soap<00:36:27.800><c> operas</c>

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:29.940
on<00:36:28.300><c> the</c><00:36:28.440><c> basis</c><00:36:28.679><c> of</c><00:36:28.860><c> their</c><00:36:29.019><c> behavior.</c>

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:33.079
The<00:36:30.440><c> things</c><00:36:30.679><c> they</c><00:36:30.800><c> would</c><00:36:30.980><c> have</c><00:36:31.059><c> talked</c><00:36:31.360><c> about,</c><00:36:31.900><c> the</c><00:36:32.059><c> gossip,</c>

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:36.260
the<00:36:34.500><c> stories,</c><00:36:35.420><c> the</c><00:36:35.699><c> language,</c>

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:40.679
the<00:36:36.760><c> lewd</c><00:36:37.139><c> jokes,</c><00:36:39.139><c> undoubtedly</c><00:36:39.460><c> children</c><00:36:39.960><c> came</c><00:36:40.280><c> along.</c>

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:43.980
They<00:36:41.340><c> probably</c><00:36:41.659><c> spent</c><00:36:41.900><c> more</c><00:36:42.159><c> time</c><00:36:42.519><c> yapping</c><00:36:42.840><c> about</c><00:36:43.119><c> their</c><00:36:43.400><c> clothes</c><00:36:43.760><c> and</c>

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.679
their<00:36:44.260><c> jewelry</c>

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:48.920
and,<00:36:45.159><c> you</c><00:36:45.380><c> know,</c><00:36:46.159><c> the</c><00:36:46.199><c> next</c><00:36:46.619><c> big</c><00:36:47.320><c> feast</c><00:36:47.559><c> they</c><00:36:47.719><c> were</c><00:36:47.860><c> going</c><00:36:47.960><c> to</c><00:36:48.159><c> plan.</c>

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:51.820
And<00:36:49.280><c> the</c><00:36:49.360><c> kids</c><00:36:49.539><c> running</c><00:36:49.780><c> around</c><00:36:50.159><c> unwashed</c><00:36:50.619><c> and</c><00:36:50.820><c> unlooked</c><00:36:51.079><c> after.</c>

00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:54.539
Rebekah,<00:36:52.800><c> being</c><00:36:53.159><c> the</c><00:36:53.320><c> devoted</c><00:36:53.619><c> grandmother</c><00:36:54.019><c> that</c><00:36:54.239><c> she</c><00:36:54.400><c> would</c>

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.980
have<00:36:54.719><c> been,</c>

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:57.760
probably<00:36:55.500><c> had</c><00:36:55.679><c> to</c><00:36:55.820><c> shoulder</c><00:36:56.000><c> most</c><00:36:56.260><c> of</c><00:36:56.380><c> the</c><00:36:56.519><c> domestic</c><00:36:56.880><c> work.</c>

00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:00.000
I<00:36:58.059><c> bet</c><00:36:58.059><c> if</c><00:36:58.219><c> there</c><00:36:58.340><c> were</c><00:36:58.440><c> things</c><00:36:58.639><c> to</c><00:36:58.800><c> be</c><00:36:58.940><c> done,</c><00:36:59.099><c> these</c><00:36:59.320><c> gals</c><00:36:59.539><c> were</c><00:36:59.699><c> never</c><00:36:59.840><c> to</c>

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.500
be<00:37:00.199><c> found.</c>

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:02.760
They<00:37:00.960><c> were</c><00:37:01.159><c> off</c><00:37:01.320><c> kicking</c><00:37:01.500><c> up</c><00:37:01.699><c> their</c><00:37:01.900><c> heels.</c>

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:08.199
The<00:37:04.239><c> reaction</c><00:37:04.780><c> of</c><00:37:05.159><c> Isaac</c><00:37:05.599><c> and</c><00:37:06.639><c> Rebekah</c><00:37:07.059><c> to</c><00:37:07.239><c> these</c><00:37:07.400><c> women</c><00:37:07.739><c> must</c>

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.860
say<00:37:08.420><c> something.</c>

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:11.659
I'm<00:37:09.760><c> weary</c><00:37:10.139><c> of</c><00:37:10.320><c> my</c><00:37:10.599><c> life.</c>

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:14.909
Day<00:37:12.300><c> after</c><00:37:12.619><c> day,</c><00:37:13.079><c> they</c><00:37:13.579><c> disgust</c><00:37:14.139><c> me.</c>

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:16.320
And<00:37:15.300><c> Isaac</c><00:37:15.539><c> had</c><00:37:15.760><c> to</c><00:37:16.039><c> agree.</c>

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:19.360
They<00:37:17.059><c> were</c><00:37:17.340><c> a</c><00:37:17.719><c> grief</c><00:37:18.059><c> of</c><00:37:18.460><c> mine.</c>

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:21.340
And<00:37:19.780><c> at</c><00:37:20.280><c> least</c><00:37:20.480><c> in</c><00:37:20.659><c> our</c><00:37:20.840><c> day</c><00:37:21.019><c> and</c><00:37:21.139><c> age,</c>

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:24.659
if<00:37:21.579><c> one</c><00:37:21.739><c> of</c><00:37:21.880><c> our</c><00:37:22.079><c> children</c><00:37:22.699><c> does</c><00:37:23.380><c> do</c><00:37:23.579><c> something</c><00:37:23.860><c> so</c><00:37:24.340><c> foolish</c>

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:26.239
as<00:37:24.880><c> to</c><00:37:25.019><c> marry</c><00:37:25.199><c> an</c><00:37:25.360><c> ungodly</c><00:37:25.820><c> spouse,</c>

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:28.699
at<00:37:26.960><c> least</c><00:37:27.159><c> we</c><00:37:27.300><c> have</c><00:37:27.400><c> the</c><00:37:27.579><c> benefit</c><00:37:27.840><c> of</c><00:37:27.980><c> them</c><00:37:28.079><c> going</c><00:37:28.360><c> off</c><00:37:28.579><c> into</c>

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.400
their<00:37:28.860><c> own</c><00:37:29.119><c> quarters</c>

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:31.099
and,<00:37:29.840><c> you</c><00:37:30.000><c> know,</c><00:37:30.059><c> we</c><00:37:30.219><c> don't</c><00:37:30.340><c> have</c><00:37:30.480><c> to</c><00:37:30.659><c> see</c><00:37:30.860><c> it.</c>

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:33.820
Isaac<00:37:31.719><c> and</c><00:37:31.900><c> Rebekah</c><00:37:32.219><c> did.</c><00:37:32.960><c> They</c><00:37:33.119><c> had</c><00:37:33.300><c> to</c><00:37:33.480><c> see</c><00:37:33.659><c> it.</c>

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:37.019
And<00:37:34.019><c> they</c><00:37:34.260><c> somehow</c><00:37:34.679><c> had</c><00:37:34.980><c> to</c><00:37:35.480><c> contain</c><00:37:36.000><c> this</c><00:37:36.360><c> influence</c><00:37:36.739><c> as</c>

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:38.320
best<00:37:37.219><c> they</c><00:37:37.460><c> could.</c>

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:43.400
And<00:37:38.780><c> I'm</c><00:37:39.000><c> sure</c><00:37:39.280><c> Isaac,</c><00:37:40.619><c> because</c><00:37:40.960><c> he</c><00:37:41.079><c> did</c><00:37:41.340><c> live</c><00:37:41.559><c> on</c><00:37:42.179><c> well</c><00:37:42.500><c> beyond</c><00:37:42.880><c> this</c><00:37:43.139><c> point,</c>

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:49.119
would<00:37:44.019><c> have</c><00:37:44.559><c> regretted</c><00:37:45.260><c> mightily</c><00:37:46.480><c> the</c><00:37:48.360><c> indulgence</c>

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:56.559
and<00:37:49.420><c> the</c><00:37:51.519><c> rather</c><00:37:51.519><c> lax</c><00:37:53.639><c> fathering</c><00:37:54.179><c> that</c><00:37:54.380><c> he</c><00:37:54.659><c> applied</c><00:37:55.139><c> to</c><00:37:56.159><c> Esau.</c>

00:37:56.559 --> 00:38:01.780
He<00:37:57.360><c> certainly</c><00:37:58.000><c> reaped</c><00:37:59.460><c> a</c><00:37:59.780><c> harvest</c><00:38:00.159><c> of</c><00:38:00.440><c> sorrow</c><00:38:00.860><c> in</c><00:38:01.400><c> this</c><00:38:01.599><c> son</c>

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.099
of<00:38:01.920><c> his</c>

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:07.179
who<00:38:02.300><c> he</c><00:38:02.599><c> thought</c><00:38:02.760><c> was</c><00:38:03.079><c> so</c><00:38:03.840><c> great</c><00:38:04.159><c> and</c><00:38:05.219><c> such</c><00:38:05.639><c> good</c><00:38:06.079><c> stuff.</c>

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:11.079
And<00:38:07.920><c> so,</c><00:38:09.400><c> another</c><00:38:09.679><c> point</c><00:38:09.920><c> of</c><00:38:10.119><c> contrast,</c>

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:14.260
Jacob<00:38:11.500><c> not</c><00:38:11.920><c> only</c><00:38:12.179><c> sensitive</c><00:38:12.539><c> to</c><00:38:12.699><c> the</c><00:38:12.820><c> wishes</c><00:38:12.980><c> of</c><00:38:13.159><c> his</c><00:38:13.380><c> parents,</c>

