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squirming,<00:11:03.340><c> not</c><00:11:03.639><c> only</c><00:11:03.940><c> against</c>

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his<00:11:04.399><c> brother</c><00:11:04.700><c> Esau,</c><00:11:05.419><c> but</c><00:11:05.440><c> often,</c><00:11:05.919><c> as</c><00:11:06.000><c> we</c><00:11:06.139><c> shall</c><00:11:06.320><c> see,</c><00:11:06.860><c> his</c><00:11:06.980><c> life</c><00:11:07.240><c> developed</c><00:11:07.679><c> against</c><00:11:08.299><c> God</c><00:11:08.679><c> too.</c>

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All<00:11:10.820><c> the</c><00:11:11.000><c> things</c><00:11:11.200><c> that</c><00:11:11.419><c> God</c><00:11:11.620><c> wanted</c><00:11:12.000><c> for</c><00:11:12.279><c> him,</c><00:11:13.100><c> Jacob</c><00:11:13.279><c> felt</c><00:11:13.600><c> he</c>

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had<00:11:14.059><c> to</c><00:11:14.440><c> obtain</c><00:11:14.919><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:11:16.620><c> was</c><00:11:16.960><c> scarcely</c><00:11:17.399><c> willing</c><00:11:17.700><c> as</c><00:11:17.919><c> his</c><00:11:18.139><c> father</c><00:11:18.519><c> to</c><00:11:18.980><c> sit</c><00:11:19.179><c> and</c><00:11:19.480><c> wait</c>

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for<00:11:19.899><c> God</c><00:11:20.200><c> to</c><00:11:20.500><c> provide.</c>

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Jacob<00:11:21.899><c> was</c><00:11:22.100><c> a</c><00:11:22.279><c> man</c><00:11:22.580><c> who</c><00:11:22.799><c> would</c><00:11:23.039><c> take</c><00:11:23.240><c> the</c><00:11:23.480><c> law</c><00:11:23.700><c> into</c><00:11:24.179><c> his</c><00:11:24.419><c> own</c><00:11:24.679><c> hand.</c>

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But<00:11:27.960><c> it</c><00:11:28.080><c> must</c><00:11:28.220><c> not</c><00:11:28.379><c> be</c><00:11:28.559><c> thought</c><00:11:28.779><c> that</c><00:11:29.179><c> Jacob</c><00:11:29.500><c> was</c><00:11:29.840><c> all</c><00:11:30.159><c> bad.</c>

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Indeed,<00:11:31.179><c> he</c><00:11:31.299><c> was</c><00:11:31.519><c> not.</c>

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Jacob<00:11:32.240><c> was</c><00:11:32.559><c> a</c><00:11:32.740><c> very</c><00:11:33.019><c> mature</c><00:11:33.379><c> individual</c><00:11:33.860><c> and</c><00:11:34.039><c> a</c><00:11:34.159><c> very</c><00:11:34.440><c> godly</c>

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man,<00:11:35.100><c> much</c><00:11:35.419><c> more</c><00:11:35.779><c> so</c><00:11:35.980><c> than</c><00:11:36.159><c> Esau.</c>

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And<00:11:36.879><c> as</c><00:11:37.059><c> the</c><00:11:37.200><c> two</c><00:11:37.399><c> boys</c><00:11:37.639><c> began</c><00:11:38.039><c> to</c><00:11:38.320><c> grow,</c><00:11:38.779><c> this</c><00:11:39.080><c> quickly</c>

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became<00:11:39.879><c> apparent.</c>

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Genesis<00:11:42.820><c> chapter</c><00:11:43.279><c> 25</c><00:11:43.980><c> and</c><00:11:44.519><c> verse</c><00:11:44.899><c> 27</c><00:11:45.840><c> describes</c><00:11:46.980><c> Jacob</c><00:11:47.399><c> in</c><00:11:47.620><c> a</c>

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way<00:11:47.840><c> that</c><00:11:48.080><c> perhaps</c><00:11:48.480><c> we</c><00:11:48.740><c> often</c><00:11:49.139><c> misunderstand.</c>

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The<00:11:51.139><c> boys</c><00:11:51.419><c> grew</c><00:11:51.919><c> and</c><00:11:52.539><c> Esau</c><00:11:52.879><c> was</c><00:11:53.120><c> a</c><00:11:53.279><c> cunning</c><00:11:53.539><c> hunter,</c><00:11:54.200><c> a</c><00:11:54.299><c> man</c><00:11:54.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:54.799><c> field,</c><00:11:55.559><c> and</c><00:11:55.720><c> Jacob</c><00:11:55.980><c> was</c><00:11:56.200><c> a</c><00:11:56.379><c> plain</c>

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man,<00:11:57.639><c> dwelling</c><00:11:57.799><c> in</c><00:11:58.139><c> tents.</c>

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Perhaps<00:11:59.379><c> we</c><00:11:59.620><c> form</c><00:11:59.799><c> the</c><00:12:00.000><c> opinion</c><00:12:00.419><c> from</c><00:12:00.679><c> that</c><00:12:01.019><c> that</c><00:12:01.539><c> Jacob</c><00:12:01.860><c> was</c>

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a<00:12:02.279><c> bit</c><00:12:02.419><c> of</c><00:12:02.639><c> a</c><00:12:02.679><c> softie,</c><00:12:03.080><c> a</c><00:12:03.200><c> mother's</c><00:12:03.580><c> boy.</c>

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Esau<00:12:05.080><c> liked</c><00:12:05.379><c> the</c><00:12:05.620><c> open</c><00:12:05.879><c> air</c><00:12:06.100><c> life,</c><00:12:06.460><c> the</c><00:12:06.639><c> outdoor</c><00:12:07.139><c> type,</c><00:12:08.000><c> the</c>

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cunning<00:12:08.399><c> hunter,</c><00:12:09.279><c> the</c><00:12:09.559><c> tough,</c><00:12:10.720><c> masculine,</c>

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muscular<00:12:11.820><c> sort.</c>

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And<00:12:13.220><c> Jacob,</c><00:12:14.159><c> perhaps</c><00:12:14.460><c> we</c><00:12:14.620><c> have</c><00:12:14.759><c> the</c><00:12:14.919><c> impression</c><00:12:15.299><c> of</c><00:12:15.519><c> the</c><00:12:15.659><c> namby</c><00:12:16.039><c>-pamby</c><00:12:16.379><c> sort,</c><00:12:17.379><c> staying</c><00:12:17.559><c> at</c><00:12:17.820><c> home,</c>

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tied<00:12:18.700><c> to</c><00:12:18.860><c> mother's</c><00:12:19.299><c> apron</c><00:12:19.480><c> strings.</c>

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That's<00:12:21.440><c> not</c><00:12:21.620><c> at</c><00:12:21.740><c> all</c><00:12:21.840><c> what</c><00:12:22.019><c> this</c><00:12:22.240><c> verse</c><00:12:22.419><c> means,</c><00:12:22.899><c> however.</c>

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Esau<00:12:23.960><c> was</c><00:12:24.200><c> undoubtedly</c><00:12:24.759><c> the</c><00:12:25.100><c> outdoor</c><00:12:25.620><c> and</c><00:12:25.860><c> the</c><00:12:26.039><c> toughie,</c><00:12:26.659><c> but</c>

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Jacob<00:12:27.279><c> was</c><00:12:27.820><c> not</c><00:12:28.100><c> at</c><00:12:28.340><c> all,</c><00:12:29.480><c> not</c><00:12:30.240><c> in</c><00:12:30.519><c> the</c><00:12:30.759><c> description</c>

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of<00:12:31.379><c> this</c><00:12:31.679><c> verse,</c><00:12:32.559><c> that</c><00:12:32.940><c> kind</c><00:12:33.379><c> of</c><00:12:33.620><c> man.</c>

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And<00:12:35.000><c> certainly,</c><00:12:35.299><c> as</c><00:12:35.480><c> we</c><00:12:35.620><c> have</c><00:12:35.820><c> seen,</c><00:12:36.419><c> if</c><00:12:36.559><c> there</c><00:12:36.740><c> was</c><00:12:36.879><c> any</c><00:12:37.159><c> softness</c><00:12:37.519><c> in</c>

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Isaac,<00:12:38.059><c> then</c><00:12:38.200><c> Jacob</c><00:12:38.460><c> did</c><00:12:38.679><c> not</c>

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copy<00:12:39.120><c> that.</c>

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No,<00:12:40.679><c> this</c><00:12:40.840><c> word</c><00:12:41.120><c> plain,</c><00:12:41.679><c> Jacob</c><00:12:41.919><c> was</c><00:12:42.139><c> a</c><00:12:42.399><c> plain</c><00:12:42.580><c> man,</c><00:12:43.200><c> is</c><00:12:43.340><c> precisely</c><00:12:43.799><c> the</c><00:12:43.980><c> word</c><00:12:44.139><c> that</c><00:12:44.259><c> is</c>

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used<00:12:44.600><c> of</c><00:12:44.840><c> Job</c>

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when<00:12:45.419><c> it</c><00:12:45.580><c> says</c><00:12:45.779><c> that</c><00:12:46.659><c> Job</c><00:12:46.860><c> was</c><00:12:47.299><c> perfect</c><00:12:47.879><c> and</c><00:12:48.299><c> upright</c><00:12:48.679><c> in</c><00:12:48.860><c> all</c>

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his<00:12:49.320><c> generations.</c>

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It's<00:12:50.220><c> the</c><00:12:50.360><c> word</c><00:12:50.539><c> perfect,</c><00:12:51.240><c> brethren</c><00:12:51.320><c> and</c><00:12:51.539><c> sisters.</c>

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Jacob<00:12:53.100><c> was</c><00:12:53.279><c> a</c><00:12:53.360><c> perfect</c><00:12:53.840><c> man.</c>

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That<00:12:54.480><c> is</c><00:12:55.000><c> to</c><00:12:55.320><c> say,</c><00:12:55.720><c> not</c><00:12:55.799><c> that</c><00:12:55.960><c> he</c><00:12:56.039><c> was</c><00:12:56.259><c> sinless,</c><00:12:56.740><c> of</c><00:12:56.899><c> course.</c>

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No<00:12:57.659><c> man</c><00:12:57.840><c> is</c><00:12:58.059><c> that</c><00:12:58.259><c> other</c><00:12:58.440><c> than</c><00:12:58.639><c> our</c><00:12:58.779><c> Lord</c><00:12:58.940><c> Jesus</c><00:12:59.240><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:13:00.000><c> was</c><00:13:00.179><c> not</c><00:13:00.379><c> sinless,</c><00:13:00.720><c> but</c><00:13:00.840><c> he</c><00:13:00.960><c> was</c><00:13:01.200><c> perfect</c><00:13:01.580><c> in</c><00:13:02.019><c> the</c><00:13:02.200><c> sense</c>

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that<00:13:02.600><c> Scripture</c><00:13:02.899><c> so</c><00:13:03.120><c> often</c><00:13:03.360><c> uses</c><00:13:03.700><c> that</c>

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word<00:13:04.200><c> as</c><00:13:04.399><c> being</c><00:13:04.720><c> complete,</c><00:13:06.100><c> mature.</c>

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Jacob<00:13:07.460><c> was</c><00:13:07.679><c> the</c><00:13:07.919><c> mature</c><00:13:08.360><c> man</c><00:13:08.600><c> of</c><00:13:08.779><c> the</c><00:13:08.919><c> two.</c>

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Jacob<00:13:09.580><c> was</c><00:13:09.799><c> the</c><00:13:09.940><c> one</c><00:13:10.100><c> who</c><00:13:10.240><c> was</c><00:13:10.480><c> mature</c><00:13:10.740><c> in</c><00:13:10.940><c> God's</c><00:13:11.440><c> eyes,</c><00:13:12.299><c> as</c><00:13:12.419><c> it</c>

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is<00:13:12.700><c> written</c><00:13:12.899><c> of</c><00:13:13.139><c> Job</c><00:13:13.340><c> in</c><00:13:13.600><c> chapter</c>

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1<00:13:14.120><c> and</c><00:13:14.259><c> verse</c><00:13:14.559><c> 1.</c>

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Job<00:13:15.200><c> was</c><00:13:15.740><c> perfect</c><00:13:16.299><c> and</c><00:13:16.740><c> upright,</c><00:13:17.679><c> a</c><00:13:17.799><c> man</c><00:13:18.100><c> who</c><00:13:18.899><c> loved</c><00:13:19.240><c> God,</c><00:13:20.860><c> a</c>

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man<00:13:21.179><c> who</c><00:13:21.500><c> eschewed</c><00:13:22.220><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:13:23.899><c> that's</c><00:13:24.120><c> what</c><00:13:24.600><c> maturity</c><00:13:25.080><c> is.</c>

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That's<00:13:27.259><c> what</c><00:13:27.580><c> perfect</c><00:13:28.139><c> in</c><00:13:28.399><c> Scripture</c><00:13:28.779><c> really</c><00:13:29.220><c> means.</c>

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A<00:13:30.279><c> man</c><00:13:30.519><c> who</c><00:13:30.759><c> is</c><00:13:31.220><c> mature</c><00:13:31.639><c> enough</c><00:13:32.000><c> to</c><00:13:32.299><c> see</c><00:13:32.559><c> that</c><00:13:32.820><c> life</c><00:13:33.120><c> is</c><00:13:33.440><c> really</c>

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about<00:13:34.100><c> God.</c>