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:17.480
but<00:38:14.920><c> it</c><00:38:15.199><c> wasn't</c><00:38:15.500><c> just,</c><00:38:16.000><c> I'm</c><00:38:16.099><c> going</c><00:38:16.159><c> to</c><00:38:16.260><c> do</c><00:38:16.380><c> what</c><00:38:16.500><c> mom</c><00:38:16.760><c> and</c><00:38:16.900><c> dad</c><00:38:17.159><c> say</c>

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:19.239
because<00:38:17.840><c> I</c><00:38:18.079><c> love</c><00:38:18.260><c> them</c><00:38:18.420><c> and</c><00:38:18.480><c> they're</c><00:38:18.659><c> mom</c><00:38:18.880><c> and</c><00:38:18.980><c> dad.</c>

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:22.920
No,<00:38:20.219><c> Jacob</c><00:38:20.699><c> sought</c><00:38:20.980><c> out</c><00:38:21.219><c> a</c><00:38:21.380><c> godly</c><00:38:21.659><c> wife</c><00:38:21.900><c> because</c><00:38:22.280><c> he</c><00:38:22.559><c> himself</c>

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:24.320
desired<00:38:23.420><c> one.</c>

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:27.199
It<00:38:25.000><c> was</c><00:38:25.260><c> something</c><00:38:25.579><c> that</c><00:38:25.780><c> was</c><00:38:26.000><c> not</c><00:38:26.199><c> only</c><00:38:26.340><c> important</c><00:38:26.659><c> to</c><00:38:26.800><c> the</c><00:38:26.980><c> parents,</c>

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:29.179
but<00:38:27.480><c> undoubtedly</c><00:38:27.920><c> just</c><00:38:28.280><c> as</c><00:38:28.500><c> important</c><00:38:28.719><c> to</c><00:38:28.920><c> Jacob.</c>

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:32.940
He<00:38:29.840><c> no</c><00:38:30.019><c> more</c><00:38:30.219><c> wanted</c><00:38:30.420><c> to</c><00:38:30.599><c> be</c><00:38:30.860><c> saddled</c><00:38:31.280><c> with</c><00:38:32.159><c> bawdy</c><00:38:32.539><c> women</c>

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:35.559
than<00:38:33.599><c> his</c><00:38:33.820><c> parents</c><00:38:34.099><c> wanted</c><00:38:34.400><c> him</c><00:38:34.619><c> to</c><00:38:34.800><c> be.</c>

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:38.420
And<00:38:36.300><c> Esau,</c><00:38:36.539><c> as</c><00:38:36.659><c> we've</c><00:38:36.880><c> already</c><00:38:37.139><c> taken</c><00:38:37.420><c> note,</c>

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:43.099
gets<00:38:38.679><c> a</c><00:38:38.840><c> couple</c><00:38:39.079><c> of</c><00:38:39.340><c> gals</c><00:38:40.159><c> who</c><00:38:40.980><c> he</c><00:38:41.239><c> met</c><00:38:41.380><c> at</c><00:38:41.539><c> some</c><00:38:41.760><c> party</c><00:38:42.019><c> somewhere,</c>

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:46.760
you<00:38:43.599><c> know,</c><00:38:43.920><c> real</c><00:38:44.199><c> cute,</c><00:38:45.159><c> slim</c><00:38:45.719><c> things,</c>

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:50.099
and<00:38:47.420><c> takes</c><00:38:48.019><c> them</c><00:38:48.179><c> home</c><00:38:48.579><c> and</c><00:38:49.059><c> he</c><00:38:49.380><c> might</c><00:38:49.500><c> have</c><00:38:49.619><c> lived</c><00:38:49.719><c> to</c><00:38:49.900><c> regret</c>

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.840
the<00:38:50.260><c> day</c><00:38:50.380><c> himself.</c>

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:53.800
They<00:38:51.099><c> probably</c><00:38:51.860><c> yapped</c><00:38:52.360><c> his</c><00:38:52.539><c> head</c><00:38:52.639><c> right</c><00:38:52.900><c> off.</c>

00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:02.360
Now,<00:38:58.159><c> another</c><00:38:58.579><c> aspect</c><00:38:59.139><c> of</c><00:38:59.380><c> contrast</c><00:38:59.860><c> between</c><00:39:00.500><c> the</c><00:39:01.639><c> two</c><00:39:01.920><c> of</c><00:39:02.059><c> them</c>

00:39:02.360 --> 00:39:07.239
is<00:39:02.940><c> that</c><00:39:03.619><c> Jacob</c><00:39:04.019><c> understood</c><00:39:05.079><c> the</c><00:39:05.679><c> import</c><00:39:06.079><c> of</c><00:39:06.219><c> the</c><00:39:06.380><c> gospel</c><00:39:06.659><c> messages,</c>

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:10.659
the<00:39:07.760><c> gospel</c><00:39:08.159><c> message</c><00:39:08.539><c> and</c><00:39:08.820><c> all</c><00:39:08.980><c> that</c><00:39:09.099><c> was</c><00:39:09.280><c> entailed</c><00:39:09.519><c> in</c><00:39:09.639><c> the</c><00:39:09.820><c> promises.</c>

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:14.500
Jacob<00:39:11.219><c> wanted</c><00:39:11.900><c> that</c><00:39:12.300><c> blessing</c><00:39:12.639><c> because</c><00:39:12.980><c> that</c><00:39:13.440><c> blessing,</c>

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:18.239
and<00:39:14.780><c> really</c><00:39:15.119><c> all</c><00:39:15.400><c> that</c><00:39:15.940><c> Esau</c><00:39:16.199><c> wanted</c><00:39:17.000><c> out</c><00:39:17.639><c> of</c><00:39:17.760><c> that</c><00:39:17.960><c> blessing</c>

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:19.940
was<00:39:18.440><c> the</c><00:39:18.639><c> prosperity</c><00:39:19.119><c> and</c><00:39:19.280><c> the</c><00:39:19.460><c> preeminence.</c>

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:24.320
He<00:39:20.699><c> wanted</c><00:39:21.000><c> to</c><00:39:21.179><c> be</c><00:39:21.340><c> told</c><00:39:21.539><c> by</c><00:39:22.019><c> Isaac</c><00:39:22.519><c> that</c><00:39:22.960><c> he</c><00:39:23.059><c> was</c><00:39:23.239><c> going</c><00:39:23.400><c> to</c><00:39:23.579><c> have</c><00:39:23.760><c> it</c><00:39:23.960><c> all,</c>

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:27.280
that<00:39:24.900><c> the</c><00:39:25.139><c> heavens</c><00:39:25.340><c> would</c><00:39:25.539><c> open</c><00:39:25.760><c> and</c><00:39:26.059><c> rain</c><00:39:26.239><c> down</c><00:39:26.519><c> good</c><00:39:26.800><c> things.</c>

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:29.079
That's<00:39:27.800><c> what</c><00:39:27.980><c> Esau</c><00:39:28.300><c> was</c><00:39:28.539><c> out</c><00:39:28.760><c> for.</c>

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:33.699
But<00:39:29.820><c> Jacob</c><00:39:30.239><c> wanted</c><00:39:30.780><c> and</c><00:39:31.400><c> understood</c><00:39:31.860><c> the</c><00:39:32.179><c> eternal</c><00:39:32.559><c> import</c><00:39:33.159><c> of</c>

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:35.420
all<00:39:33.940><c> that</c><00:39:34.079><c> was</c><00:39:34.239><c> going</c><00:39:34.460><c> on.</c>

00:39:35.579 --> 00:39:39.079
This<00:39:35.820><c> is</c><00:39:36.579><c> evident</c><00:39:37.199><c> in</c><00:39:38.119><c> chapter</c><00:39:38.480><c> 28,</c>

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:44.199
where<00:39:39.739><c> God</c><00:39:40.440><c> blesses</c><00:39:42.619><c> Jacob</c><00:39:43.019><c> with</c><00:39:43.239><c> that</c><00:39:43.460><c> vision</c><00:39:43.659><c> of</c><00:39:43.860><c> the</c><00:39:43.980><c> latter,</c>

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:49.059
the<00:39:44.920><c> angels</c><00:39:45.360><c> ascending</c><00:39:46.380><c> and</c><00:39:47.239><c> descending</c><00:39:47.780><c> on</c><00:39:48.119><c> it,</c>

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:52.980
the<00:39:49.800><c> reiteration</c><00:39:50.239><c> of</c><00:39:50.420><c> the</c><00:39:50.599><c> promises</c><00:39:51.019><c> from</c><00:39:51.440><c> God,</c><00:39:51.880><c> verses</c><00:39:52.059><c> 13,</c>

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:54.820
14,<00:39:54.139><c> 15.</c>

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:58.400
And<00:39:55.559><c> Jacob</c><00:39:55.860><c> awaked,</c><00:39:56.519><c> verse</c><00:39:56.820><c> 16,</c><00:39:57.340><c> out</c><00:39:57.780><c> of</c><00:39:58.000><c> his</c><00:39:58.219><c> sleep,</c>

00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:01.280
and<00:39:58.519><c> he</c><00:39:58.679><c> said,</c><00:39:58.860><c> Surely</c><00:39:59.380><c> the</c><00:39:59.579><c> Lord</c><00:39:59.780><c> is</c><00:39:59.960><c> in</c><00:40:00.059><c> this</c><00:40:00.300><c> place,</c><00:40:00.960><c> and</c><00:40:01.139><c> I</c>

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.920
knew<00:40:01.380><c> it</c><00:40:01.619><c> not.</c>

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:05.099
And<00:40:02.300><c> he</c><00:40:02.420><c> was</c><00:40:02.599><c> afraid</c><00:40:03.119><c> and</c><00:40:03.300><c> said,</c><00:40:03.440><c> How</c><00:40:03.820><c> dreadful</c><00:40:04.320><c> is</c><00:40:04.519><c> this</c><00:40:04.719><c> place!</c>

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:08.940
This<00:40:05.820><c> is</c><00:40:06.099><c> none</c><00:40:06.300><c> other</c><00:40:06.559><c> but</c><00:40:06.760><c> the</c><00:40:07.039><c> house</c><00:40:07.340><c> of</c><00:40:07.539><c> God,</c><00:40:07.820><c> and</c><00:40:08.000><c> this</c><00:40:08.480><c> is</c>

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.699
the<00:40:09.059><c> gate</c><00:40:09.199><c> of</c><00:40:09.380><c> heaven.</c>

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:12.820
And<00:40:10.239><c> Jacob</c><00:40:10.559><c> rose</c><00:40:10.900><c> up</c><00:40:11.139><c> early</c><00:40:11.360><c> in</c><00:40:11.480><c> the</c><00:40:11.639><c> morning</c><00:40:11.860><c> and</c><00:40:12.000><c> took</c><00:40:12.219><c> the</c><00:40:12.440><c> stone</c>

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:15.679
that<00:40:13.239><c> he</c><00:40:13.360><c> had</c><00:40:13.519><c> put</c><00:40:13.679><c> for</c><00:40:13.880><c> his</c><00:40:14.059><c> pillows</c><00:40:14.360><c> and</c><00:40:14.619><c> set</c><00:40:14.820><c> it</c><00:40:14.920><c> up</c><00:40:15.039><c> for</c><00:40:15.199><c> a</c><00:40:15.340><c> pillar</c>

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:17.579
and<00:40:16.219><c> poured</c><00:40:16.360><c> oil</c><00:40:16.639><c> upon</c><00:40:16.980><c> the</c><00:40:17.139><c> top</c><00:40:17.340><c> of</c><00:40:17.480><c> it.</c>

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:21.500
And<00:40:17.820><c> he</c><00:40:17.820><c> anointed</c><00:40:18.079><c> it,</c><00:40:18.699><c> and</c><00:40:18.820><c> he</c><00:40:18.940><c> called</c><00:40:19.039><c> the</c><00:40:19.139><c> name</c><00:40:19.320><c> of</c><00:40:19.460><c> that</c><00:40:19.599><c> place</c><00:40:20.000><c> Bethel,</c><00:40:20.639><c> the</c><00:40:20.739><c> house</c><00:40:21.000><c> of</c><00:40:21.199><c> God.</c>

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:24.639
But<00:40:21.960><c> the</c><00:40:22.039><c> name</c><00:40:22.159><c> of</c><00:40:22.320><c> the</c><00:40:22.420><c> city</c><00:40:22.619><c> was</c><00:40:22.940><c> called</c><00:40:23.579><c> Luz</c><00:40:23.960><c> at</c><00:40:24.119><c> the</c><00:40:24.340><c> first.</c>

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:28.360
And<00:40:24.860><c> Jacob</c><00:40:25.280><c> vowed</c><00:40:25.739><c> a</c><00:40:25.840><c> vow,</c><00:40:26.400><c> saying,</c><00:40:27.079><c> If</c><00:40:27.139><c> God</c><00:40:27.519><c> will</c><00:40:27.699><c> be</c><00:40:27.840><c> with</c><00:40:28.059><c> me,</c>

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:30.239
and<00:40:28.500><c> will</c><00:40:28.739><c> keep</c><00:40:28.940><c> me</c><00:40:29.159><c> in</c><00:40:29.260><c> this</c><00:40:29.480><c> way</c><00:40:29.619><c> that</c><00:40:29.760><c> I</c><00:40:29.940><c> go,</c>

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:32.920
and<00:40:30.679><c> will</c><00:40:30.900><c> give</c><00:40:31.019><c> me</c><00:40:31.260><c> bread</c><00:40:31.400><c> to</c><00:40:31.639><c> eat</c><00:40:31.760><c> and</c><00:40:31.960><c> raiment</c><00:40:32.219><c> to</c><00:40:32.380><c> put</c><00:40:32.519><c> on,</c>

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:35.159
so<00:40:33.219><c> that</c><00:40:33.340><c> I</c><00:40:33.440><c> come</c><00:40:33.599><c> again</c><00:40:33.840><c> to</c><00:40:33.960><c> my</c><00:40:34.139><c> father's</c><00:40:34.440><c> house</c><00:40:34.679><c> in</c><00:40:34.920><c> peace,</c>

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:37.239
then<00:40:35.980><c> shall</c><00:40:36.239><c> the</c><00:40:36.380><c> Lord</c><00:40:36.500><c> be</c><00:40:36.679><c> my</c><00:40:36.940><c> God.</c>

00:40:37.619 --> 00:40:40.139
And<00:40:37.920><c> this</c><00:40:38.280><c> stone,</c><00:40:38.539><c> which</c><00:40:38.739><c> I</c><00:40:38.920><c> have</c><00:40:39.139><c> set</c><00:40:39.260><c> for</c><00:40:39.480><c> a</c><00:40:39.619><c> pillar,</c><00:40:40.019><c> shall</c>

00:40:40.139 --> 00:40:41.300
be<00:40:40.400><c> God's</c><00:40:40.820><c> house.</c>

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:44.219
And<00:40:41.739><c> of</c><00:40:41.900><c> all</c><00:40:42.139><c> that</c><00:40:42.260><c> thou</c><00:40:42.539><c> shalt</c><00:40:42.860><c> give</c><00:40:43.059><c> me,</c><00:40:43.239><c> I</c><00:40:43.380><c> will</c><00:40:43.539><c> surely</c><00:40:43.800><c> give</c><00:40:44.019><c> the</c>

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:44.880
tenth<00:40:44.440><c> unto</c><00:40:44.619><c> thee.</c>

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:47.440
Now<00:40:45.480><c> it</c><00:40:45.619><c> sounds,</c><00:40:45.980><c> in</c><00:40:46.079><c> a</c><00:40:46.179><c> way,</c><00:40:46.440><c> like</c><00:40:46.480><c> Jacob</c><00:40:46.739><c> striking</c><00:40:47.139><c> a</c><00:40:47.320><c> deal</c>

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.539
with<00:40:47.639><c> God.</c>

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:54.539
And<00:40:49.340><c> the</c><00:40:50.139><c> wording</c><00:40:50.400><c> is</c><00:40:51.880><c> interesting</c><00:40:52.980><c> and</c><00:40:53.199><c> unusual,</c><00:40:53.860><c> to</c><00:40:54.360><c> say</c>

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:55.000
the<00:40:54.719><c> least.</c>

00:40:55.460 --> 00:41:00.400
But<00:40:56.000><c> we</c><00:40:56.760><c> know</c><00:40:57.039><c> this,</c><00:40:57.559><c> that</c><00:40:57.760><c> God,</c><00:40:58.800><c> of</c><00:40:59.280><c> his</c><00:40:59.440><c> own</c><00:40:59.619><c> volition</c><00:40:59.900><c> and</c><00:41:00.119><c> will,</c>

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:01.960
gave<00:41:00.800><c> those</c><00:41:01.119><c> promises</c><00:41:01.500><c> to</c><00:41:01.780><c> Jacob.</c>

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:05.599
He<00:41:02.360><c> reinforced</c><00:41:03.019><c> the</c><00:41:03.679><c> blessing</c><00:41:04.059><c> given</c><00:41:04.340><c> to</c><00:41:04.539><c> Jacob</c><00:41:04.800><c> by</c><00:41:05.039><c> Isaac</c>

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:09.619
with<00:41:06.380><c> his</c><00:41:07.619><c> own</c><00:41:08.059><c> reiteration</c><00:41:08.579><c> of</c><00:41:08.739><c> these</c><00:41:08.940><c> very</c><00:41:09.199><c> things.</c>

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:13.480
And<00:41:10.340><c> furthermore,</c><00:41:11.659><c> this</c><00:41:11.900><c> dream</c><00:41:12.280><c> of</c><00:41:12.500><c> the</c><00:41:12.679><c> latter,</c>

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:18.539
this<00:41:15.300><c> communion</c><00:41:15.900><c> between</c><00:41:17.199><c> heaven</c><00:41:17.639><c> and</c><00:41:17.940><c> Jacob</c><00:41:18.179><c> was</c>

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:20.239
exceedingly<00:41:19.059><c> significant,</c>

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:23.800
because<00:41:20.380><c> what</c><00:41:20.599><c> it</c><00:41:20.699><c> was</c><00:41:20.920><c> indicative</c><00:41:22.119><c> of</c><00:41:22.519><c> was</c><00:41:22.719><c> a</c><00:41:22.900><c> state</c><00:41:23.019><c> of</c><00:41:23.280><c> fellowship</c>

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:26.199
between<00:41:24.719><c> God</c><00:41:25.320><c> and</c><00:41:25.519><c> the</c><00:41:25.639><c> man</c><00:41:25.840><c> Jacob.</c>