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Life<00:13:34.779><c> isn't</c><00:13:35.000><c> about</c><00:13:35.279><c> ourselves,</c><00:13:36.500><c> life</c><00:13:36.740><c> is</c><00:13:36.940><c> about</c><00:13:37.200><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:38.720><c> Jacob</c><00:13:38.879><c> was</c><00:13:39.159><c> mature</c><00:13:39.360><c> enough</c><00:13:39.620><c> to</c><00:13:39.879><c> see</c><00:13:40.259><c> that</c><00:13:41.200><c> life</c><00:13:41.419><c> was</c>

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about<00:13:42.059><c> that.</c>

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He<00:13:43.580><c> was</c><00:13:43.779><c> a</c><00:13:43.980><c> man</c><00:13:44.299><c> who</c><00:13:45.559><c> loved</c><00:13:46.019><c> God,</c><00:13:48.100><c> who</c><00:13:48.320><c> counted</c><00:13:48.659><c> as</c><00:13:49.039><c> precious</c>

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the<00:13:50.600><c> fact</c><00:13:50.799><c> that</c><00:13:51.000><c> God</c><00:13:51.220><c> had</c><00:13:51.559><c> spoken</c><00:13:51.919><c> to</c>

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his<00:13:52.860><c> grandfather</c><00:13:53.419><c> Abraham</c><00:13:54.019><c> and</c><00:13:54.279><c> his</c><00:13:54.519><c> father</c><00:13:54.860><c> Isaac.</c>

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Jacob<00:13:56.899><c> was</c><00:13:57.120><c> a</c><00:13:57.320><c> man</c><00:13:57.580><c> who</c><00:13:58.120><c> loved</c><00:13:58.379><c> the</c><00:13:58.700><c> things</c><00:13:59.039><c> of</c><00:13:59.320><c> God.</c>

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He<00:13:59.720><c> was</c><00:14:00.059><c> mature</c><00:14:00.399><c> enough</c><00:14:00.759><c> to</c><00:14:01.120><c> see</c><00:14:01.379><c> what</c><00:14:01.539><c> was</c><00:14:01.879><c> important</c><00:14:02.320><c> in</c><00:14:02.500><c> life</c><00:14:02.879><c> and</c>

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to<00:14:03.299><c> put</c><00:14:03.460><c> God</c><00:14:03.740><c> first.</c>

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He<00:14:05.220><c> was</c><00:14:05.519><c> perfect</c><00:14:06.019><c> in</c><00:14:06.259><c> that</c><00:14:06.559><c> sense,</c><00:14:06.860><c> a</c><00:14:07.100><c> plain</c><00:14:07.340><c> man.</c>

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Dwelling<00:14:10.940><c> in</c><00:14:11.240><c> tents,</c><00:14:13.200><c> we</c><00:14:13.259><c> can't</c><00:14:13.519><c> be</c><00:14:13.759><c> certain</c><00:14:14.059><c> what</c><00:14:14.419><c> lies</c><00:14:14.779><c> behind</c><00:14:15.340><c> that</c>

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description,<00:14:17.120><c> unless</c><00:14:17.340><c> perhaps</c>

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it<00:14:18.080><c> means</c><00:14:18.419><c> that</c><00:14:18.899><c> in</c><00:14:19.120><c> their</c><00:14:19.399><c> encampment,</c><00:14:19.919><c> for</c><00:14:20.100><c> there</c><00:14:20.279><c> was</c><00:14:20.440><c> not</c>

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a<00:14:20.820><c> single</c><00:14:21.120><c> tent,</c><00:14:21.399><c> of</c><00:14:21.600><c> course,</c><00:14:21.879><c> was</c><00:14:22.059><c> there?</c>

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Abraham,<00:14:22.940><c> as</c><00:14:23.100><c> we</c><00:14:23.259><c> mentioned</c><00:14:23.500><c> the</c><00:14:23.639><c> other</c><00:14:23.799><c> day,</c><00:14:24.019><c> had</c><00:14:24.159><c> 318</c><00:14:25.299><c> servants</c><00:14:25.960><c> who</c>

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formed<00:14:26.980><c> his</c><00:14:27.259><c> retinue</c><00:14:27.700><c> to</c><00:14:27.899><c> chase</c>

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after<00:14:28.860><c> Lot</c><00:14:29.100><c> when</c><00:14:29.340><c> Lot</c><00:14:29.580><c> was</c><00:14:29.799><c> captured</c><00:14:30.139><c> and</c><00:14:30.299><c> carried</c><00:14:30.559><c> away</c><00:14:30.860><c> captive.</c>

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There<00:14:32.639><c> was</c><00:14:32.799><c> a</c><00:14:32.899><c> whole</c><00:14:33.100><c> encampment</c><00:14:33.840><c> here,</c><00:14:34.100><c> brethren</c><00:14:34.379><c> and</c><00:14:34.600><c> sisters,</c><00:14:35.039><c> and</c>

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there<00:14:36.480><c> was</c><00:14:36.620><c> a</c><00:14:36.700><c> whole</c><00:14:36.919><c> encampment,</c><00:14:39.620><c> tents</c><00:14:39.899><c> for</c><00:14:40.080><c> the</c><00:14:40.259><c> household</c>

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and<00:14:40.960><c> the</c><00:14:41.179><c> servants</c><00:14:41.419><c> of</c><00:14:41.600><c> the</c><00:14:41.759><c> household,</c>

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and<00:14:43.240><c> perhaps</c><00:14:43.580><c> a</c><00:14:43.820><c> special</c><00:14:44.159><c> tent</c><00:14:44.539><c> set</c><00:14:44.860><c> aside</c><00:14:45.460><c> as</c><00:14:46.000><c> the</c><00:14:46.240><c> forerunner</c><00:14:46.700><c> of</c><00:14:46.840><c> the</c><00:14:47.039><c> tabernacle</c><00:14:47.799><c> in</c>

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which<00:14:48.720><c> Jacob</c>

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was<00:14:49.279><c> anxious</c><00:14:49.580><c> to</c><00:14:49.860><c> dwell,</c><00:14:50.740><c> like</c><00:14:51.100><c> Joshua,</c><00:14:51.899><c> the</c><00:14:52.100><c> minister</c><00:14:52.500><c> of</c>

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Moses,<00:14:53.399><c> who</c><00:14:53.679><c> stayed</c><00:14:53.960><c> behind.</c>

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So<00:14:55.899><c> Jacob</c><00:14:56.279><c> was</c><00:14:56.659><c> often</c><00:14:57.080><c> found</c><00:14:57.480><c> in</c><00:14:57.740><c> the</c><00:14:57.960><c> tent,</c><00:14:58.879><c> the</c><00:14:59.200><c> tents,</c><00:15:00.620><c> there</c><00:15:00.980><c> amongst</c><00:15:01.279><c> the</c>

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things<00:15:01.779><c> of</c><00:15:02.039><c> God,</c><00:15:02.899><c> those</c>

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things<00:15:03.539><c> that</c><00:15:03.980><c> mattered</c><00:15:04.340><c> most</c><00:15:04.879><c> in</c><00:15:05.340><c> his</c><00:15:05.659><c> life.</c>

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So<00:15:07.600><c> we</c><00:15:07.720><c> must</c><00:15:07.899><c> not</c><00:15:08.039><c> form</c><00:15:08.240><c> a</c><00:15:08.340><c> wrong</c><00:15:08.480><c> impression</c><00:15:08.919><c> of</c><00:15:09.080><c> Jacob,</c><00:15:09.440><c> we</c>

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must<00:15:09.759><c> not</c><00:15:09.899><c> imagine</c><00:15:10.259><c> that</c><00:15:10.440><c> he</c><00:15:10.960><c> was</c><00:15:11.059><c> all</c>

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bad.

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He<00:15:12.100><c> was</c><00:15:13.340><c> a</c><00:15:14.100><c> man</c><00:15:14.279><c> who</c><00:15:14.539><c> struggled,</c><00:15:16.039><c> he</c><00:15:16.100><c> was</c><00:15:16.240><c> a</c><00:15:16.379><c> man</c><00:15:16.580><c> who</c><00:15:16.879><c> found</c><00:15:17.240><c> faith</c><00:15:17.720><c> hard</c><00:15:18.240><c> to</c>

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come<00:15:18.840><c> by,</c><00:15:19.700><c> he</c><00:15:19.799><c> was</c><00:15:19.980><c> a</c><00:15:20.080><c> man</c>

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who<00:15:20.419><c> apparently</c><00:15:20.779><c> did</c><00:15:21.000><c> not</c><00:15:21.220><c> share</c><00:15:21.500><c> the</c><00:15:21.759><c> meekness</c><00:15:22.120><c> of</c><00:15:22.299><c> his</c><00:15:22.440><c> father</c><00:15:22.700><c> Isaac,</c><00:15:23.179><c> not</c>

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naturally<00:15:24.000><c> at</c><00:15:24.220><c> least,</c>

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but<00:15:25.779><c> he</c><00:15:25.960><c> was</c><00:15:26.279><c> a</c><00:15:26.519><c> godly</c><00:15:26.899><c> man,</c><00:15:27.899><c> a</c><00:15:28.059><c> man</c><00:15:28.340><c> who</c><00:15:28.659><c> very</c><00:15:29.019><c> certainly</c><00:15:29.480><c> loved</c><00:15:29.899><c> the</c>

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not,<00:15:32.279><c> for</c><00:15:32.559><c> scripture</c><00:15:32.960><c> describes</c><00:15:33.620><c> Esau,</c><00:15:34.100><c> his</c><00:15:34.240><c> twin,</c><00:15:34.940><c> as</c><00:15:35.159><c> a</c><00:15:35.399><c> profane</c><00:15:35.960><c> person,</c><00:15:36.820><c> an</c>

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ungodly<00:15:37.700><c> man,</c><00:15:38.720><c> out</c>

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Now,<00:15:47.059><c> the</c><00:15:47.259><c> sad</c><00:15:47.600><c> thing</c><00:15:47.879><c> about</c><00:15:48.159><c> this</c><00:15:48.419><c> little</c><00:15:48.639><c> chapter</c><00:15:49.080><c> is</c><00:15:49.700><c> the</c>

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Jacob<00:15:55.899><c> and</c><00:15:56.139><c> Joseph,</c><00:15:56.940><c> it</c><00:15:57.200><c> depicts</c>

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here,<00:15:57.779><c> again,</c><00:15:58.899><c> a</c><00:15:59.100><c> very</c><00:15:59.440><c> tragically</c><00:16:00.460><c> divided</c><00:16:01.200><c> family.</c>

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How<00:16:02.440><c> Isaac's</c><00:16:02.940><c> family</c><00:16:03.220><c> ever</c><00:16:03.600><c> got</c><00:16:03.799><c> into</c><00:16:04.100><c> this</c><00:16:04.399><c> state,</c><00:16:04.659><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:16:05.080><c> sisters,</c><00:16:05.539><c> is</c><00:16:05.799><c> almost</c><00:16:06.159><c> a</c><00:16:06.379><c> mystery,</c>

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for<00:16:06.919><c> Isaac</c><00:16:07.240><c> himself</c><00:16:07.720><c> was</c><00:16:08.259><c> so</c><00:16:08.639><c> godly</c><00:16:09.019><c> a</c><00:16:09.159><c> man,</c><00:16:09.320><c> wasn't</c><00:16:09.559><c> he?</c>

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But<00:16:10.639><c> perhaps</c><00:16:11.059><c> again,</c><00:16:11.679><c> his</c><00:16:11.759><c> meekness,</c><00:16:12.519><c> there</c><00:16:12.639><c> is</c><00:16:12.820><c> evidence</c>

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that<00:16:13.379><c> his</c><00:16:13.580><c> meekness</c><00:16:14.039><c> had</c><00:16:14.259><c> gone</c><00:16:14.480><c> too</c><00:16:14.879><c> far.</c>

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Isaac<00:16:16.500><c> had</c><00:16:16.740><c> not</c><00:16:17.059><c> taken</c><00:16:17.379><c> hold</c><00:16:17.700><c> of</c><00:16:17.899><c> the</c><00:16:18.080><c> family</c><00:16:18.279><c> as</c><00:16:18.440><c> he</c><00:16:18.700><c> should,</c>

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a<00:16:21.000><c> family,</c><00:16:21.639><c> as</c><00:16:21.879><c> God</c><00:16:22.100><c> presents</c><00:16:22.519><c> it</c><00:16:22.740><c> to</c><00:16:22.899><c> us,</c><00:16:23.019><c> is</c><00:16:23.179><c> that</c><00:16:23.460><c> of</c><00:16:24.019><c> the</c>

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decision<00:16:25.259><c> maker,</c><00:16:25.679><c> isn't</c><00:16:25.899><c> it?</c>

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Jubal<00:16:37.440><c> was</c><00:16:37.659><c> the</c><00:16:37.899><c> father</c><00:16:38.360><c> of</c><00:16:38.679><c> all</c><00:16:39.080><c> such</c><00:16:39.379><c> as</c><00:16:39.559><c> handled</c><00:16:39.940><c> the</c><00:16:40.259><c> harp</c>

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and<00:16:40.620><c> the</c><00:16:40.879><c> organ,</c><00:16:41.240><c> Genesis</c><00:16:41.559><c> 4</c><00:16:41.919><c> says.</c>

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Jabal<00:16:42.980><c> was</c><00:16:43.179><c> the</c><00:16:43.460><c> father</c><00:16:43.759><c> of</c><00:16:43.940><c> all</c><00:16:44.159><c> such</c><00:16:44.379><c> as</c><00:16:44.539><c> dwell</c><00:16:44.679><c> in</c><00:16:44.940><c> tents.</c>

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Jabal<00:17:02.320><c> was</c><00:17:02.740><c> the</c><00:17:03.179><c> fount</c><00:17:03.539><c> of</c><00:17:03.720><c> the</c><00:17:03.960><c> source</c><00:17:04.319><c> of</c><00:17:04.519><c> all</c><00:17:04.740><c> who</c><00:17:04.880><c> dwell</c><00:17:05.039><c> in</c>

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tents,<00:17:05.480><c> he</c><00:17:05.700><c> invented</c><00:17:06.240><c> the</c><00:17:06.680><c> tent</c><00:17:06.980><c> life,</c>

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whether<00:17:08.559><c> he</c><00:17:08.759><c> actually</c><00:17:09.079><c> made</c><00:17:09.339><c> the</c><00:17:09.599><c> first</c><00:17:09.819><c> tent</c><00:17:10.019><c> or</c><00:17:10.220><c> not,</c><00:17:10.400><c> I'm</c>

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not<00:17:10.720><c> sure.</c>

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teaches,<00:18:05.539><c> that</c><00:18:05.680><c> has</c><00:18:05.980><c> time</c>

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it?