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:31.579
And<00:41:26.420><c> that</c><00:41:26.599><c> fellowship,</c><00:41:28.699><c> that</c><00:41:28.699><c> overriding</c><00:41:30.039><c> care</c><00:41:30.480><c> that</c><00:41:30.719><c> God</c><00:41:31.019><c> was</c><00:41:31.219><c> going</c><00:41:31.400><c> to</c>

00:41:31.579 --> 00:41:32.400
bless<00:41:31.739><c> Jacob</c><00:41:32.059><c> with,</c>

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:36.159
can<00:41:32.920><c> only</c><00:41:33.539><c> occur</c><00:41:34.019><c> in</c><00:41:34.239><c> conjunction</c><00:41:34.699><c> with</c><00:41:35.300><c> a</c><00:41:35.460><c> godly</c><00:41:35.800><c> attitude</c>

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:37.800
on<00:41:36.340><c> the</c><00:41:36.480><c> part</c><00:41:36.559><c> of</c><00:41:36.699><c> the</c><00:41:36.820><c> recipient.</c>

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:40.760
And<00:41:38.699><c> Jacob</c><00:41:39.079><c> is</c><00:41:39.599><c> quite</c><00:41:39.800><c> responsive</c><00:41:40.380><c> to</c><00:41:40.599><c> this.</c>

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:43.420
He<00:41:41.099><c> anoints</c><00:41:41.860><c> this</c><00:41:41.860><c> place</c><00:41:42.179><c> the</c><00:41:42.420><c> house</c><00:41:42.719><c> of</c><00:41:43.000><c> God,</c>

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:47.639
and<00:41:43.860><c> it</c><00:41:43.960><c> is</c><00:41:44.239><c> in</c><00:41:44.500><c> the</c><00:41:44.619><c> house</c><00:41:44.820><c> of</c><00:41:45.019><c> God</c><00:41:45.320><c> that</c><00:41:45.739><c> we</c><00:41:45.980><c> enjoy</c><00:41:46.320><c> fellowship</c><00:41:46.840><c> and</c><00:41:47.159><c> communion</c>

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:50.599
with<00:41:48.400><c> our</c><00:41:48.559><c> heavenly</c><00:41:48.820><c> Father</c><00:41:49.179><c> and</c><00:41:49.300><c> the</c><00:41:49.420><c> Lord</c><00:41:49.579><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:55.360
Jacob<00:41:52.480><c> recognized</c><00:41:53.079><c> this,</c><00:41:53.559><c> and</c><00:41:53.860><c> this</c><00:41:54.119><c> vow</c><00:41:54.340><c> that</c><00:41:54.519><c> he</c><00:41:54.760><c> vows,</c>

00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:58.260
although<00:41:55.960><c> it</c><00:41:56.179><c> sounds</c><00:41:56.460><c> like</c><00:41:56.719><c> a</c><00:41:56.820><c> deal</c><00:41:56.960><c> that</c><00:41:57.099><c> he's</c><00:41:57.300><c> striking,</c>

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:02.920
is<00:41:59.960><c> not</c><00:42:00.380><c> really,</c><00:42:00.760><c> I</c><00:42:00.920><c> would</c><00:42:01.079><c> suggest,</c><00:42:01.440><c> the</c><00:42:01.579><c> case</c><00:42:01.800><c> at</c><00:42:02.099><c> all.</c>

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:06.719
Jacob's<00:42:04.300><c> salvation,</c><00:42:05.380><c> Jacob's</c><00:42:05.820><c> very</c><00:42:06.019><c> existence,</c>

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:09.659
is<00:42:07.280><c> predicated</c><00:42:07.800><c> upon</c><00:42:08.119><c> God's</c><00:42:08.840><c> blessing</c><00:42:08.980><c> upon</c><00:42:09.380><c> him.</c>

00:42:09.659 --> 00:42:12.500
And<00:42:10.199><c> the</c><00:42:10.400><c> only</c><00:42:10.800><c> way</c><00:42:11.179><c> that</c><00:42:11.400><c> Jacob</c><00:42:11.619><c> is</c><00:42:11.840><c> going</c><00:42:11.940><c> to</c><00:42:12.119><c> make</c><00:42:12.320><c> it,</c>

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:15.820
the<00:42:12.940><c> only</c><00:42:13.159><c> way</c><00:42:13.420><c> Jacob</c><00:42:13.719><c> is</c><00:42:13.940><c> going</c><00:42:14.139><c> to</c><00:42:14.420><c> make</c><00:42:14.679><c> his</c><00:42:14.900><c> way</c><00:42:15.199><c> through</c><00:42:15.480><c> life,</c>

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:19.179
is<00:42:16.400><c> with</c><00:42:16.619><c> God</c><00:42:17.460><c> overseeing</c><00:42:18.440><c> and</c><00:42:18.679><c> overlooking</c><00:42:19.039><c> him.</c>

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:21.679
And<00:42:19.360><c> Jacob</c><00:42:19.599><c> acknowledges</c><00:42:20.280><c> this</c><00:42:20.559><c> in</c><00:42:20.679><c> this</c><00:42:20.880><c> vow.</c>

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:25.159
In<00:42:22.860><c> a</c><00:42:23.159><c> sense,</c><00:42:23.420><c> Jacob</c><00:42:23.679><c> is</c><00:42:23.920><c> saying,</c><00:42:24.099><c> I</c><00:42:24.159><c> will</c><00:42:24.360><c> be</c><00:42:24.539><c> able</c><00:42:24.820><c> to</c><00:42:25.000><c> come</c>

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:25.960
again<00:42:25.360><c> in</c><00:42:25.639><c> peace</c>

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:30.940
if<00:42:26.739><c> you</c><00:42:27.079><c> will</c><00:42:27.820><c> follow</c><00:42:28.260><c> through</c><00:42:28.519><c> with</c><00:42:28.719><c> your</c><00:42:28.920><c> promise</c><00:42:29.340><c> and</c><00:42:30.000><c> bless</c><00:42:30.300><c> me</c>

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:35.579
and<00:42:31.239><c> keep</c><00:42:31.500><c> me</c><00:42:31.739><c> in</c><00:42:31.820><c> the</c><00:42:31.980><c> way</c><00:42:32.340><c> and</c><00:42:32.880><c> provide</c><00:42:33.260><c> for</c><00:42:33.460><c> me</c><00:42:33.980><c> in</c><00:42:35.300><c> all</c><00:42:35.539><c> the</c>

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.920
ways<00:42:35.800><c> that</c><00:42:35.980><c> I</c><00:42:36.139><c> go.</c>

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:44.039
Jacob<00:42:38.179><c> is</c><00:42:38.780><c> in</c><00:42:39.000><c> essence</c><00:42:39.840><c> imploring</c><00:42:41.219><c> God</c><00:42:41.579><c> that</c><00:42:41.800><c> he</c><00:42:42.380><c> do</c><00:42:42.739><c> this</c><00:42:42.960><c> for</c><00:42:43.219><c> him.</c>

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:48.260
Now,<00:42:45.480><c> to</c><00:42:46.079><c> follow</c><00:42:46.380><c> that</c><00:42:46.659><c> up,</c><00:42:46.960><c> we</c><00:42:47.000><c> have,</c><00:42:47.320><c> of</c><00:42:47.420><c> course,</c>

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:53.780
the<00:42:48.940><c> remarkable</c><00:42:49.420><c> incident</c><00:42:49.940><c> of</c><00:42:50.199><c> the</c><00:42:50.400><c> wrestling</c><00:42:50.820><c> between</c><00:42:51.840><c> Jacob</c><00:42:52.780><c> and</c>

00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:54.360
the<00:42:54.079><c> angel.</c>

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:57.400
And,<00:42:54.599><c> of</c><00:42:54.739><c> course,</c><00:42:54.980><c> we</c><00:42:55.260><c> tend</c><00:42:55.440><c> to</c><00:42:55.699><c> see</c><00:42:55.800><c> this</c><00:42:56.400><c> as</c><00:42:56.860><c> a</c><00:42:57.099><c> template,</c>

00:42:57.400 --> 00:43:00.559
as<00:42:57.679><c> it</c><00:42:57.860><c> were,</c><00:42:58.159><c> of</c><00:42:58.559><c> Jacob's</c><00:42:59.059><c> entire</c><00:42:59.280><c> existence,</c><00:42:59.960><c> wrestling</c>

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:02.460
with<00:43:02.019><c> God.</c>

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:08.940
Now,<00:43:05.440><c> in</c><00:43:05.880><c> the</c><00:43:06.320><c> course</c><00:43:06.500><c> of</c><00:43:06.679><c> the</c><00:43:06.820><c> wrestling,</c><00:43:07.260><c> he</c><00:43:07.400><c> asks</c><00:43:07.619><c> for</c><00:43:07.800><c> a</c><00:43:07.980><c> blessing.</c>

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.360
The<00:43:09.639><c> blessing</c><00:43:09.920><c> is</c><00:43:10.159><c> given.</c>

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:12.699
He<00:43:10.480><c> is</c><00:43:10.699><c> no</c><00:43:10.880><c> more</c><00:43:11.059><c> called</c><00:43:11.280><c> Jacob</c><00:43:11.659><c> at</c><00:43:11.980><c> Israel,</c>