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take<00:18:57.900><c> the</c><00:18:58.180><c> right</c><00:18:58.400><c> decisions</c>

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That's<00:19:04.400><c> the</c><00:19:04.539><c> role</c><00:19:04.700><c> of</c><00:19:04.880><c> the</c><00:19:05.039><c> father,</c><00:19:05.579><c> and</c><00:19:05.819><c> it</c><00:19:05.900><c> seems</c><00:19:06.140><c> that</c><00:19:06.359><c> Isaac</c><00:19:06.640><c> didn't</c><00:19:07.039><c> have</c>

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a<00:19:07.680><c> firm</c><00:19:07.920><c> enough</c><00:19:08.200><c> grip</c>

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on<00:19:08.700><c> his</c><00:19:08.980><c> family.</c>

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I'm<00:19:25.400><c> not</c><00:19:25.539><c> going</c><00:19:25.680><c> to</c><00:19:25.720><c> put</c><00:19:25.839><c> it</c><00:19:26.039><c> stronger</c><00:19:26.279><c> than</c><00:19:26.519><c> that,</c><00:19:26.680><c> you</c><00:19:26.759><c> may</c><00:19:26.940><c> disagree,</c><00:19:27.339><c> you</c><00:19:27.420><c> might</c><00:19:27.619><c> have</c><00:19:27.819><c> a</c><00:19:28.099><c> different</c>

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picture<00:19:28.700><c> of</c><00:19:28.920><c> Isaac,</c><00:19:29.299><c> and</c><00:19:29.420><c> I'll</c><00:19:29.599><c> be</c><00:19:29.700><c> glad</c><00:19:29.859><c> if</c><00:19:30.160><c> you</c><00:19:30.839><c> can</c><00:19:30.940><c> show</c><00:19:31.140><c> me</c>

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scriptures<00:19:31.759><c> that</c><00:19:32.019><c> back</c><00:19:32.119><c> it</c><00:19:32.319><c> up.</c>

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is<00:19:35.500><c> that</c><00:19:35.619><c> here</c><00:19:35.759><c> in</c><00:19:35.900><c> Genesis</c><00:19:36.240><c> 25,</c><00:19:37.680><c> there</c>

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was<00:19:43.640><c> at</c><00:19:43.940><c> this</c><00:19:44.319><c> time.</c>

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Verse<00:19:45.500><c> 28</c><00:19:46.119><c> shows</c><00:19:47.279><c> enormous</c><00:19:47.920><c> prejudice</c><00:19:48.900><c> in</c><00:19:49.579><c> favour</c><00:19:49.880><c> of</c><00:19:50.180><c> Esau</c>

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on<00:19:51.240><c> the</c><00:19:51.480><c> part</c><00:19:51.720><c> of</c><00:19:52.000><c> Isaac.</c>

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And<00:19:53.099><c> Isaac</c><00:19:53.599><c> loved</c><00:19:54.140><c> Esau</c><00:19:55.000><c> because</c><00:19:55.640><c> he</c><00:19:55.819><c> did</c><00:19:56.000><c> eat</c><00:19:56.180><c> of</c><00:19:56.319><c> his</c><00:19:56.539><c> venison,</c><00:19:57.660><c> but</c>

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Rebekah<00:19:58.480><c> loved</c><00:19:58.880><c> Jacob.</c>

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There's<00:19:59.940><c> the</c><00:20:00.220><c> division,</c><00:20:00.519><c> you</c><00:20:00.779><c> see,</c><00:20:01.220><c> Esau</c><00:20:01.599><c> was</c><00:20:01.819><c> Isaac's</c><00:20:02.519><c> son,</c>

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it<00:20:04.880><c> always</c><00:20:05.160><c> was</c><00:20:05.460><c> in</c><00:20:05.599><c> this</c><00:20:05.839><c> family.</c>

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Isaac<00:20:11.180><c> loved</c><00:20:11.599><c> Esau.</c>

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He<00:20:12.400><c> allowed</c><00:20:12.700><c> his</c><00:20:13.200><c> prejudice</c><00:20:14.039><c> to</c><00:20:14.920><c> get</c><00:20:15.099><c> in</c><00:20:15.240><c> the</c><00:20:15.400><c> way</c><00:20:15.880><c> of</c><00:20:16.700><c> bringing</c><00:20:16.980><c> up</c><00:20:17.220><c> his</c>

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No<00:20:29.319><c> doubt</c><00:20:29.460><c> he</c><00:20:29.599><c> admired</c><00:20:29.980><c> Esau.</c>

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Esau<00:20:30.799><c> was</c><00:20:30.980><c> everything</c><00:20:31.319><c> that</c><00:20:31.559><c> Isaac</c><00:20:31.839><c> was</c><00:20:32.059><c> not,</c><00:20:32.319><c> wasn't</c><00:20:32.579><c> he?</c>

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admire<00:20:39.380><c> Esau,</c><00:20:39.859><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:40.039><c> he?</c>

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Isaac<00:20:45.019><c> would</c><00:20:45.259><c> admire</c><00:20:45.720><c> those</c><00:20:45.960><c> things</c><00:20:46.299><c> because</c><00:20:46.900><c> he</c><00:20:47.220><c> was</c><00:20:47.400><c> none</c>

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of<00:20:47.740><c> them.</c>

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And<00:20:50.160><c> so</c><00:20:50.339><c> he</c><00:20:50.539><c> loved</c><00:20:50.759><c> Esau</c><00:20:51.180><c> because</c><00:20:51.799><c> he</c><00:20:52.259><c> did</c><00:20:52.460><c> eat</c><00:20:52.619><c> of</c><00:20:52.740><c> his</c><00:20:52.920><c> venison,</c><00:20:53.619><c> because</c><00:20:54.720><c> he</c><00:20:55.359><c> benefited</c><00:20:55.880><c> from</c><00:20:56.400><c> the</c>

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kind<00:20:57.039><c> of</c><00:20:57.240><c> man</c><00:20:57.460><c> that</c><00:20:57.700><c> Esau</c><00:20:58.079><c> was.</c>

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Hard<00:20:59.680><c> to</c><00:20:59.880><c> believe,</c><00:21:00.220><c> isn't</c><00:21:00.400><c> it,</c><00:21:00.539><c> that</c><00:21:00.880><c> it</c><00:21:01.079><c> was</c><00:21:01.259><c> only</c><00:21:01.599><c> his</c><00:21:01.880><c> stomach</c><00:21:02.140><c> that</c>

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played<00:21:02.599><c> a</c><00:21:02.819><c> part</c><00:21:03.000><c> in</c><00:21:03.160><c> his</c><00:21:03.420><c> prejudice,</c>

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his<00:21:04.160><c> bias?</c>

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But<00:21:05.960><c> certainly</c><00:21:06.380><c> that</c><00:21:06.680><c> was</c><00:21:06.960><c> the</c><00:21:07.140><c> root</c><00:21:07.380><c> cause</c><00:21:07.940><c> of</c><00:21:08.539><c> the</c><00:21:08.740><c> trouble,</c>

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because<00:21:09.660><c> he</c><00:21:09.839><c> did</c><00:21:10.059><c> eat</c><00:21:10.240><c> of</c><00:21:10.400><c> his</c><00:21:10.680><c> venison.</c>

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And<00:21:12.940><c> Rebekah</c><00:21:13.460><c> loved</c><00:21:13.859><c> Jacob.</c>

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Now<00:21:16.480><c> we</c><00:21:16.559><c> don't</c><00:21:16.779><c> propose</c><00:21:17.099><c> to</c><00:21:17.220><c> go</c><00:21:17.400><c> through</c><00:21:17.700><c> the</c><00:21:18.160><c> following</c><00:21:18.640><c> little</c><00:21:19.339><c> incident,</c><00:21:20.079><c> brethren</c><00:21:20.240><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:21:20.700><c> which</c>

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you<00:21:21.079><c> know</c><00:21:21.319><c> very</c><00:21:21.700><c> well,</c><00:21:22.400><c> the</c><00:21:22.480><c> way</c><00:21:22.740><c> in</c><00:21:22.900><c> which</c><00:21:23.460><c> Jacob</c><00:21:24.119><c> made</c><00:21:24.779><c> capital</c><00:21:25.279><c> out</c>

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of<00:21:26.000><c> Esau's</c><00:21:26.500><c> hunger</c><00:21:26.960><c> and</c><00:21:29.279><c> obtained</c>

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the<00:21:30.259><c> birthright.</c>

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Suffice<00:21:32.339><c> it</c><00:21:32.460><c> to</c><00:21:32.720><c> say</c><00:21:33.079><c> that</c><00:21:33.660><c> Jacob</c><00:21:34.079><c> was</c><00:21:34.380><c> a</c><00:21:34.519><c> man</c><00:21:34.720><c> with</c><00:21:35.000><c> an</c><00:21:35.240><c> eye</c>

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for<00:21:35.619><c> the</c><00:21:35.779><c> main</c><00:21:35.980><c> chance,</c><00:21:36.440><c> wasn't</c><00:21:36.700><c> he?</c>

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A<00:21:37.420><c> godly</c><00:21:37.779><c> man</c><00:21:38.039><c> he</c><00:21:38.299><c> was,</c><00:21:38.740><c> yes.</c>

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No<00:21:39.759><c> doubt</c><00:21:40.000><c> about</c><00:21:40.319><c> that,</c><00:21:40.660><c> Scripture</c><00:21:41.019><c> itself</c><00:21:41.740><c> tells</c><00:21:42.059><c> us</c><00:21:42.380><c> so.</c>

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But<00:21:43.059><c> he</c><00:21:43.180><c> was</c><00:21:43.359><c> very</c><00:21:43.759><c> mercenary</c><00:21:44.380><c> also.</c>

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He<00:21:45.660><c> was</c><00:21:45.880><c> a</c><00:21:45.980><c> man</c><00:21:46.099><c> with</c><00:21:46.259><c> an</c><00:21:46.440><c> eye</c><00:21:46.579><c> for</c><00:21:46.759><c> the</c><00:21:46.900><c> main</c><00:21:47.099><c> chance,</c><00:21:47.420><c> and</c><00:21:47.660><c> he</c>

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saw<00:21:48.339><c> his</c><00:21:48.539><c> opportunity,</c><00:21:49.200><c> and</c><00:21:49.319><c> Esau</c><00:21:49.559><c> was</c><00:21:50.039><c> desperate</c>

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Ness,<00:21:52.420><c> Esau's</c><00:21:52.839><c> hunger,</c><00:21:54.000><c> Esau's</c><00:21:55.119><c> almost</c><00:21:55.920><c> panic,</c><00:21:56.799><c> isn't</c><00:21:56.900><c> it?</c>

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Esau's<00:21:58.740><c> unreasonable</c><00:21:59.359><c> attitude,</c><00:22:00.779><c> and</c><00:22:01.099><c> he</c><00:22:01.299><c> made</c><00:22:01.559><c> capital</c><00:22:01.940><c> out</c>

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of<00:22:02.259><c> that</c><00:22:02.599><c> to</c><00:22:02.920><c> obtain</c><00:22:03.400><c> what</c><00:22:03.700><c> he</c><00:22:04.019><c> most</c>

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wanted,<00:22:05.160><c> the</c><00:22:05.440><c> birthright.</c>

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So<00:22:08.319><c> leaving</c><00:22:08.599><c> that</c><00:22:08.980><c> incident,</c><00:22:09.680><c> or</c><00:22:09.680><c> at</c><00:22:09.920><c> least</c><00:22:10.079><c> the</c><00:22:10.259><c> detail</c><00:22:10.619><c> of</c>

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that<00:22:11.039><c> incident,</c><00:22:11.779><c> will</c><00:22:11.859><c> you</c><00:22:11.960><c> come</c><00:22:12.099><c> with</c>

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me<00:22:12.460><c> to</c><00:22:12.640><c> chapter</c><00:22:12.960><c> 27</c><00:22:13.640><c> of</c><00:22:13.859><c> Genesis,</c><00:22:16.539><c> where</c><00:22:16.779><c> it's</c><00:22:17.200><c> clear</c><00:22:17.619><c> that</c><00:22:17.980><c> Isaac</c><00:22:18.359><c> is</c>

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on<00:22:18.720><c> his</c><00:22:19.019><c> deathbed.</c>

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Now<00:22:19.619><c> he</c><00:22:19.720><c> did</c><00:22:19.980><c> not</c><00:22:20.240><c> die</c><00:22:20.539><c> at</c><00:22:20.740><c> this</c><00:22:20.980><c> time,</c><00:22:21.720><c> he</c><00:22:22.099><c> lived</c><00:22:22.359><c> indeed</c><00:22:22.779><c> for</c>

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many<00:22:23.559><c> years</c><00:22:24.000><c> after</c><00:22:24.400><c> this,</c><00:22:25.000><c> but</c><00:22:25.259><c> it</c><00:22:25.480><c> seems</c>