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:16.360
for<00:43:13.159><c> as</c><00:43:13.320><c> a</c><00:43:13.579><c> prince</c><00:43:13.800><c> hast</c><00:43:14.079><c> thou</c><00:43:14.300><c> power</c><00:43:14.760><c> with</c><00:43:14.980><c> God</c><00:43:15.360><c> and</c><00:43:15.820><c> with</c><00:43:16.099><c> men</c>

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:18.000
and<00:43:16.599><c> hast</c><00:43:16.800><c> prevailed.</c>

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:22.340
Now,<00:43:19.519><c> one</c><00:43:19.800><c> of</c><00:43:19.960><c> the</c><00:43:20.619><c> most</c><00:43:21.019><c> interesting</c><00:43:21.460><c> cross</c><00:43:21.780><c>-references</c>

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.860
I've<00:43:23.119><c> ever</c><00:43:23.320><c> come</c><00:43:23.500><c> across,</c>

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:25.099
and,<00:43:24.199><c> of</c><00:43:24.280><c> course,</c><00:43:24.380><c> they're</c><00:43:24.559><c> all</c><00:43:24.739><c> interesting,</c>

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:29.179
but<00:43:25.619><c> if</c><00:43:25.820><c> we</c><00:43:25.880><c> go</c><00:43:26.079><c> to</c><00:43:26.199><c> Hosea</c><00:43:26.619><c> 12,</c><00:43:27.559><c> what</c><00:43:27.940><c> is</c><00:43:28.300><c> the</c><00:43:28.619><c> thinking</c><00:43:28.860><c> of</c><00:43:29.039><c> the</c>

00:43:29.179 --> 00:43:29.980
man<00:43:29.559><c> Jacob?</c>

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:35.780
What<00:43:30.099><c> was</c><00:43:30.340><c> the</c><00:43:30.519><c> state</c><00:43:30.679><c> of</c><00:43:31.019><c> mind</c><00:43:31.280><c> at</c><00:43:31.480><c> this</c><00:43:31.699><c> point</c><00:43:32.059><c> that</c><00:43:33.019><c> he</c><00:43:34.900><c> should,</c>

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:39.139
in<00:43:37.099><c> the</c><00:43:37.300><c> course</c><00:43:37.480><c> of</c><00:43:37.739><c> asking</c><00:43:37.960><c> for</c><00:43:38.179><c> this</c><00:43:38.340><c> blessing,</c>

00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:43.760
was<00:43:39.739><c> Jacob</c><00:43:40.159><c> approaching</c><00:43:40.679><c> God</c><00:43:41.019><c> in</c><00:43:41.199><c> a</c><00:43:41.400><c> strident,</c><00:43:42.260><c> demanding</c><00:43:42.800><c> manner,</c>

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:46.059
insisting<00:43:44.500><c> that</c><00:43:44.659><c> God</c><00:43:44.860><c> do</c><00:43:45.119><c> thus</c><00:43:45.320><c> and</c><00:43:45.500><c> so</c><00:43:45.679><c> for</c><00:43:45.880><c> him?</c>

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:48.300
I<00:43:46.480><c> don't</c><00:43:46.739><c> think</c><00:43:46.900><c> so</c><00:43:47.119><c> for</c><00:43:47.360><c> a</c><00:43:47.500><c> moment.</c>

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:53.039
I<00:43:48.739><c> think</c><00:43:48.980><c> Jacob</c><00:43:49.619><c> certainly</c><00:43:51.039><c> wrestled</c><00:43:51.800><c> with</c><00:43:52.199><c> his</c><00:43:52.500><c> destiny,</c>

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:55.880
but<00:43:53.679><c> he</c><00:43:53.860><c> did</c><00:43:54.019><c> so</c><00:43:54.159><c> in</c><00:43:54.320><c> the</c><00:43:54.539><c> context</c><00:43:55.000><c> of</c><00:43:55.320><c> godliness</c>

00:43:55.880 --> 00:44:01.400
and<00:43:56.360><c> a</c><00:43:56.539><c> full</c><00:43:56.760><c> recognition</c><00:43:57.719><c> of</c><00:43:58.699><c> who</c><00:43:59.440><c> his</c><00:44:00.280><c> allegiance</c><00:44:00.619><c> was</c><00:44:00.880><c> owed</c><00:44:01.099><c> to.</c>

00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:04.920
In<00:44:01.820><c> Hosea</c><00:44:02.179><c> 12,</c><00:44:03.800><c> starting</c><00:44:04.320><c> at</c><00:44:04.500><c> verse</c><00:44:04.659><c> 3,</c>

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:06.800
he<00:44:05.079><c> took</c><00:44:05.320><c> his</c><00:44:05.579><c> brother</c><00:44:05.760><c> by</c><00:44:05.980><c> the</c><00:44:06.159><c> heel</c><00:44:06.280><c> and</c><00:44:06.420><c> the</c><00:44:06.599><c> womb,</c>

00:44:07.260 --> 00:44:10.159
and<00:44:07.320><c> by</c><00:44:07.599><c> his</c><00:44:07.920><c> strength</c><00:44:08.539><c> he</c><00:44:09.199><c> had</c><00:44:09.440><c> power</c><00:44:09.780><c> with</c><00:44:10.000><c> God,</c>

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:14.480
and<00:44:10.320><c> that</c><00:44:10.539><c> phrase</c><00:44:10.860><c> means</c><00:44:11.739><c> he</c><00:44:12.179><c> was</c><00:44:12.400><c> a</c><00:44:12.639><c> prince</c><00:44:12.840><c> or</c><00:44:13.059><c> behaved</c><00:44:13.300><c> himself</c><00:44:13.760><c> in</c><00:44:14.340><c> a</c>

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.599
princely<00:44:14.840><c> fashion.</c>

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:19.360
Yea,<00:44:16.059><c> he</c><00:44:16.239><c> had</c><00:44:16.480><c> power</c><00:44:16.880><c> over</c><00:44:17.139><c> the</c><00:44:17.300><c> angels,</c><00:44:17.500><c> same</c><00:44:17.760><c> idea,</c><00:44:18.280><c> and</c><00:44:18.440><c> prevailed.</c>

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:25.000
He<00:44:19.840><c> wept</c><00:44:20.699><c> and</c><00:44:22.139><c> made</c><00:44:22.619><c> supplication</c><00:44:24.119><c> unto</c><00:44:24.619><c> him.</c>

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:28.059
He<00:44:25.440><c> found</c><00:44:26.099><c> him</c><00:44:26.320><c> in</c><00:44:26.480><c> Bethel,</c><00:44:26.960><c> the</c><00:44:27.039><c> house</c><00:44:27.239><c> of</c><00:44:27.420><c> God,</c><00:44:27.679><c> and</c><00:44:27.800><c> there</c>

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.079
he<00:44:28.380><c> spake</c><00:44:28.659><c> with</c><00:44:28.900><c> us,</c>

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:31.840
even<00:44:29.699><c> the</c><00:44:29.880><c> Lord</c><00:44:30.059><c> God</c><00:44:30.260><c> of</c><00:44:30.400><c> hosts,</c><00:44:30.800><c> the</c><00:44:30.840><c> Lord</c><00:44:31.099><c> is</c><00:44:31.280><c> his</c><00:44:31.420><c> memorial,</c>

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:35.480
therefore<00:44:32.639><c> turn</c><00:44:33.199><c> thou</c><00:44:33.360><c> to</c><00:44:33.500><c> thy</c><00:44:33.699><c> God,</c><00:44:34.440><c> keep</c><00:44:34.619><c> mercy</c><00:44:34.980><c> and</c><00:44:35.199><c> judgment,</c>

00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:36.940
and<00:44:35.719><c> wait</c><00:44:35.820><c> on</c><00:44:35.980><c> thy</c><00:44:36.119><c> God</c><00:44:36.320><c> continually.</c>

00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:39.780
Here<00:44:37.519><c> was</c><00:44:37.780><c> the</c><00:44:38.039><c> thinking</c><00:44:38.260><c> and</c><00:44:38.539><c> mind</c><00:44:38.699><c> of</c><00:44:38.940><c> Jacob.</c>

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:42.579
Here<00:44:40.019><c> was</c><00:44:40.199><c> an</c><00:44:40.380><c> individual</c><00:44:40.820><c> who</c><00:44:41.059><c> wanted</c><00:44:41.239><c> to</c><00:44:41.559><c> stand</c><00:44:41.880><c> alongside</c>

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.320
his<00:44:42.960><c> God,</c>

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:47.380
and<00:44:43.820><c> in</c><00:44:43.960><c> the</c><00:44:44.159><c> end</c><00:44:44.320><c> God</c><00:44:44.619><c> recognized</c><00:44:45.260><c> that</c><00:44:45.559><c> and</c><00:44:45.699><c> gave</c><00:44:46.059><c> Jacob</c><00:44:46.519><c> a</c><00:44:46.679><c> name,</c>

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:51.920
a<00:44:48.119><c> prince</c><00:44:48.380><c> with</c><00:44:48.679><c> God</c><00:44:49.059><c> that</c><00:44:49.639><c> acknowledged</c><00:44:50.340><c> that</c><00:44:50.800><c> desire</c><00:44:51.340><c> of</c><00:44:51.579><c> Jacob,</c>