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fairly<00:22:25.960><c> clear</c><00:22:26.400><c> from</c><00:22:26.799><c> little</c><00:22:27.079><c> verses</c><00:22:27.400><c> in</c><00:22:27.660><c> this</c><00:22:27.920><c> chapter</c><00:22:28.420><c> that</c>

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Isaac<00:22:29.660><c> was</c><00:22:29.900><c> expecting</c><00:22:30.579><c> to</c><00:22:30.960><c> die,</c><00:22:31.380><c> and</c><00:22:31.539><c> his</c><00:22:31.740><c> family</c>

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also<00:22:32.599><c> felt</c><00:22:32.980><c> that</c><00:22:33.460><c> he</c><00:22:33.599><c> had</c><00:22:33.819><c> reached</c><00:22:34.039><c> the</c><00:22:34.220><c> end</c><00:22:34.420><c> of</c><00:22:34.559><c> his</c><00:22:34.819><c> days.</c>

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Verses<00:22:36.420><c> 1</c><00:22:36.619><c> and</c><00:22:36.799><c> 2,</c><00:22:37.000><c> it</c><00:22:37.140><c> came</c><00:22:37.400><c> to</c><00:22:37.640><c> pass</c><00:22:37.880><c> that</c><00:22:38.039><c> when</c><00:22:38.220><c> Isaac</c><00:22:38.579><c> was</c>

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old,<00:22:39.619><c> and</c><00:22:39.740><c> his</c><00:22:39.859><c> eyes</c><00:22:40.079><c> were</c><00:22:40.339><c> dim</c><00:22:40.559><c> so</c><00:22:40.799><c> that</c>

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he<00:22:41.059><c> could</c><00:22:41.279><c> not</c><00:22:41.559><c> see,</c><00:22:42.119><c> he</c><00:22:42.339><c> called</c><00:22:42.519><c> Esau</c><00:22:42.859><c> his</c><00:22:43.119><c> eldest</c><00:22:43.559><c> son,</c><00:22:44.059><c> and</c>

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said<00:22:44.279><c> unto</c><00:22:44.480><c> him,</c><00:22:44.880><c> My</c><00:22:44.920><c> son,</c><00:22:45.680><c> and</c><00:22:45.799><c> he</c><00:22:45.900><c> said</c>

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unto<00:22:46.200><c> him,</c><00:22:46.420><c> Behold,</c><00:22:46.720><c> here</c><00:22:46.880><c> am</c><00:22:47.059><c> I.</c>

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And<00:22:47.880><c> he</c><00:22:48.019><c> said,</c><00:22:48.400><c> Behold</c><00:22:48.599><c> now,</c><00:22:48.900><c> I</c><00:22:49.119><c> am</c><00:22:49.279><c> old,</c><00:22:49.720><c> I</c><00:22:49.920><c> know</c><00:22:50.140><c> not</c><00:22:50.500><c> the</c><00:22:50.660><c> day</c>

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of<00:22:51.180><c> my</c><00:22:51.519><c> death.</c>

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Now<00:22:52.720><c> therefore,</c><00:22:53.480><c> take,</c><00:22:53.680><c> I</c><00:22:53.859><c> pray</c><00:22:54.039><c> thee,</c><00:22:54.259><c> thy</c><00:22:54.380><c> weapons,</c><00:22:54.880><c> thy</c><00:22:55.019><c> quiver</c><00:22:55.259><c> and</c><00:22:55.380><c> thy</c><00:22:55.640><c> bow,</c><00:22:56.099><c> and</c><00:22:56.200><c> go</c>

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out<00:22:56.500><c> to</c><00:22:56.619><c> the</c>

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field,<00:22:57.460><c> and</c><00:22:57.579><c> take</c><00:22:57.759><c> me</c><00:22:57.920><c> some</c><00:22:58.140><c> veris.</c>

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Now<00:23:00.380><c> there</c><00:23:00.539><c> are</c><00:23:00.759><c> other</c><00:23:01.140><c> indications</c><00:23:01.700><c> that</c><00:23:02.500><c> Isaac</c><00:23:03.000><c> was</c><00:23:03.259><c> expecting</c><00:23:03.740><c> to</c><00:23:04.039><c> die</c>

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at<00:23:04.440><c> this</c><00:23:04.680><c> time.</c>

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He<00:23:05.519><c> says</c><00:23:05.680><c> there</c><00:23:05.940><c> he</c><00:23:06.039><c> did</c><00:23:06.279><c> not</c><00:23:06.480><c> know</c><00:23:06.660><c> the</c><00:23:06.880><c> day</c><00:23:07.119><c> of</c><00:23:07.339><c> his</c><00:23:07.579><c> death.</c>

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In<00:23:08.599><c> verse</c><00:23:08.859><c> 19,</c><00:23:09.500><c> it</c><00:23:09.619><c> appears</c><00:23:09.900><c> that</c><00:23:10.099><c> he</c><00:23:10.460><c> may</c><00:23:10.740><c> well</c><00:23:11.000><c> have</c><00:23:11.160><c> been</c><00:23:11.400><c> bedridden</c><00:23:11.819><c> by</c>

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this<00:23:12.380><c> time.</c>

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We<00:23:13.460><c> read</c><00:23:13.740><c> verse</c><00:23:14.039><c> 19</c><00:23:14.480><c> together</c><00:23:14.920><c> earlier</c><00:23:15.339><c> this</c><00:23:15.599><c> morning.</c>

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Jacob<00:23:16.640><c> said</c><00:23:16.859><c> unto</c><00:23:17.039><c> his</c><00:23:17.319><c> father,</c><00:23:18.079><c> I</c><00:23:18.079><c> am</c><00:23:18.299><c> Esau</c><00:23:18.640><c> thy</c><00:23:18.940><c> firstborn,</c>

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I<00:23:19.720><c> have</c><00:23:19.880><c> done</c><00:23:20.119><c> according</c><00:23:20.440><c> as</c><00:23:20.660><c> thou</c><00:23:20.880><c> bedest</c>

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:25.859
me,<00:23:21.900><c> arise,</c><00:23:22.440><c> I</c><00:23:22.579><c> pray</c><00:23:22.819><c> thee,</c><00:23:23.440><c> sit</c><00:23:23.680><c> and</c><00:23:24.180><c> eat</c><00:23:24.579><c> of</c><00:23:24.839><c> my</c><00:23:24.980><c> venison.</c>

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So<00:23:26.859><c> Isaac</c><00:23:27.059><c> was</c><00:23:27.259><c> obviously</c><00:23:27.619><c> lying</c><00:23:27.880><c> down.</c>

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He<00:23:28.460><c> had</c><00:23:28.680><c> to</c><00:23:29.099><c> get</c><00:23:29.380><c> up</c><00:23:29.700><c> to</c><00:23:30.019><c> sit,</c><00:23:31.160><c> arise</c><00:23:31.680><c> and</c><00:23:32.259><c> sit,</c><00:23:32.900><c> Jacob</c><00:23:33.240><c> says.</c>

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So<00:23:34.140><c> clearly</c><00:23:34.339><c> he</c><00:23:34.480><c> was</c><00:23:34.660><c> lying</c><00:23:34.940><c> down,</c><00:23:35.200><c> and</c><00:23:35.319><c> that</c><00:23:35.539><c> suggests</c><00:23:35.980><c> that</c>

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maybe<00:23:36.720><c> at</c><00:23:37.160><c> this</c><00:23:37.400><c> stage</c><00:23:37.640><c> he</c><00:23:37.799><c> was</c><00:23:38.259><c> bedridden.</c>

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Whether<00:23:38.980><c> he</c><00:23:39.140><c> recovered</c><00:23:39.619><c> from</c><00:23:39.859><c> that</c><00:23:40.059><c> illness</c><00:23:40.279><c> or</c><00:23:40.519><c> not,</c><00:23:40.960><c> we</c><00:23:41.039><c> can't</c><00:23:41.319><c> be</c><00:23:41.579><c> sure.</c>

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Certainly<00:23:43.279><c> Esau</c><00:23:43.759><c> was</c><00:23:44.140><c> expecting</c><00:23:44.599><c> Isaac's</c><00:23:45.119><c> death.</c>

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Verse<00:23:45.579><c> 41</c><00:23:46.000><c> of</c><00:23:46.200><c> the</c><00:23:46.319><c> same</c><00:23:46.500><c> chapter,</c><00:23:47.319><c> Esau</c><00:23:47.700><c> hated</c><00:23:48.099><c> Jacob</c><00:23:48.480><c> because</c><00:23:48.880><c> of</c><00:23:49.059><c> the</c>

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blessing,<00:23:49.740><c> wherewith</c><00:23:49.960><c> his</c><00:23:50.160><c> father</c>

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blessed<00:23:50.640><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:51.220><c> Esau</c><00:23:51.519><c> said</c><00:23:51.680><c> in</c><00:23:51.880><c> his</c><00:23:52.079><c> heart,</c><00:23:52.539><c> the</c><00:23:52.559><c> days</c><00:23:52.859><c> of</c><00:23:53.160><c> mourning</c><00:23:53.500><c> for</c>

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my<00:23:53.940><c> father</c><00:23:54.220><c> are</c><00:23:54.519><c> at</c><00:23:54.740><c> hand,</c><00:23:55.339><c> then</c><00:23:55.660><c> will</c><00:23:55.900><c> I</c><00:23:56.200><c> slay</c>

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my<00:23:56.619><c> brother</c><00:23:56.960><c> Jacob.</c>

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So<00:23:58.680><c> Esau</c><00:23:59.140><c> was</c><00:23:59.460><c> anticipating</c><00:24:00.319><c> Isaac's</c><00:24:01.339><c> imminent</c><00:24:01.700><c> death,</c><00:24:02.339><c> and</c>

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so<00:24:03.279><c> it</c><00:24:03.500><c> appears</c><00:24:03.759><c> was</c><00:24:04.059><c> Rebekah.</c>

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Down<00:24:06.839><c> in</c><00:24:07.359><c> verse</c><00:24:08.059><c> 45,</c><00:24:09.799><c> Rebekah</c><00:24:10.039><c> says,</c><00:24:11.859><c> verse</c><00:24:12.079><c> 44</c><00:24:12.500><c> for</c><00:24:12.740><c> connection,</c><00:24:13.359><c> tarry</c><00:24:13.819><c> with</c><00:24:14.000><c> my</c>

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brother<00:24:14.440><c> Laban,</c>

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she<00:24:15.119><c> says,</c><00:24:15.460><c> a</c><00:24:15.500><c> few</c><00:24:15.720><c> days,</c><00:24:16.140><c> that</c><00:24:16.220><c> thy</c><00:24:16.460><c> brother's</c><00:24:17.240><c> fury</c><00:24:17.619><c> turn</c>

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:21.500
away,<00:24:19.119><c> until,</c><00:24:19.619><c> verse</c><00:24:19.819><c> 45,</c><00:24:20.480><c> until</c><00:24:20.720><c> thy</c><00:24:20.940><c> brother's</c>

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:26.420
anger<00:24:21.700><c> turn</c><00:24:22.059><c> away</c><00:24:22.359><c> from</c><00:24:22.579><c> thee,</c><00:24:23.019><c> and</c><00:24:23.240><c> he</c><00:24:23.519><c> forget</c><00:24:23.940><c> that</c><00:24:24.380><c> which</c><00:24:24.599><c> thou</c><00:24:24.779><c> hast</c><00:24:25.039><c> done</c><00:24:25.319><c> to</c><00:24:25.539><c> him,</c><00:24:26.079><c> then</c><00:24:26.259><c> I</c>

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will<00:24:26.640><c> send</c>

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and<00:24:27.140><c> fetch</c><00:24:27.339><c> thee</c><00:24:27.619><c> from</c><00:24:28.019><c> thence.</c>

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Why<00:24:28.980><c> should</c><00:24:29.180><c> I</c><00:24:29.400><c> be</c><00:24:29.579><c> deprived</c><00:24:29.960><c> also</c><00:24:30.339><c> of</c><00:24:30.539><c> you</c><00:24:30.799><c> both</c><00:24:31.200><c> in</c><00:24:31.920><c> one</c><00:24:32.220><c> day?</c>

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Again,<00:24:32.579><c> the</c><00:24:32.700><c> both</c><00:24:32.819><c> there</c><00:24:33.059><c> I</c><00:24:33.160><c> think</c><00:24:33.359><c> is</c><00:24:33.720><c> Isaac</c><00:24:34.079><c> and</c><00:24:34.299><c> Jacob,</c><00:24:34.900><c> not</c>

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:37.720
of<00:24:35.240><c> course</c><00:24:35.460><c> Esau,</c><00:24:36.839><c> who</c><00:24:36.920><c> would,</c><00:24:37.420><c> if</c><00:24:37.559><c> he</c>

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:40.480
was<00:24:37.880><c> successful</c><00:24:38.339><c> in</c><00:24:38.539><c> his</c><00:24:38.759><c> intention</c><00:24:39.140><c> to</c><00:24:39.339><c> murder</c><00:24:39.599><c> Jacob,</c><00:24:40.240><c> very</c>

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quickly<00:24:40.720><c> get</c><00:24:40.900><c> out</c><00:24:41.119><c> of</c><00:24:41.240><c> the</c><00:24:41.380><c> way</c><00:24:41.680><c> of</c>

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any<00:24:42.220><c> repercussions.</c>

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Why<00:24:43.960><c> should</c><00:24:44.200><c> I</c><00:24:44.380><c> be</c><00:24:44.579><c> deprived</c><00:24:44.920><c> of</c><00:24:45.119><c> you</c><00:24:45.380><c> both</c><00:24:45.700><c> in</c><00:24:45.940><c> one</c><00:24:46.200><c> day,</c><00:24:46.519><c> says</c><00:24:46.700><c> Rebekah.</c>