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:55.420
and<00:44:52.400><c> it</c><00:44:52.539><c> wasn't</c><00:44:53.039><c> a</c><00:44:53.420><c> desire</c><00:44:53.739><c> that</c><00:44:53.980><c> was</c><00:44:54.360><c> manifest</c><00:44:54.840><c> in</c><00:44:55.019><c> any</c><00:44:55.219><c> kind</c>

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:59.000
of<00:44:56.039><c> strident</c><00:44:56.539><c> or</c><00:44:56.820><c> demanding</c><00:44:57.659><c> sort</c><00:44:58.559><c> of</c><00:44:58.780><c> way,</c>

00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:03.000
but<00:44:59.219><c> rather</c><00:44:59.559><c> as</c><00:44:59.900><c> we</c><00:45:00.199><c> read</c><00:45:00.420><c> in</c><00:45:00.559><c> verse</c><00:45:00.719><c> 4,</c><00:45:01.400><c> he</c><00:45:01.579><c> wept,</c><00:45:02.559><c> he</c><00:45:02.739><c> made</c>

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:04.679
supplication<00:45:03.840><c> unto</c><00:45:04.079><c> God.</c>

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:08.059
Jacob<00:45:05.340><c> approached</c><00:45:05.760><c> God</c><00:45:06.000><c> in</c><00:45:06.239><c> a</c><00:45:06.420><c> supplicatory</c><00:45:07.119><c> frame</c><00:45:07.440><c> of</c><00:45:07.739><c> mind.</c>

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:11.400
He<00:45:08.619><c> desired</c><00:45:08.980><c> of</c><00:45:09.139><c> God</c><00:45:09.380><c> that</c><00:45:09.519><c> God</c><00:45:09.739><c> would</c><00:45:09.920><c> do</c><00:45:10.099><c> this</c><00:45:10.300><c> for</c><00:45:10.559><c> him,</c>

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:16.519
and<00:45:12.619><c> as</c><00:45:13.099><c> brother</c><00:45:13.420><c> Peter</c><00:45:13.699><c> commented</c><00:45:14.440><c> in</c><00:45:15.340><c> respect</c><00:45:15.860><c> to</c><00:45:16.019><c> the</c><00:45:16.099><c> attitude</c><00:45:16.340><c> of</c>

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:17.300
James<00:45:16.800><c> and</c><00:45:17.019><c> John,</c>

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:19.380
who<00:45:17.480><c> wanted</c><00:45:17.679><c> to</c><00:45:17.860><c> sit</c><00:45:17.920><c> on</c><00:45:18.019><c> the</c><00:45:18.219><c> right</c><00:45:18.340><c> and</c><00:45:18.420><c> left</c><00:45:18.659><c> hand</c><00:45:18.820><c> of</c><00:45:18.960><c> God,</c>

00:45:19.380 --> 00:45:21.639
this<00:45:20.000><c> was</c><00:45:20.300><c> not</c><00:45:20.539><c> an</c><00:45:20.719><c> untoward</c><00:45:21.179><c> request.</c>

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:22.920
They<00:45:22.000><c> wanted</c><00:45:22.199><c> to</c><00:45:22.500><c> be</c><00:45:22.719><c> there.</c>

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:28.219
They<00:45:23.079><c> wanted</c><00:45:23.360><c> to</c><00:45:23.599><c> be</c><00:45:24.340><c> as</c><00:45:25.539><c> close</c><00:45:25.739><c> as</c><00:45:25.880><c> they</c><00:45:26.139><c> could</c><00:45:26.480><c> to</c><00:45:27.340><c> their</c><00:45:27.539><c> sovereign</c><00:45:27.940><c> and</c>

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:29.019
to<00:45:28.360><c> their</c><00:45:28.519><c> master,</c>

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:32.800
and<00:45:29.519><c> Jacob</c><00:45:29.780><c> likewise,</c><00:45:30.739><c> this</c><00:45:31.000><c> position</c><00:45:31.639><c> was</c><00:45:32.179><c> not</c><00:45:32.400><c> a</c><00:45:32.539><c> function</c>

00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:36.280
of<00:45:33.119><c> pride</c><00:45:33.539><c> or</c><00:45:34.739><c> an</c><00:45:35.239><c> uppity</c><00:45:35.539><c> state</c><00:45:35.800><c> of</c><00:45:36.019><c> mind,</c>

00:45:36.619 --> 00:45:39.380
but<00:45:36.840><c> rather</c><00:45:37.159><c> it</c><00:45:37.340><c> was</c><00:45:37.539><c> where</c><00:45:37.960><c> Jacob</c><00:45:38.400><c> wanted</c><00:45:38.780><c> to</c><00:45:39.099><c> be.</c>

00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:41.760
It<00:45:39.860><c> was</c><00:45:40.039><c> where</c><00:45:40.260><c> he</c><00:45:40.480><c> wanted</c><00:45:40.739><c> to</c><00:45:41.019><c> align</c><00:45:41.400><c> himself.</c>

00:45:41.760 --> 00:45:45.420
He<00:45:41.860><c> wanted</c><00:45:42.039><c> to</c><00:45:42.280><c> align</c><00:45:42.579><c> himself</c><00:45:42.960><c> with</c><00:45:43.139><c> his</c><00:45:43.360><c> God,</c><00:45:43.980><c> and</c><00:45:44.039><c> God</c><00:45:44.280><c> recognized</c><00:45:44.860><c> this</c><00:45:45.119><c> desire.</c>

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:50.320
You<00:45:45.679><c> are</c><00:45:45.980><c> a</c><00:45:46.280><c> prince</c><00:45:46.659><c> with</c><00:45:47.280><c> me,</c><00:45:48.159><c> and</c><00:45:48.980><c> Jacob</c><00:45:49.260><c> was</c><00:45:49.460><c> to</c><00:45:49.539><c> be</c><00:45:49.719><c> the</c><00:45:49.860><c> father</c><00:45:50.139><c> of</c>

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:51.139
many<00:45:50.659><c> princes,</c>

00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:55.619
not<00:45:51.659><c> only</c><00:45:51.900><c> princes,</c><00:45:52.320><c> but</c><00:45:52.440><c> kings</c><00:45:52.719><c> and</c><00:45:52.960><c> priests</c><00:45:53.460><c> in</c><00:45:54.380><c> the</c><00:45:54.840><c> age</c><00:45:55.099><c> to</c><00:45:55.340><c> come.</c>

00:45:55.980 --> 00:46:00.619
Jacob<00:45:56.400><c> knew</c><00:45:56.820><c> these</c><00:45:57.139><c> things,</c><00:45:57.960><c> and</c><00:45:58.079><c> undoubtedly</c><00:45:58.539><c> his</c><00:45:59.099><c> understanding</c><00:45:59.559><c> matured</c>

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:01.639
as<00:46:00.820><c> he</c><00:46:01.000><c> lived</c><00:46:01.139><c> his</c><00:46:01.420><c> life,</c>

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:04.320
but<00:46:01.900><c> that</c><00:46:02.340><c> understanding</c><00:46:02.940><c> was</c><00:46:03.260><c> there</c><00:46:03.500><c> from</c><00:46:03.699><c> the</c><00:46:03.860><c> outset.</c>

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:06.179
It<00:46:04.760><c> was</c><00:46:05.039><c> there</c><00:46:05.260><c> in</c><00:46:05.420><c> his</c><00:46:05.539><c> way</c><00:46:05.699><c> of</c><00:46:05.940><c> life.</c>

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:10.719
It<00:46:06.639><c> was</c><00:46:06.920><c> there</c><00:46:08.179><c> in</c><00:46:08.659><c> all</c><00:46:09.019><c> that</c><00:46:09.139><c> he</c><00:46:09.340><c> desired</c><00:46:09.699><c> to</c><00:46:09.960><c> be</c><00:46:10.099><c> and</c><00:46:10.239><c> to</c><00:46:10.420><c> do.</c>

00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:17.480
Now,<00:46:12.000><c> very</c><00:46:12.840><c> briefly,</c><00:46:13.780><c> our</c><00:46:13.840><c> time</c><00:46:14.119><c> is</c><00:46:15.059><c> about</c><00:46:15.519><c> 30</c><00:46:15.739><c> seconds</c><00:46:16.119><c> or</c><00:46:16.320><c> so,</c>

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:21.960
this<00:46:18.539><c> whole</c><00:46:18.840><c> situation</c><00:46:19.539><c> involving</c><00:46:19.940><c> Rebecca</c><00:46:20.519><c> and</c><00:46:21.360><c> Isaac,</c>

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:24.980
Rebecca<00:46:22.739><c> deceiving</c><00:46:23.239><c> Isaac,</c><00:46:23.679><c> Jacob</c><00:46:24.059><c> deceiving</c><00:46:24.579><c> Isaac,</c>

00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:28.239
again,<00:46:25.860><c> it's</c><00:46:26.059><c> one</c><00:46:26.199><c> of</c><00:46:26.260><c> those</c><00:46:26.519><c> situations</c><00:46:27.099><c> where</c><00:46:27.360><c> we</c><00:46:27.539><c> can,</c><00:46:27.820><c> oh,</c>

00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:28.800
you<00:46:28.340><c> know,</c>

00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:32.539
oh,<00:46:29.099><c> they</c><00:46:29.219><c> told</c><00:46:29.400><c> all</c><00:46:29.599><c> kinds</c><00:46:29.860><c> of</c><00:46:30.119><c> fibs,</c><00:46:30.860><c> tsk,</c><00:46:31.019><c> tsk,</c><00:46:31.300><c> tsk,</c><00:46:31.599><c> tsk,</c><00:46:31.880><c> tsk,</c>