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Presumably<00:24:48.019><c> by</c><00:24:48.240><c> that</c><00:24:48.460><c> she</c><00:24:48.599><c> means</c><00:24:49.019><c> Isaac,</c><00:24:49.759><c> whose</c><00:24:49.880><c> death</c><00:24:50.140><c> she</c>

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expected,<00:24:51.240><c> and</c><00:24:51.440><c> Jacob,</c><00:24:52.819><c> whom</c><00:24:52.940><c> she</c><00:24:53.299><c> felt</c>

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might<00:24:53.839><c> be</c><00:24:54.200><c> slain</c><00:24:54.519><c> by</c><00:24:54.819><c> Esau.</c>

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So<00:24:56.940><c> that's</c><00:24:57.559><c> the</c><00:24:57.740><c> situation</c><00:24:58.319><c> in</c><00:24:58.539><c> the</c><00:24:58.740><c> family</c><00:24:59.059><c> here,</c><00:25:00.279><c> Isaac's</c>

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impending<00:25:02.019><c> death,</c><00:25:03.200><c> although</c><00:25:03.440><c> it</c><00:25:03.700><c> didn't</c>

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come<00:25:04.319><c> about.</c>

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This<00:25:06.640><c> profane</c><00:25:07.359><c> man</c><00:25:07.839><c> that</c><00:25:08.019><c> we've</c><00:25:08.460><c> mentioned,</c><00:25:09.400><c> Esau,</c><00:25:10.539><c> ungodly,</c>

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out<00:25:11.460><c> and</c><00:25:11.720><c> out,</c><00:25:12.140><c> yet</c><00:25:12.380><c> loved</c><00:25:12.920><c> by</c><00:25:13.619><c> Isaac,</c>

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quite<00:25:14.880><c> unreasonably</c><00:25:15.740><c> so,</c><00:25:16.599><c> and</c><00:25:17.240><c> Jacob,</c><00:25:18.740><c> mercenary</c><00:25:19.400><c> to</c><00:25:19.779><c> the</c><00:25:19.980><c> last.</c>

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We've<00:25:25.079><c> now</c><00:25:25.500><c> to</c><00:25:25.680><c> look</c><00:25:25.880><c> at</c><00:25:26.099><c> chapter</c><00:25:26.380><c> 27</c><00:25:27.160><c> and</c><00:25:27.980><c> verse</c><00:25:28.299><c> 5,</c><00:25:29.559><c> just</c><00:25:29.759><c> to</c>

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reinforce<00:25:30.619><c> what</c><00:25:30.839><c> we've</c><00:25:31.259><c> said</c><00:25:31.500><c> about</c>

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this<00:25:32.279><c> division,</c><00:25:34.579><c> for</c><00:25:34.819><c> throughout</c><00:25:35.279><c> this</c><00:25:35.660><c> chapter,</c><00:25:36.119><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:25:36.500><c> sisters,</c><00:25:36.759><c> it's</c><00:25:37.039><c> remarkable</c><00:25:37.799><c> how</c>

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consistently<00:25:40.039><c> we</c><00:25:40.799><c> read</c><00:25:41.099><c> this.</c>

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Genesis<00:25:42.680><c> 27</c><00:25:43.319><c> and</c><00:25:43.539><c> verse</c><00:25:43.819><c> 5,</c>

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Rebekah<00:25:45.740><c> heard</c><00:25:46.279><c> when</c><00:25:46.559><c> Isaac</c><00:25:46.980><c> spake</c><00:25:47.339><c> to</c><00:25:47.579><c> Esau</c><00:25:48.339><c> his</c><00:25:49.299><c> son,</c><00:25:52.599><c> and</c>

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.200
Esau<00:25:52.940><c> went</c><00:25:53.140><c> to</c><00:25:53.299><c> the</c><00:25:53.440><c> field</c><00:25:53.640><c> to</c><00:25:53.779><c> hunt</c><00:25:53.980><c> for</c>

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venison<00:25:54.440><c> and</c><00:25:54.579><c> to</c><00:25:54.740><c> bring</c><00:25:54.839><c> it,</c><00:25:55.140><c> and</c><00:25:55.319><c> Rebekah</c><00:25:55.880><c> spake</c><00:25:56.180><c> unto</c><00:25:56.400><c> Jacob</c>

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her<00:25:58.079><c> son,</c><00:26:00.519><c> Behold,</c><00:26:01.200><c> I</c><00:26:01.319><c> heard</c><00:26:01.480><c> thy</c><00:26:01.660><c> father</c>

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speak<00:26:02.259><c> unto</c><00:26:02.440><c> Esau</c><00:26:02.740><c> thy</c><00:26:02.920><c> brother,</c><00:26:03.339><c> saying,</c><00:26:03.880><c> Bring</c><00:26:04.000><c> me</c><00:26:04.220><c> venison.</c>

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:14.880
Isaac<00:26:08.119><c> and</c><00:26:08.859><c> Esau,</c><00:26:10.960><c> Rebekah</c><00:26:11.579><c> and</c><00:26:12.460><c> Jacob,</c><00:26:13.940><c> and</c><00:26:14.119><c> consistently</c>

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:22.380
Esau<00:26:15.700><c> is</c><00:26:16.240><c> his</c><00:26:16.700><c> son,</c><00:26:18.259><c> and</c><00:26:18.420><c> Jacob</c><00:26:18.619><c> is</c><00:26:19.200><c> her</c><00:26:19.880><c> son,</c><00:26:22.180><c> brethren</c>

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:24.779
and<00:26:22.480><c> sisters,</c><00:26:22.700><c> whatever</c><00:26:22.940><c> had</c><00:26:23.220><c> happened</c><00:26:23.440><c> in</c><00:26:23.619><c> this</c><00:26:23.819><c> family.</c>

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:28.140
This<00:26:26.160><c> division</c><00:26:26.519><c> runs</c><00:26:26.839><c> very</c><00:26:27.359><c> deep,</c><00:26:27.640><c> doesn't</c><00:26:27.940><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:26:28.440><c> not</c><00:26:28.759><c> simply,</c><00:26:29.160><c> you</c><00:26:29.259><c> know,</c><00:26:29.920><c> Isaac</c><00:26:30.400><c> loved</c><00:26:31.039><c> Esau</c><00:26:31.619><c> and</c><00:26:32.079><c> Rebekah</c><00:26:32.500><c> loved</c>

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:34.019
Jacob,<00:26:33.240><c> in</c><00:26:33.420><c> the</c><00:26:33.599><c> sense</c><00:26:33.779><c> that,</c>

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:38.440
you<00:26:34.160><c> know,</c><00:26:35.000><c> Esau,</c><00:26:35.759><c> well,</c><00:26:36.099><c> he</c><00:26:36.220><c> was</c><00:26:36.400><c> Isaac's</c><00:26:37.279><c> preferred</c><00:26:37.839><c> son,</c>

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:40.920
and<00:26:39.140><c> Rebekah,</c><00:26:39.740><c> well,</c><00:26:40.000><c> of</c><00:26:40.079><c> the</c><00:26:40.200><c> two,</c><00:26:40.420><c> she</c><00:26:40.660><c> preferred</c>

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:45.119
Jacob,<00:26:41.299><c> you</c><00:26:41.480><c> know,</c><00:26:42.339><c> it</c><00:26:42.640><c> isn't</c><00:26:42.740><c> just</c><00:26:43.039><c> that,</c><00:26:43.420><c> this</c><00:26:43.539><c> isn't</c><00:26:43.819><c> a</c><00:26:44.039><c> preference,</c><00:26:44.539><c> brethren</c><00:26:44.660><c> and</c><00:26:44.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:50.880
this<00:26:45.539><c> is</c><00:26:45.819><c> a</c><00:26:46.180><c> deep</c><00:26:46.519><c> division,</c><00:26:47.140><c> there's</c><00:26:47.400><c> a</c><00:26:47.599><c> gulf</c><00:26:47.799><c> in</c><00:26:47.980><c> this</c><00:26:48.200><c> family,</c><00:26:49.500><c> they're</c><00:26:49.920><c> arraigned</c><00:26:50.140><c> against</c><00:26:50.640><c> one</c>

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:55.660
another,<00:26:51.720><c> Isaac</c><00:26:52.079><c> and</c><00:26:52.339><c> his</c><00:26:52.640><c> son,</c><00:26:53.220><c> Rebekah</c><00:26:53.619><c> and</c><00:26:53.839><c> her</c><00:26:54.299><c> son,</c><00:26:55.380><c> there</c><00:26:55.539><c> are</c>

00:26:55.660 --> 00:27:00.900
two<00:26:55.839><c> camps</c><00:26:56.200><c> in</c><00:26:56.400><c> this</c><00:26:56.619><c> family,</c><00:26:57.319><c> and</c>

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:05.579
Rebekah<00:27:01.500><c> speaks</c><00:27:01.500><c> to</c><00:27:01.740><c> us</c><00:27:01.880><c> volumes,</c><00:27:02.279><c> doesn't</c><00:27:02.539><c> it,</c><00:27:02.940><c> about</c><00:27:03.160><c> sometimes</c><00:27:04.640><c> the</c>

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.779
way<00:27:05.799><c> in</c><00:27:05.900><c> which</c><00:27:06.180><c> our</c><00:27:06.359><c> ecclesial</c>

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:11.039
family<00:27:07.160><c> works,</c><00:27:09.420><c> the</c><00:27:09.559><c> way</c><00:27:09.700><c> in</c><00:27:09.819><c> which</c><00:27:10.019><c> our</c><00:27:10.240><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:10.640><c> families</c>

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.700
are<00:27:11.339><c> sometimes</c><00:27:12.019><c> deeply</c><00:27:12.519><c> divided.</c>

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:18.460
We<00:27:15.299><c> shouldn't</c><00:27:15.640><c> let</c><00:27:15.900><c> it</c><00:27:16.160><c> happen,</c><00:27:16.640><c> brethren</c><00:27:16.799><c> and</c><00:27:17.019><c> sisters,</c><00:27:17.339><c> should</c><00:27:17.500><c> we?</c>

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:22.619
And<00:27:19.339><c> if</c><00:27:19.460><c> it</c><00:27:19.640><c> has</c><00:27:19.880><c> happened,</c><00:27:20.259><c> we</c><00:27:20.440><c> should</c><00:27:20.599><c> be</c><00:27:20.859><c> taking</c><00:27:21.099><c> every</c><00:27:21.519><c> step</c><00:27:22.000><c> to</c>

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:24.460
try<00:27:22.880><c> and</c><00:27:23.180><c> resolve</c><00:27:23.599><c> the</c><00:27:23.839><c> situation.</c>

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:27.700
That's<00:27:25.079><c> what</c><00:27:25.240><c> Isaac</c><00:27:25.619><c> doesn't</c><00:27:26.079><c> seem</c><00:27:26.460><c> to</c><00:27:26.680><c> have</c><00:27:26.839><c> done,</c><00:27:27.079><c> and</c><00:27:27.299><c> now,</c>

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:30.000
meekness<00:27:28.140><c> or</c><00:27:28.400><c> no</c><00:27:28.619><c> meekness,</c><00:27:29.359><c> Isaac</c><00:27:29.700><c> seems</c>

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:32.920
to<00:27:30.259><c> be</c><00:27:30.259><c> too</c><00:27:30.559><c> ill</c><00:27:30.980><c> to</c><00:27:31.240><c> do</c><00:27:31.440><c> very</c><00:27:31.759><c> much</c><00:27:31.980><c> about</c><00:27:32.240><c> the</c><00:27:32.400><c> situation</c>

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.200
either<00:27:33.299><c> way.</c>

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And<00:27:34.400><c> so</c><00:27:34.579><c> we</c><00:27:34.740><c> have</c><00:27:34.940><c> this</c><00:27:35.500><c> most</c><00:27:35.980><c> amazing</c><00:27:36.880><c> fact</c><00:27:37.339><c> that</c><00:27:37.920><c> Isaac</c><00:27:38.380><c> calls</c><00:27:39.220><c> Esau</c>

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into<00:27:39.859><c> his</c><00:27:40.180><c> presence</c><00:27:40.680><c> and</c><00:27:42.279><c> discusses</c>

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:47.180
this<00:27:43.200><c> matter</c><00:27:43.440><c> with</c><00:27:43.680><c> him</c><00:27:43.880><c> and</c><00:27:44.039><c> says,</c><00:27:45.039><c> bring</c><00:27:45.339><c> me</c><00:27:45.779><c> venison,</c><00:27:46.940><c> take</c>

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:50.680
your<00:27:47.380><c> weapons</c><00:27:47.819><c> and</c><00:27:48.119><c> go</c><00:27:48.279><c> and</c><00:27:48.799><c> kill</c><00:27:49.339><c> and</c><00:27:49.880><c> make</c>

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:55.599
and<00:27:51.279><c> bring</c><00:27:51.500><c> me</c><00:27:51.819><c> venison</c><00:27:52.299><c> such</c><00:27:52.599><c> as</c><00:27:52.779><c> I</c><00:27:53.000><c> love,</c><00:27:53.299><c> and</c><00:27:53.480><c> I</c><00:27:53.660><c> will</c><00:27:53.960><c> bless</c><00:27:54.339><c> you.</c>

00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:02.480
Isaac<00:27:58.319><c> could</c><00:27:58.660><c> not</c><00:27:59.059><c> have</c><00:27:59.339><c> been</c><00:27:59.880><c> unaware,</c><00:28:00.500><c> brethren</c><00:28:00.940><c> and</c><00:28:01.119><c> sisters,</c><00:28:01.319><c> there's</c><00:28:01.599><c> no</c><00:28:01.900><c> way</c><00:28:02.200><c> that</c><00:28:02.420><c> we</c>

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can<00:28:02.819><c> excuse</c>

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Isaac<00:28:03.619><c> in</c><00:28:03.779><c> this</c><00:28:03.980><c> matter,</c><00:28:05.319><c> much</c><00:28:05.559><c> as</c><00:28:05.720><c> we</c><00:28:05.859><c> might</c><00:28:06.039><c> like</c><00:28:06.319><c> to,</c><00:28:07.779><c> and</c>

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:10.180
nor<00:28:08.059><c> can</c><00:28:08.259><c> Esau</c><00:28:08.640><c> have</c><00:28:08.839><c> been</c><00:28:09.079><c> unaware.</c>

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:14.160
And<00:28:11.079><c> here</c><00:28:11.240><c> are</c><00:28:11.380><c> the</c><00:28:11.559><c> two</c><00:28:11.980><c> party</c><00:28:12.720><c> to</c><00:28:12.980><c> this</c><00:28:13.259><c> plot.</c>

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:19.579
What<00:28:15.099><c> has</c><00:28:15.339><c> gone</c><00:28:15.559><c> wrong</c><00:28:15.740><c> in</c><00:28:15.920><c> this</c><00:28:16.160><c> family,</c><00:28:17.960><c> that</c><00:28:18.160><c> Isaac</c><00:28:18.559><c> secretly</c><00:28:19.259><c> takes</c>

00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:21.900
Esau<00:28:19.960><c> on</c><00:28:20.220><c> one</c><00:28:20.539><c> side</c><00:28:20.960><c> and</c><00:28:21.480><c> plots</c>

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:23.400
this<00:28:22.240><c> with</c><00:28:22.400><c> him.</c>

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:26.920
And<00:28:23.759><c> then,</c><00:28:24.259><c> no</c><00:28:24.460><c> better</c><00:28:24.700><c> than</c><00:28:24.960><c> that,</c><00:28:25.359><c> Rebecca,</c><00:28:25.940><c> having</c><00:28:26.259><c> overheard</c><00:28:26.700><c> this</c>

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:28.319
matter<00:28:27.140><c> or</c><00:28:27.539><c> having</c><00:28:27.859><c> in</c><00:28:28.000><c> some</c><00:28:28.160><c> way</c>

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:30.839
discovered<00:28:28.700><c> the</c><00:28:28.960><c> scheme,</c><00:28:29.799><c> is</c><00:28:29.960><c> equally</c><00:28:30.279><c> bad.</c>

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:36.759
She<00:28:31.359><c> takes</c><00:28:31.660><c> Jacob</c><00:28:31.980><c> on</c><00:28:32.220><c> one</c><00:28:32.480><c> side</c><00:28:32.700><c> and</c><00:28:33.220><c> secretly</c><00:28:33.920><c> plots</c><00:28:34.319><c> to</c><00:28:35.319><c> counter</c><00:28:35.859><c> what</c><00:28:36.279><c> Isaac</c><00:28:36.579><c> and</c>

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.019
Esau<00:28:37.019><c> are</c><00:28:37.240><c> planning.</c>

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:40.259
That's<00:28:39.079><c> the</c><00:28:39.259><c> state</c><00:28:39.460><c> of</c><00:28:39.640><c> this</c><00:28:39.839><c> family.</c>

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.700
It's<00:28:40.940><c> unbelievable,</c><00:28:41.579><c> isn't</c><00:28:41.700><c> it?</c>

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:45.740
And<00:28:43.920><c> neither</c><00:28:44.180><c> boy</c><00:28:44.539><c> demurs.</c>

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:49.240
Neither<00:28:46.640><c> Esau</c><00:28:47.119><c> nor</c><00:28:47.420><c> Jacob</c><00:28:47.819><c> said,</c><00:28:48.240><c> hey,</c><00:28:48.519><c> hang</c><00:28:48.700><c> on,</c><00:28:48.819><c> we</c><00:28:48.940><c> can't</c>

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:50.299
do<00:28:49.420><c> that.</c>

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.420
That's<00:28:50.859><c> not</c><00:28:51.079><c> right.</c>

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:55.079
Neither<00:28:51.880><c> of</c><00:28:52.019><c> them</c><00:28:52.140><c> said,</c><00:28:52.660><c> wait</c><00:28:52.859><c> a</c><00:28:52.960><c> minute,</c><00:28:53.980><c> this</c><00:28:54.200><c> mustn't</c><00:28:54.599><c> be.</c>

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:57.119
No,<00:28:55.779><c> no,</c><00:28:55.779><c> no,</c><00:28:55.960><c> no,</c><00:28:56.140><c> this</c><00:28:56.380><c> isn't</c><00:28:56.640><c> the</c><00:28:56.819><c> right</c><00:28:57.000><c> thing.</c>

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:59.160
Well,<00:28:57.440><c> what</c><00:28:57.700><c> about</c><00:28:57.960><c> the</c><00:28:58.279><c> promises?</c>

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:04.559
Jacob<00:29:00.880><c> objects,</c><00:29:01.359><c> it's</c><00:29:01.640><c> true,</c><00:29:02.680><c> but</c><00:29:02.880><c> not</c><00:29:03.000><c> for</c><00:29:03.059><c> the</c><00:29:03.220><c> right</c><00:29:03.380><c> reasons,</c><00:29:04.039><c> does</c><00:29:04.140><c> he?</c>

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:06.000
His<00:29:05.059><c> motives</c><00:29:05.279><c> are</c><00:29:05.480><c> quite</c><00:29:05.720><c> wrong.</c>

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:09.619
He<00:29:06.400><c> objects,</c><00:29:06.900><c> but</c><00:29:06.940><c> only</c><00:29:07.319><c> because</c><00:29:07.700><c> he's</c><00:29:07.980><c> concerned</c><00:29:08.200><c> about</c><00:29:08.400><c> being</c><00:29:08.660><c> found</c><00:29:09.019><c> out,</c><00:29:09.460><c> and</c>

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.099
he's<00:29:09.880><c> concerned</c>

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.920
that<00:29:10.200><c> he</c><00:29:10.259><c> might</c><00:29:10.440><c> bring</c><00:29:10.619><c> a</c><00:29:10.779><c> curse</c><00:29:10.960><c> upon</c><00:29:11.160><c> himself</c><00:29:11.480><c> rather</c><00:29:11.759><c> than</c>

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.339
a<00:29:12.019><c> blessing.</c>

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.920
That's<00:29:12.880><c> all.</c>

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:21.099
And<00:29:15.779><c> so</c><00:29:16.019><c> we</c><00:29:16.220><c> have</c><00:29:16.519><c> this</c><00:29:17.220><c> remarkably</c><00:29:18.180><c> pathetic</c><00:29:19.000><c> and</c><00:29:19.420><c> tragic</c><00:29:19.799><c> situation.</c>

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:32.140
There's<00:29:23.240><c> no</c><00:29:23.859><c> discussion,</c><00:29:24.440><c> apparently,</c><00:29:25.059><c> between</c><00:29:25.380><c> husband</c><00:29:25.720><c> and</c><00:29:25.880><c> wife,</c><00:29:31.220><c> finding</c><00:29:31.599><c> what</c><00:29:31.920><c> to</c>

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:33.440
do<00:29:32.460><c> and</c>

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:38.759
reasoning<00:29:34.000><c> about</c><00:29:34.400><c> it,</c><00:29:34.980><c> no</c><00:29:35.200><c> talking</c><00:29:35.460><c> it</c><00:29:35.819><c> over,</c><00:29:37.799><c> no</c><00:29:38.000><c> saying,</c><00:29:38.440><c> well,</c><00:29:38.599><c> do</c>

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:40.000
you<00:29:38.859><c> think</c><00:29:39.059><c> Jacob</c><00:29:39.400><c> is</c><00:29:39.640><c> really</c>

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.519
of<00:29:40.359><c> the</c><00:29:40.559><c> blessing?</c>

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:46.640
And<00:29:42.039><c> well,</c><00:29:42.839><c> yes,</c><00:29:43.140><c> I</c><00:29:43.259><c> know</c><00:29:43.359><c> it's</c><00:29:43.740><c> the</c><00:29:43.839><c> will</c><00:29:43.940><c> of</c><00:29:44.119><c> God,</c><00:29:44.900><c> but</c><00:29:45.359><c> Isaac</c>

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:50.180
just<00:29:46.980><c> does</c><00:29:47.339><c> what</c><00:29:47.599><c> he</c><00:29:47.799><c> wants</c><00:29:48.140><c> to</c><00:29:48.400><c> do</c><00:29:49.279><c> without</c>

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:53.579
any<00:29:50.500><c> reason,</c><00:29:51.740><c> no</c><00:29:51.960><c> logic</c><00:29:52.400><c> in</c><00:29:52.599><c> it.</c>

00:29:53.960 --> 00:30:01.619
It's<00:29:54.619><c> just</c><00:29:54.920><c> because</c><00:29:55.940><c> Isaac</c><00:29:56.960><c> loved</c><00:29:57.559><c> Esau</c><00:29:58.259><c> because</c><00:30:00.119><c> of</c><00:30:00.299><c> the</c><00:30:00.440><c> venison.</c>

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:08.440
And<00:30:05.200><c> so,</c><00:30:05.579><c> brethren</c><00:30:05.680><c> and</c><00:30:05.940><c> sisters,</c><00:30:06.319><c> both</c><00:30:06.640><c> sons</c><00:30:06.980><c> agree.</c>

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:12.920
Isaac<00:30:10.019><c> just</c><00:30:10.380><c> did</c><00:30:10.880><c> not</c><00:30:11.160><c> want</c><00:30:11.400><c> to</c><00:30:11.599><c> bless</c><00:30:11.900><c> Jacob.</c>

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:17.240
He<00:30:14.119><c> couldn't</c><00:30:14.539><c> justify</c><00:30:15.240><c> his</c><00:30:15.519><c> action</c><00:30:15.799><c> on</c><00:30:16.140><c> spiritual</c><00:30:16.660><c> grounds,</c>

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.420
could<00:30:17.500><c> he?</c>

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:22.140
If<00:30:19.039><c> he'd</c><00:30:19.420><c> thought</c><00:30:19.640><c> about</c><00:30:19.940><c> it,</c><00:30:20.539><c> or</c><00:30:20.660><c> been</c><00:30:21.019><c> spoken</c><00:30:21.319><c> to</c><00:30:21.539><c> about</c><00:30:21.799><c> it,</c>

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.500
he<00:30:22.380><c> would</c><00:30:22.579><c> not</c><00:30:22.700><c> have</c><00:30:22.839><c> been</c><00:30:22.960><c> able</c><00:30:23.180><c> to</c>

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:27.500
justify<00:30:23.940><c> the</c><00:30:24.619><c> stand</c><00:30:24.880><c> that</c><00:30:25.039><c> he</c><00:30:25.119><c> was</c><00:30:25.339><c> taking</c><00:30:25.619><c> or</c><00:30:25.799><c> the</c><00:30:25.980><c> action</c><00:30:26.200><c> he</c><00:30:26.480><c> perpetrated.</c>

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:29.099
In<00:30:28.019><c> no</c><00:30:28.279><c> way.</c>

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:34.940
It<00:30:30.019><c> was</c><00:30:30.240><c> obvious</c><00:30:30.559><c> to</c><00:30:30.779><c> Isaac,</c><00:30:31.140><c> as</c><00:30:31.279><c> it</c><00:30:31.440><c> was</c><00:30:31.539><c> to</c><00:30:31.720><c> anybody,</c><00:30:32.339><c> if</c><00:30:32.519><c> he'd</c><00:30:32.779><c> looked</c><00:30:33.140><c> objectively,</c><00:30:34.079><c> that</c><00:30:34.319><c> Esau</c><00:30:34.599><c> was</c>

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:36.519
profane.