00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:36.239
you<00:46:33.239><c> know,</c><00:46:33.719><c> really</c><00:46:34.000><c> Rebecca,</c><00:46:34.900><c> she</c><00:46:35.159><c> never</c><00:46:35.340><c> got</c><00:46:35.539><c> to</c><00:46:35.619><c> see</c><00:46:35.760><c> Jacob</c><00:46:36.059><c> again,</c>

00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:40.539
and<00:46:36.420><c> she</c><00:46:36.500><c> had</c><00:46:36.659><c> it</c><00:46:36.860><c> coming,</c><00:46:37.099><c> you</c><00:46:37.199><c> know,</c><00:46:37.340><c> she</c><00:46:37.500><c> was</c><00:46:37.739><c> a</c><00:46:37.880><c> real</c><00:46:38.800><c> clever</c><00:46:39.619><c> gal.</c>

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:43.260
Again,<00:46:41.139><c> I</c><00:46:41.260><c> think</c><00:46:41.420><c> we</c><00:46:41.519><c> have</c><00:46:41.659><c> to</c><00:46:41.780><c> be</c><00:46:42.019><c> so</c><00:46:42.460><c> very</c><00:46:42.800><c> cautious</c>

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:46.739
as<00:46:43.820><c> to</c><00:46:43.960><c> how</c><00:46:44.219><c> we</c><00:46:44.500><c> assess</c><00:46:44.800><c> the</c><00:46:45.019><c> behavior</c><00:46:45.380><c> of</c><00:46:45.579><c> these</c><00:46:45.739><c> individuals.</c>

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:49.900
Remember,<00:46:47.880><c> Rebecca</c><00:46:48.239><c> had</c><00:46:48.440><c> been</c><00:46:48.619><c> given</c><00:46:48.760><c> a</c><00:46:49.019><c> prophecy.</c>

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:52.539
It<00:46:50.280><c> was</c><00:46:50.460><c> Rebecca</c><00:46:50.820><c> who</c><00:46:51.099><c> went</c><00:46:51.360><c> when</c><00:46:51.619><c> she</c><00:46:51.840><c> felt</c><00:46:52.019><c> the</c><00:46:52.280><c> struggling</c>

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:53.099
in<00:46:52.760><c> her</c><00:46:52.960><c> womb.</c>

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:54.480
What's<00:46:53.619><c> happening</c><00:46:53.940><c> to</c><00:46:54.219><c> me?</c>

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:56.780
And<00:46:54.880><c> she</c><00:46:54.980><c> went</c><00:46:55.099><c> to</c><00:46:55.300><c> a</c><00:46:55.460><c> prophet,</c><00:46:56.059><c> and</c><00:46:56.199><c> that</c><00:46:56.360><c> prophet</c><00:46:56.579><c> might</c>

00:46:56.780 --> 00:46:57.440
have<00:46:56.860><c> been</c><00:46:56.980><c> Abraham,</c>

00:46:57.719 --> 00:47:00.500
and<00:46:57.940><c> Abraham</c><00:46:58.320><c> said,</c><00:46:58.980><c> there</c><00:46:59.039><c> are</c><00:46:59.260><c> two</c><00:46:59.440><c> nations</c><00:46:59.840><c> in</c><00:47:00.000><c> you,</c><00:47:00.139><c> Rebecca.</c>

00:47:00.860 --> 00:47:03.559
The<00:47:01.179><c> younger</c><00:47:01.480><c> shall</c><00:47:01.719><c> serve</c><00:47:02.019><c> the</c><00:47:02.280><c> elder,</c><00:47:02.800><c> and</c><00:47:03.039><c> Rebecca</c><00:47:03.280><c> never</c>

00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:04.260
forgot<00:47:03.920><c> that.</c>

00:47:04.260 --> 00:47:10.480
She<00:47:04.719><c> knew</c><00:47:05.360><c> where</c><00:47:06.960><c> the</c><00:47:08.420><c> destiny</c><00:47:08.780><c> of</c><00:47:09.179><c> her</c><00:47:09.300><c> sons</c><00:47:09.539><c> lay,</c>

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:13.199
and<00:47:10.639><c> when</c><00:47:10.840><c> she</c><00:47:11.019><c> saw</c><00:47:11.320><c> Isaac</c><00:47:11.699><c> about</c><00:47:12.119><c> to</c><00:47:12.320><c> blow</c><00:47:12.539><c> it</c>

00:47:13.199 --> 00:47:18.539
because<00:47:13.719><c> of,</c><00:47:13.960><c> you</c><00:47:14.239><c> know,</c><00:47:14.619><c> his</c><00:47:14.940><c> faltering</c><00:47:16.179><c> vision</c><00:47:16.900><c> and</c><00:47:17.099><c> his</c><00:47:17.340><c> lack</c><00:47:17.599><c> of</c><00:47:18.260><c> assessment</c>

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:20.559
when<00:47:18.699><c> it</c><00:47:18.800><c> came</c><00:47:19.000><c> to</c><00:47:19.179><c> Esau,</c><00:47:19.420><c> when</c><00:47:19.579><c> she</c><00:47:19.820><c> saw</c><00:47:20.019><c> that</c><00:47:20.099><c> he</c><00:47:20.199><c> was</c><00:47:20.360><c> about</c>

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:21.139
to<00:47:20.739><c> blow</c><00:47:20.880><c> it,</c>

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:23.599
she<00:47:21.559><c> was</c><00:47:22.000><c> not</c><00:47:22.239><c> going</c><00:47:22.460><c> to</c><00:47:22.619><c> take</c><00:47:22.760><c> this</c><00:47:23.059><c> laying</c><00:47:23.179><c> down.</c>

00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:26.800
She<00:47:24.320><c> intervened,</c><00:47:25.300><c> you</c><00:47:25.800><c> know,</c><00:47:25.800><c> you</c><00:47:25.920><c> can</c><00:47:26.119><c> question</c><00:47:26.420><c> from</c><00:47:26.659><c> now</c>

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:27.320
to<00:47:26.960><c> doomsday</c>

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:30.659
the<00:47:27.440><c> way</c><00:47:27.599><c> she</c><00:47:27.780><c> did</c><00:47:27.960><c> it,</c><00:47:28.539><c> but</c><00:47:28.840><c> you</c><00:47:29.079><c> cannot</c><00:47:29.440><c> question</c><00:47:29.860><c> the</c><00:47:30.039><c> motivation</c><00:47:30.500><c> of</c>

00:47:30.659 --> 00:47:31.079
the<00:47:30.780><c> woman</c>

00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:33.760
and<00:47:31.619><c> the</c><00:47:31.760><c> fact</c><00:47:31.980><c> that</c><00:47:32.179><c> at</c><00:47:32.340><c> this</c><00:47:32.599><c> point</c><00:47:32.800><c> in</c><00:47:33.000><c> time</c><00:47:33.179><c> she</c><00:47:33.320><c> was</c><00:47:33.579><c> seen</c>

00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:35.340
a<00:47:34.280><c> lot</c><00:47:34.579><c> more</c><00:47:34.880><c> clearly</c>

00:47:35.340 --> 00:47:39.579
than<00:47:35.780><c> her</c><00:47:35.940><c> husband,</c><00:47:36.920><c> and</c><00:47:37.380><c> there</c><00:47:37.860><c> was</c><00:47:38.119><c> certainly</c><00:47:38.440><c> a</c><00:47:38.840><c> great</c><00:47:39.019><c> deal</c><00:47:39.219><c> of</c><00:47:39.440><c> love</c>

00:47:39.579 --> 00:47:41.739
and<00:47:39.800><c> compassion</c><00:47:40.199><c> and</c><00:47:40.440><c> tenderness</c><00:47:40.719><c> between</c><00:47:41.059><c> the</c><00:47:41.219><c> two</c><00:47:41.360><c> of</c><00:47:41.519><c> them,</c>

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:44.079
but<00:47:42.199><c> Rebecca</c><00:47:42.519><c> could</c><00:47:42.960><c> not</c><00:47:43.139><c> let</c><00:47:43.320><c> this</c><00:47:43.500><c> take</c><00:47:43.760><c> place.</c>

00:47:44.340 --> 00:47:47.039
That<00:47:44.599><c> blessing</c><00:47:44.960><c> had</c><00:47:45.280><c> to</c><00:47:45.460><c> be</c><00:47:45.599><c> given</c><00:47:45.900><c> to</c><00:47:46.340><c> the</c><00:47:46.420><c> right</c><00:47:46.659><c> man,</c>

00:47:47.239 --> 00:47:49.019
and<00:47:47.420><c> it's</c><00:47:47.599><c> easy</c><00:47:47.840><c> for</c><00:47:48.039><c> us</c><00:47:48.159><c> to</c><00:47:48.300><c> say</c><00:47:48.420><c> in</c><00:47:48.619><c> retrospect,</c>

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:50.360
well,<00:47:49.420><c> Rebecca,</c><00:47:49.820><c> you</c><00:47:49.840><c> should</c><00:47:50.000><c> have</c><00:47:50.139><c> left</c><00:47:50.280><c> it.</c>