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:43.880
Isaac<00:30:39.279><c> just</c><00:30:39.559><c> didn't</c><00:30:39.880><c> want</c><00:30:40.259><c> to</c><00:30:40.420><c> bless</c><00:30:40.720><c> Jacob,</c><00:30:43.220><c> and</c><00:30:43.319><c> Jacob,</c><00:30:43.859><c> for</c>

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:48.220
his<00:30:44.160><c> part,</c><00:30:45.819><c> by</c><00:30:45.859><c> contrast,</c><00:30:47.539><c> three</c><00:30:47.720><c> times</c>

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:54.599
in<00:30:48.380><c> this</c><00:30:48.619><c> chapter,</c><00:30:49.039><c> brethren</c><00:30:49.279><c> and</c><00:30:49.500><c> sisters,</c><00:30:50.980><c> lies,</c><00:30:52.440><c> deliberately</c><00:30:53.079><c> lies.</c>

00:30:54.920 --> 00:31:02.500
Verse<00:30:55.200><c> 19,</c><00:30:56.640><c> Jacob</c><00:30:56.940><c> said</c><00:30:57.160><c> unto</c><00:30:57.400><c> his</c><00:30:57.660><c> father,</c><00:30:58.460><c> I</c><00:30:58.779><c> am</c><00:30:59.359><c> Esau,</c><00:31:00.859><c> thy</c><00:31:01.119><c> firstborn.</c>

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:07.180
I<00:31:03.099><c> have</c><00:31:03.380><c> done</c><00:31:03.839><c> according</c><00:31:04.579><c> as</c><00:31:05.019><c> thou</c><00:31:05.279><c> bedest</c><00:31:05.720><c> me.</c>

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:13.000
Verse<00:31:09.539><c> 20,</c><00:31:11.019><c> and</c><00:31:11.240><c> Isaac</c><00:31:11.420><c> said</c><00:31:11.599><c> unto</c><00:31:11.759><c> his</c><00:31:11.960><c> son,</c><00:31:12.640><c> How</c><00:31:12.720><c> is</c><00:31:12.839><c> it</c><00:31:12.920><c> that</c>

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:14.079
thou<00:31:13.140><c> hast</c><00:31:13.299><c> found</c><00:31:13.500><c> it</c><00:31:13.640><c> so</c><00:31:13.880><c> quickly,</c>

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.619
my<00:31:14.359><c> son?</c>

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:18.440
And<00:31:14.859><c> he</c><00:31:14.940><c> said,</c><00:31:15.339><c> Because</c><00:31:15.700><c> the</c><00:31:15.940><c> Lord</c><00:31:16.339><c> thy</c><00:31:16.559><c> God</c><00:31:16.880><c> brought</c><00:31:17.220><c> it</c><00:31:17.400><c> to</c><00:31:17.619><c> me.</c>

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:26.440
And<00:31:21.099><c> verse</c><00:31:21.259><c> 24,</c><00:31:22.519><c> and</c><00:31:23.339><c> he</c><00:31:23.500><c> said,</c><00:31:24.380><c> Art</c><00:31:24.619><c> thou</c><00:31:24.779><c> my</c><00:31:25.000><c> very</c><00:31:25.279><c> son</c><00:31:25.519><c> Esau?</c>

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:28.680
Now<00:31:26.960><c> there</c><00:31:27.119><c> was</c><00:31:27.259><c> no</c><00:31:27.359><c> going</c><00:31:27.539><c> back,</c><00:31:27.980><c> was</c><00:31:28.160><c> there?</c>

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:32.680
And<00:31:29.220><c> Jacob</c><00:31:29.460><c> said,</c><00:31:30.960><c> I</c><00:31:30.960><c> am.</c>

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:37.960
Three<00:31:34.220><c> times</c><00:31:34.779><c> Jacob</c><00:31:35.380><c> lied,</c><00:31:36.119><c> for</c><00:31:36.700><c> what</c><00:31:36.940><c> purpose?</c>

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:43.279
To<00:31:40.420><c> obtain</c><00:31:40.779><c> what</c><00:31:40.940><c> God</c><00:31:41.140><c> wanted</c><00:31:41.400><c> him</c><00:31:41.579><c> to</c><00:31:41.779><c> have</c><00:31:41.900><c> all</c><00:31:42.119><c> the</c><00:31:42.279><c> time.</c>

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:46.259
That's<00:31:44.880><c> the</c><00:31:45.059><c> irony</c><00:31:45.380><c> of</c><00:31:45.599><c> it,</c><00:31:45.779><c> isn't</c><00:31:45.940><c> it?</c>

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:50.859
Three<00:31:46.819><c> times</c><00:31:47.279><c> Jacob</c><00:31:47.700><c> lied</c><00:31:48.299><c> to</c><00:31:48.759><c> obtain</c><00:31:49.259><c> what</c><00:31:49.539><c> God</c><00:31:49.839><c> intended</c><00:31:50.380><c> him</c><00:31:50.640><c> to</c>

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:52.279
have,<00:31:51.079><c> what</c><00:31:51.240><c> God</c><00:31:51.599><c> wished</c><00:31:51.900><c> him</c>

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:57.680
to<00:31:52.579><c> receive,</c><00:31:53.380><c> what</c><00:31:53.559><c> God</c><00:31:53.799><c> would</c><00:31:53.980><c> have</c><00:31:54.119><c> given</c><00:31:54.339><c> him,</c><00:31:56.339><c> had</c><00:31:56.480><c> he</c><00:31:56.640><c> only</c><00:31:57.019><c> exercised</c><00:31:57.519><c> the</c>

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.240
meekness<00:31:57.940><c> of</c><00:31:58.059><c> his</c>

00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:00.500
father<00:31:58.460><c> and</c><00:31:58.660><c> waited</c><00:31:58.920><c> for</c><00:31:59.119><c> God</c><00:31:59.299><c> to</c><00:31:59.519><c> act.</c>

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:03.640
But<00:32:01.000><c> Jacob</c><00:32:01.200><c> was</c><00:32:01.359><c> a</c><00:32:01.480><c> man</c><00:32:01.619><c> who</c><00:32:01.940><c> took</c><00:32:02.160><c> the</c><00:32:02.339><c> law</c><00:32:02.440><c> into</c><00:32:02.599><c> his</c><00:32:02.799><c> own</c><00:32:02.980><c> hands,</c><00:32:03.240><c> you</c><00:32:03.460><c> see.</c>

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.059
He<00:32:03.859><c> couldn't</c><00:32:04.140><c> wait.</c>

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:08.940
Jacob<00:32:05.559><c> struggled,</c><00:32:06.660><c> and</c><00:32:06.660><c> the</c><00:32:06.900><c> wrestling</c><00:32:07.200><c> with</c><00:32:07.460><c> the</c><00:32:07.619><c> angel,</c><00:32:08.019><c> brethren</c><00:32:08.259><c> and</c><00:32:08.500><c> sisters,</c><00:32:08.720><c> so</c>

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.539
much<00:32:09.200><c> later</c>

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:12.380
in<00:32:09.700><c> his</c><00:32:09.900><c> life,</c><00:32:10.599><c> well,</c><00:32:10.799><c> not</c><00:32:10.980><c> so</c><00:32:11.220><c> much</c><00:32:11.400><c> later,</c><00:32:11.579><c> but</c><00:32:11.740><c> a</c><00:32:11.839><c> little</c><00:32:12.000><c> later</c><00:32:12.220><c> in</c>

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.920
his<00:32:12.559><c> life,</c><00:32:12.940><c> is</c><00:32:13.259><c> really</c><00:32:13.559><c> only</c>

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:15.859
the<00:32:14.359><c> summary</c><00:32:14.759><c> of</c><00:32:15.019><c> his</c><00:32:15.240><c> life,</c><00:32:15.500><c> isn't</c><00:32:15.660><c> it?</c>

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:20.400
He'd<00:32:16.779><c> spent</c><00:32:16.940><c> all</c><00:32:17.200><c> his</c><00:32:17.400><c> time</c><00:32:17.759><c> wrestling</c><00:32:18.259><c> with</c><00:32:18.579><c> God,</c><00:32:19.319><c> and</c><00:32:20.099><c> that</c>

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:22.000
incident<00:32:20.740><c> was</c><00:32:21.000><c> surely</c><00:32:21.240><c> to</c><00:32:21.539><c> teach</c><00:32:21.700><c> him</c>

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:28.420
precisely<00:32:22.579><c> that,</c><00:32:23.900><c> as</c><00:32:23.980><c> then</c><00:32:24.319><c> he</c><00:32:24.700><c> feared</c><00:32:25.380><c> Esau</c><00:32:26.660><c> on</c><00:32:27.579><c> his</c><00:32:27.839><c> return</c>

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:31.519
from<00:32:28.779><c> labor,</c><00:32:29.940><c> some,</c><00:32:30.220><c> what,</c><00:32:30.740><c> 20,</c><00:32:31.240><c> 20</c>

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:33.140
or<00:32:31.680><c> so</c><00:32:31.839><c> years</c><00:32:32.140><c> later.</c>

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:39.420
Feared<00:32:34.900><c> Esau</c><00:32:35.500><c> so</c><00:32:35.920><c> much,</c><00:32:37.440><c> split</c><00:32:37.539><c> his</c><00:32:37.799><c> family</c><00:32:38.279><c> into</c><00:32:38.680><c> different</c>

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:42.200
little<00:32:39.660><c> groups,</c><00:32:41.019><c> provided</c><00:32:41.319><c> such</c><00:32:41.599><c> a</c><00:32:41.920><c> present</c>

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:47.180
for<00:32:42.440><c> Esau,</c><00:32:43.740><c> took</c><00:32:43.940><c> such</c><00:32:44.920><c> precautions</c><00:32:45.599><c> as</c><00:32:45.980><c> he</c><00:32:46.279><c> felt</c><00:32:46.539><c> would</c><00:32:46.799><c> be</c>

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:49.539
necessary,<00:32:48.079><c> essential,</c><00:32:49.019><c> did</c><00:32:49.140><c> everything</c>

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:52.720
within<00:32:49.759><c> his</c><00:32:50.160><c> power</c><00:32:50.480><c> to</c><00:32:50.680><c> make</c><00:32:50.940><c> sure</c><00:32:51.259><c> that</c><00:32:51.480><c> Esau</c><00:32:51.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:52.380><c> slay</c>

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:54.559
him,<00:32:53.000><c> to</c><00:32:53.160><c> try</c><00:32:53.339><c> and</c><00:32:53.660><c> please</c><00:32:53.819><c> him</c><00:32:54.059><c> and</c><00:32:54.259><c> sweet</c>

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.420
out<00:32:54.680><c> him.</c>

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:58.960
And<00:32:55.880><c> again,</c><00:32:56.039><c> all</c><00:32:56.400><c> the</c><00:32:56.619><c> time,</c><00:32:57.480><c> all</c><00:32:57.859><c> the</c><00:32:58.099><c> time,</c><00:32:58.440><c> it</c><00:32:58.539><c> was</c><00:32:58.700><c> what</c>

00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:02.319
God<00:32:59.319><c> had</c><00:32:59.660><c> intended,</c><00:33:00.779><c> Esau</c><00:33:01.240><c> met</c><00:33:01.579><c> him</c><00:33:01.819><c> and</c><00:33:02.160><c> threw</c>

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:05.140
his<00:33:02.579><c> arms</c><00:33:02.779><c> around</c><00:33:03.079><c> his</c><00:33:03.339><c> neck</c><00:33:03.480><c> and</c><00:33:03.700><c> embraced</c><00:33:04.119><c> him</c><00:33:04.319><c> and</c><00:33:04.420><c> was</c><00:33:04.640><c> glad</c><00:33:04.839><c> to</c>

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:06.279
see<00:33:05.380><c> him.</c>

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:12.859
God<00:33:06.819><c> again</c><00:33:07.619><c> having</c><00:33:08.099><c> intervened,</c><00:33:10.339><c> Jacob</c><00:33:10.759><c> squirming</c><00:33:11.619><c> and</c><00:33:12.000><c> fighting</c><00:33:12.420><c> and</c>

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.319
wriggling<00:33:13.259><c> and</c><00:33:13.579><c> wrestling</c><00:33:14.019><c> to</c>

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:20.180
avail<00:33:14.960><c> for</c><00:33:15.240><c> nothing,</c><00:33:16.579><c> only</c><00:33:16.880><c> to</c><00:33:17.099><c> achieve</c><00:33:17.740><c> what</c><00:33:18.640><c> God</c><00:33:19.000><c> was</c><00:33:19.299><c> giving</c><00:33:19.559><c> him</c>

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:21.920
in<00:33:20.480><c> any</c><00:33:20.799><c> case.</c>

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:29.259
So<00:33:25.480><c> it</c><00:33:25.599><c> is,</c><00:33:25.920><c> brethren</c><00:33:26.099><c> and</c><00:33:26.319><c> sisters,</c><00:33:26.740><c> in</c><00:33:26.819><c> chapter</c><00:33:27.119><c> 28</c><00:33:27.779><c> and</c><00:33:28.119><c> verse</c><00:33:28.380><c> 12,</c>

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:33.920
we<00:33:29.819><c> find</c><00:33:30.240><c> God</c><00:33:31.140><c> making</c><00:33:32.880><c> fast</c><00:33:33.460><c> those</c>

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:35.880
promises<00:33:34.480><c> to</c><00:33:34.839><c> Jacob.</c>

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:41.099
As<00:33:37.480><c> he</c><00:33:37.720><c> flees</c><00:33:38.059><c> now</c><00:33:38.440><c> from</c><00:33:38.700><c> Esau,</c><00:33:39.819><c> making</c><00:33:40.059><c> his</c><00:33:40.259><c> way</c><00:33:40.539><c> northwards</c>

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:44.299
towards<00:33:41.519><c> Haran</c><00:33:42.099><c> and</c><00:33:42.400><c> Laban,</c><00:33:43.759><c> he</c><00:33:44.000><c> dreams</c>

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:48.200
and<00:33:44.599><c> behold</c><00:33:45.039><c> a</c><00:33:45.319><c> ladder,</c><00:33:45.740><c> verse</c><00:33:45.980><c> 12</c><00:33:46.400><c> of</c><00:33:46.579><c> chapter</c><00:33:46.819><c> 28,</c><00:33:47.819><c> a</c><00:33:47.940><c> ladder</c>

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.859
set<00:33:48.480><c> up</c><00:33:48.700><c> on</c><00:33:48.880><c> the</c><00:33:49.079><c> earth</c><00:33:49.319><c> and</c><00:33:49.539><c> the</c><00:33:49.680><c> top</c>

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:52.859
of<00:33:49.980><c> it</c><00:33:50.160><c> reached</c><00:33:50.440><c> to</c><00:33:50.700><c> heaven</c><00:33:51.019><c> and</c><00:33:51.519><c> behold</c><00:33:51.839><c> the</c><00:33:52.099><c> angels</c><00:33:52.339><c> of</c><00:33:52.599><c> God</c>

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:55.259
ascending<00:33:53.519><c> and</c><00:33:53.880><c> descending</c><00:33:54.319><c> on</c><00:33:54.579><c> it</c><00:33:54.920><c> and</c>