00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:51.440
God<00:47:50.579><c> would</c><00:47:50.760><c> have</c><00:47:50.880><c> worked</c><00:47:51.039><c> it</c><00:47:51.199><c> out.</c>

00:47:51.679 --> 00:47:52.980
God<00:47:51.920><c> would</c><00:47:52.099><c> have</c><00:47:52.199><c> worked</c><00:47:52.360><c> it</c><00:47:52.480><c> out</c><00:47:52.619><c> for</c><00:47:52.760><c> you.</c>

00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:58.219
Maybe<00:47:53.420><c> so,</c><00:47:54.400><c> maybe</c><00:47:54.780><c> so,</c><00:47:55.179><c> but</c><00:47:55.460><c> you</c><00:47:56.380><c> cannot</c><00:47:56.820><c> question</c><00:47:57.480><c> the</c><00:47:58.059><c> fact</c>

00:47:58.219 --> 00:48:04.739
that<00:47:58.340><c> this</c><00:47:58.579><c> woman</c><00:47:59.260><c> knew</c><00:48:00.739><c> where</c><00:48:01.920><c> the</c><00:48:02.860><c> right</c><00:48:03.059><c> of</c><00:48:03.239><c> the</c><00:48:03.460><c> situation</c><00:48:03.840><c> lie,</c>

00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:08.860
and<00:48:04.840><c> in</c><00:48:05.000><c> verse</c><00:48:05.239><c> 33</c><00:48:05.840><c> when</c><00:48:06.219><c> Isaac</c><00:48:06.760><c> realizes</c><00:48:07.380><c> he's</c><00:48:07.679><c> been</c><00:48:08.019><c> duped,</c>

00:48:09.199 --> 00:48:12.920
verse<00:48:09.440><c> 33,</c><00:48:10.099><c> Isaac</c><00:48:10.559><c> trembled</c><00:48:11.559><c> very</c><00:48:12.360><c> exceedingly,</c>

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:15.460
and<00:48:13.119><c> if</c><00:48:13.199><c> you</c><00:48:13.380><c> have</c><00:48:13.900><c> a</c><00:48:14.059><c> margin</c><00:48:14.300><c> that</c><00:48:14.480><c> says</c><00:48:14.760><c> trembled,</c>

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:19.699
with<00:48:16.159><c> a</c><00:48:16.380><c> great</c><00:48:16.639><c> trembling</c><00:48:17.059><c> greatly,</c><00:48:18.199><c> Isaac</c><00:48:18.719><c> was</c><00:48:19.199><c> submitted</c>

00:48:19.699 --> 00:48:21.079
through<00:48:20.019><c> the</c><00:48:20.179><c> heart.</c>

00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:23.119
He<00:48:22.059><c> wasn't</c><00:48:22.440><c> mad.</c>

00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:24.599
He<00:48:23.699><c> wasn't</c><00:48:24.039><c> resentful.</c>

00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:27.420
He<00:48:24.719><c> wasn't</c><00:48:25.059><c> angry,</c><00:48:25.840><c> you</c><00:48:26.059><c> know,</c><00:48:26.159><c> that</c><00:48:26.340><c> Rebecca</c><00:48:26.699><c> tricked</c><00:48:27.019><c> him.</c>

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:30.440
He<00:48:27.880><c> was</c><00:48:28.219><c> terrified,</c><00:48:29.780><c> terrified.</c>

00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:30.900
Why?

00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:35.780
Because<00:48:31.300><c> he</c><00:48:31.579><c> suddenly</c><00:48:32.019><c> realized</c><00:48:32.500><c> what</c><00:48:32.639><c> he</c><00:48:33.820><c> had</c><00:48:34.059><c> just</c><00:48:34.559><c> about</c><00:48:34.860><c> done,</c>

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:37.639
given<00:48:35.980><c> the</c><00:48:36.239><c> blessing</c><00:48:36.500><c> to</c><00:48:36.699><c> the</c><00:48:36.840><c> wrong</c><00:48:37.059><c> individual,</c>

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:39.360
given<00:48:38.199><c> it</c><00:48:38.400><c> to</c><00:48:38.500><c> the</c><00:48:38.639><c> unworthy</c><00:48:39.019><c> one,</c>

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:41.920
and<00:48:40.179><c> as</c><00:48:40.420><c> far</c><00:48:40.639><c> as</c><00:48:40.800><c> Isaac</c><00:48:41.360><c> was</c><00:48:41.599><c> concerned,</c>

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:45.159
God<00:48:42.340><c> had</c><00:48:42.579><c> intervened</c><00:48:43.500><c> and</c><00:48:43.699><c> made</c><00:48:43.920><c> him</c><00:48:44.159><c> bless</c><00:48:44.380><c> the</c><00:48:44.559><c> right</c><00:48:44.820><c> one.</c>

00:48:45.460 --> 00:48:47.280
Never<00:48:45.679><c> a</c><00:48:45.900><c> word</c><00:48:46.039><c> of</c><00:48:46.239><c> criticism</c><00:48:46.619><c> against</c><00:48:46.920><c> Rebecca.</c>

00:48:47.760 --> 00:48:49.980
Never<00:48:48.039><c> so</c><00:48:48.300><c> much</c><00:48:48.460><c> as</c><00:48:48.639><c> a,</c><00:48:48.840><c> why</c><00:48:48.840><c> did</c><00:48:48.960><c> you</c><00:48:49.099><c> do</c><00:48:49.280><c> it</c><00:48:49.400><c> to</c><00:48:49.559><c> me?</c>

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:53.679
This<00:48:50.579><c> wasn't</c><00:48:52.500><c> the</c><00:48:52.699><c> right</c><00:48:52.900><c> thing.</c>

00:48:53.699 --> 00:48:56.719
Verse<00:48:53.940><c> 35,</c><00:48:55.239><c> thy</c><00:48:55.400><c> brother</c><00:48:55.679><c> came</c><00:48:55.860><c> with</c><00:48:56.099><c> subtlety</c>

00:48:56.719 --> 00:48:58.199
and<00:48:56.940><c> hath</c><00:48:57.139><c> taken</c><00:48:57.360><c> away</c><00:48:57.599><c> thy</c><00:48:57.820><c> blessing,</c>

00:48:58.300 --> 00:49:01.119
and<00:48:58.440><c> he</c><00:48:58.519><c> goes</c><00:48:58.719><c> on</c><00:48:58.880><c> to</c><00:48:59.039><c> say,</c><00:48:59.340><c> he</c><00:48:59.539><c> shall</c><00:48:59.860><c> be</c><00:49:00.199><c> blessed.</c>

00:49:01.199 --> 00:49:03.340
The<00:49:01.420><c> blessing</c><00:49:01.679><c> is</c><00:49:01.960><c> his,</c><00:49:02.360><c> and</c><00:49:02.460><c> it's</c><00:49:02.659><c> his</c><00:49:02.800><c> for</c><00:49:03.059><c> good,</c>

00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:07.840
and<00:49:04.019><c> Esau,</c><00:49:04.400><c> though</c><00:49:04.639><c> he</c><00:49:04.880><c> sought</c><00:49:05.019><c> it</c><00:49:06.239><c> with</c><00:49:06.639><c> strong</c><00:49:07.000><c> crying</c><00:49:07.320><c> and</c><00:49:07.599><c> tears,</c>

00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:10.039
repentance,<00:49:08.940><c> no</c><00:49:09.139><c> way.</c>

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:13.260
God<00:49:10.780><c> had</c><00:49:11.380><c> sought</c><00:49:11.519><c> to</c><00:49:11.760><c> it,</c><00:49:11.900><c> and</c><00:49:12.239><c> you</c><00:49:12.480><c> can</c><00:49:12.679><c> question</c><00:49:12.960><c> the</c><00:49:13.139><c> means,</c>

00:49:13.300 --> 00:49:13.880
as<00:49:13.440><c> I</c><00:49:13.619><c> said,</c>

00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:16.440
but<00:49:14.300><c> that</c><00:49:14.519><c> blessing</c><00:49:14.780><c> went</c><00:49:14.920><c> to</c><00:49:15.099><c> the</c><00:49:15.219><c> right</c><00:49:15.380><c> individual,</c>

00:49:17.019 --> 00:49:23.079
and<00:49:17.500><c> if</c><00:49:17.920><c> we,</c><00:49:19.280><c> as</c><00:49:20.000><c> I</c><00:49:20.260><c> said,</c><00:49:20.940><c> need</c><00:49:21.099><c> to</c><00:49:21.280><c> be</c><00:49:21.500><c> careful</c><00:49:21.960><c> in</c><00:49:22.380><c> our</c><00:49:22.659><c> assessment</c>

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:27.219
of<00:49:23.380><c> these</c><00:49:23.659><c> individuals,</c><00:49:24.300><c> that</c><00:49:24.440><c> we</c><00:49:24.559><c> do</c><00:49:24.780><c> not</c><00:49:25.500><c> find</c><00:49:26.719><c> ourselves</c>

00:49:27.219 --> 00:49:30.500
to<00:49:27.460><c> be</c><00:49:27.559><c> in</c><00:49:27.679><c> a</c><00:49:27.840><c> position</c><00:49:28.079><c> of</c><00:49:28.320><c> judgment</c><00:49:28.599><c> where</c><00:49:28.900><c> we</c><00:49:29.099><c> ought</c><00:49:29.239><c> not</c><00:49:29.500><c> to</c><00:49:29.659><c> be.</c>