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:59.700
behold<00:33:55.799><c> the</c><00:33:56.259><c> Lord</c><00:33:56.819><c> stood</c><00:33:57.140><c> above</c><00:33:57.460><c> it</c><00:33:57.640><c> and</c><00:33:57.819><c> said,</c><00:33:58.380><c> I</c><00:33:58.400><c> am</c><00:33:58.619><c> the</c><00:33:58.940><c> Lord,</c><00:33:59.420><c> God</c>

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:01.380
of<00:33:59.920><c> Abraham,</c><00:34:00.440><c> thy</c><00:34:00.599><c> father</c><00:34:01.099><c> and</c>

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:04.839
the<00:34:01.559><c> God</c><00:34:01.720><c> of</c><00:34:01.940><c> Isaac,</c><00:34:02.519><c> the</c><00:34:02.680><c> land</c><00:34:03.000><c> whereon</c><00:34:03.359><c> thou</c><00:34:03.640><c> liest,</c><00:34:04.220><c> to</c><00:34:04.339><c> thee</c><00:34:04.480><c> will</c><00:34:04.640><c> I</c>

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:06.440
give<00:34:05.019><c> it</c><00:34:05.259><c> and</c><00:34:05.359><c> to</c><00:34:05.500><c> thy</c><00:34:05.799><c> seed</c><00:34:06.119><c> and</c>

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:09.119
thy<00:34:06.779><c> seed</c><00:34:07.000><c> shall</c><00:34:07.140><c> be</c><00:34:07.299><c> as</c><00:34:07.440><c> the</c><00:34:07.640><c> dust</c><00:34:07.839><c> of</c><00:34:08.019><c> the</c><00:34:08.199><c> earth</c><00:34:08.559><c> and</c><00:34:08.960><c> thou</c>

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.719
shalt<00:34:09.360><c> spread</c><00:34:09.699><c> abroad</c><00:34:09.980><c> to</c><00:34:10.139><c> the</c><00:34:10.340><c> west</c><00:34:10.579><c> and</c>

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:14.239
to<00:34:10.719><c> the</c><00:34:10.880><c> north</c><00:34:11.760><c> and</c><00:34:11.920><c> to</c><00:34:12.039><c> the</c><00:34:12.260><c> south</c><00:34:12.500><c> and</c><00:34:13.039><c> in</c><00:34:13.340><c> thee</c><00:34:13.559><c> and</c><00:34:13.760><c> in</c><00:34:13.980><c> thy</c>

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:16.119
seed<00:34:14.760><c> shall</c><00:34:15.039><c> all</c><00:34:15.400><c> the</c><00:34:15.659><c> families</c><00:34:15.920><c> of</c>

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:21.840
the<00:34:16.280><c> earth</c><00:34:16.460><c> be</c><00:34:16.739><c> blessed</c><00:34:17.320><c> and</c><00:34:18.519><c> behold</c><00:34:19.179><c> I</c><00:34:19.719><c> am</c><00:34:19.900><c> with</c><00:34:20.280><c> thee</c><00:34:20.719><c> and</c><00:34:21.099><c> will</c><00:34:21.300><c> keep</c><00:34:21.500><c> thee</c><00:34:21.719><c> in</c>

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.639
all<00:34:22.139><c> places</c><00:34:22.460><c> whither</c>

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:25.800
thou<00:34:22.960><c> goest</c><00:34:23.400><c> and</c><00:34:23.780><c> will</c><00:34:24.039><c> bring</c><00:34:24.219><c> thee</c><00:34:24.440><c> again</c><00:34:24.639><c> into</c><00:34:24.800><c> this</c><00:34:25.000><c> land</c><00:34:25.280><c> for</c><00:34:25.599><c> I</c>

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.780
will<00:34:25.980><c> not</c><00:34:26.239><c> leave</c><00:34:26.480><c> thee</c><00:34:26.639><c> until</c>

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:29.579
I<00:34:26.960><c> have</c><00:34:27.119><c> done</c><00:34:27.300><c> that</c><00:34:27.539><c> which</c><00:34:27.719><c> I</c><00:34:27.840><c> have</c><00:34:28.079><c> spoken</c><00:34:28.260><c> to</c><00:34:28.460><c> thee</c><00:34:28.719><c> of.</c>

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:35.420
I<00:34:29.900><c> will</c><00:34:30.199><c> not</c><00:34:30.519><c> leave</c><00:34:30.920><c> thee,</c><00:34:31.579><c> will</c><00:34:32.599><c> not</c><00:34:33.000><c> leave</c><00:34:33.260><c> thee</c><00:34:33.440><c> until</c><00:34:33.920><c> I</c><00:34:34.280><c> have</c><00:34:34.579><c> done</c><00:34:34.800><c> that</c><00:34:35.059><c> which</c><00:34:35.219><c> I</c>

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.820
have<00:34:35.619><c> spoken</c>

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:38.239
until<00:34:36.139><c> I</c><00:34:36.420><c> have</c><00:34:36.800><c> fulfilled</c><00:34:36.840><c> my</c><00:34:37.260><c> promises.</c>

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:41.500
Jacob<00:34:39.539><c> so</c><00:34:39.860><c> hardly</c><00:34:40.460><c> believed</c><00:34:40.880><c> it,</c><00:34:41.079><c> didn't</c><00:34:41.280><c> he?</c>

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:44.800
Again<00:34:42.079><c> you</c><00:34:42.280><c> see</c><00:34:42.500><c> that</c><00:34:42.860><c> mercenary</c><00:34:43.440><c> spirit</c><00:34:43.780><c> coming</c><00:34:44.059><c> out,</c><00:34:44.460><c> brethren</c><00:34:44.599><c> and</c>

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.019
sisters,<00:34:45.460><c> godly</c><00:34:45.719><c> though</c><00:34:45.840><c> he</c>

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:49.900
was,<00:34:46.639><c> yearning</c><00:34:47.079><c> for</c><00:34:47.239><c> these</c><00:34:47.519><c> promises</c><00:34:47.840><c> as</c><00:34:48.019><c> he</c><00:34:48.260><c> was,</c><00:34:48.820><c> he</c><00:34:48.960><c> was</c><00:34:49.139><c> very</c><00:34:49.500><c> right</c><00:34:49.739><c> in</c>

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.539
that,<00:34:50.219><c> wasn't</c><00:34:50.320><c> he?</c>

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:53.659
He<00:34:50.679><c> so</c><00:34:51.039><c> longed</c><00:34:51.639><c> for</c><00:34:51.800><c> the</c><00:34:52.019><c> birthright</c><00:34:52.380><c> and</c><00:34:52.639><c> the</c><00:34:52.840><c> blessing,</c><00:34:53.420><c> he</c>

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:55.960
wanted<00:34:54.059><c> those</c><00:34:54.440><c> promises,</c><00:34:55.159><c> would</c><00:34:55.260><c> to</c><00:34:55.500><c> God,</c><00:34:55.800><c> brethren</c>

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:58.719
and<00:34:56.219><c> sisters,</c><00:34:56.539><c> that</c><00:34:56.840><c> we</c><00:34:57.059><c> were</c><00:34:57.300><c> so</c><00:34:57.579><c> anxious</c><00:34:57.920><c> about</c><00:34:58.260><c> being</c><00:34:58.559><c> in</c>

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.679
the<00:34:58.860><c> kingdom.</c>

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:01.820
We<00:35:00.019><c> sometimes</c><00:35:00.380><c> say,</c><00:35:00.599><c> don't</c><00:35:00.739><c> we,</c><00:35:00.900><c> I</c><00:35:01.079><c> should</c><00:35:01.260><c> be</c><00:35:01.380><c> glad</c><00:35:01.500><c> if</c><00:35:01.639><c> I</c><00:35:01.760><c> am</c>

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:03.239
a<00:35:01.940><c> doorkeeper</c><00:35:02.300><c> in</c><00:35:02.460><c> the</c><00:35:02.579><c> kingdom</c><00:35:02.800><c> of</c><00:35:03.000><c> God,</c>

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:05.239
as<00:35:03.579><c> much</c><00:35:03.760><c> as</c><00:35:03.880><c> to</c><00:35:04.019><c> say,</c><00:35:04.199><c> you</c><00:35:04.280><c> know,</c><00:35:04.460><c> if</c><00:35:04.539><c> I</c><00:35:04.699><c> just</c><00:35:04.900><c> scrape</c><00:35:05.039><c> through</c>

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:06.719
the<00:35:05.420><c> door</c><00:35:05.539><c> I</c><00:35:05.760><c> shall</c><00:35:05.900><c> be</c><00:35:06.139><c> satisfied.</c>

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:09.380
We<00:35:07.380><c> should</c><00:35:07.500><c> be</c><00:35:07.679><c> wanting</c><00:35:07.840><c> an</c><00:35:08.179><c> abundant</c><00:35:08.619><c> entry,</c><00:35:09.059><c> shouldn't</c><00:35:09.219><c> we,</c>

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.659
into<00:35:09.559><c> the</c><00:35:09.739><c> kingdom?</c>

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:15.039
Would<00:35:12.260><c> to</c><00:35:12.460><c> God</c><00:35:12.639><c> that</c><00:35:12.800><c> we</c><00:35:12.960><c> were</c><00:35:13.099><c> like</c><00:35:13.320><c> Jacob</c><00:35:13.659><c> in</c><00:35:13.860><c> that,</c><00:35:14.199><c> brethren</c><00:35:14.300><c> and</c><00:35:14.460><c> sisters,</c><00:35:14.699><c> but</c>

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:17.119
not<00:35:15.380><c> in</c><00:35:15.699><c> the</c><00:35:16.500><c> mercenary</c>

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:21.280
way<00:35:17.300><c> he</c><00:35:17.440><c> went</c><00:35:17.699><c> about</c><00:35:18.019><c> it,</c><00:35:19.139><c> not</c><00:35:19.380><c> in</c><00:35:19.599><c> the</c><00:35:19.719><c> way</c><00:35:19.980><c> that</c><00:35:20.260><c> he</c><00:35:20.960><c> would</c>

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:25.280
not<00:35:21.639><c> accept</c><00:35:22.519><c> what</c><00:35:22.860><c> God</c><00:35:23.239><c> said</c><00:35:23.739><c> and</c><00:35:24.960><c> sought</c>

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:27.380
to<00:35:25.820><c> resolve</c><00:35:26.340><c> matters</c><00:35:26.719><c> himself.</c>

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:31.199
Verse<00:35:27.760><c> 19</c><00:35:28.420><c> of</c><00:35:28.619><c> this</c><00:35:28.840><c> same</c><00:35:29.119><c> chapter,</c><00:35:29.760><c> he</c><00:35:30.239><c> called</c><00:35:30.599><c> the</c><00:35:30.719><c> name</c><00:35:30.980><c> of</c>

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:33.800
that<00:35:31.420><c> place</c><00:35:31.940><c> Bethel,</c><00:35:33.320><c> but</c><00:35:33.519><c> the</c><00:35:33.639><c> name</c>

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:37.000
of<00:35:33.960><c> that</c><00:35:34.139><c> city</c><00:35:34.300><c> was</c><00:35:34.559><c> called</c><00:35:34.800><c> Luz</c><00:35:35.039><c> at</c><00:35:35.159><c> the</c><00:35:35.380><c> first,</c><00:35:36.039><c> and</c><00:35:36.159><c> Jacob</c><00:35:36.480><c> vowed</c><00:35:36.880><c> a</c>

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:39.000
vow<00:35:37.199><c> saying,</c><00:35:38.099><c> if</c><00:35:38.219><c> God</c><00:35:38.659><c> will</c>

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:42.199
be<00:35:39.199><c> with</c><00:35:39.480><c> me,</c><00:35:40.420><c> and</c><00:35:40.599><c> will</c><00:35:40.820><c> keep</c><00:35:40.980><c> me</c><00:35:41.219><c> in</c><00:35:41.320><c> this</c><00:35:41.480><c> way</c><00:35:41.639><c> that</c><00:35:41.820><c> I</c><00:35:42.019><c> go,</c>

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:43.840
and<00:35:42.360><c> will</c><00:35:42.519><c> give</c><00:35:42.639><c> me</c><00:35:42.840><c> bread</c><00:35:43.019><c> to</c><00:35:43.260><c> eat</c><00:35:43.380><c> and</c><00:35:43.539><c> raiment</c>

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:46.400
to<00:35:44.019><c> put</c><00:35:44.179><c> on,</c><00:35:44.559><c> so</c><00:35:44.719><c> that</c><00:35:44.860><c> I</c><00:35:44.980><c> come</c><00:35:45.139><c> again</c><00:35:45.460><c> to</c><00:35:45.619><c> my</c><00:35:45.860><c> father's</c><00:35:46.199><c> house</c>

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:48.440
in<00:35:46.659><c> peace,</c><00:35:47.000><c> then</c><00:35:47.219><c> shall</c><00:35:47.460><c> the</c><00:35:47.719><c> Lord</c><00:35:48.019><c> be</c><00:35:48.199><c> my</c>

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.500
God.

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:55.019
It<00:35:51.659><c> would</c><00:35:51.840><c> be</c><00:35:52.920><c> almost</c><00:35:53.460><c> comical,</c><00:35:54.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:54.079><c> it,</c><00:35:54.639><c> were</c><00:35:54.739><c> it</c><00:35:54.860><c> not</c>

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:58.260
scripture,<00:35:56.780><c> and</c><00:35:56.980><c> rather</c><00:35:57.300><c> sad?</c>

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:06.960
All<00:36:01.239><c> that</c><00:36:01.619><c> that</c><00:36:01.940><c> God</c><00:36:02.219><c> had</c><00:36:02.599><c> said,</c><00:36:04.480><c> and</c><00:36:04.659><c> this</c><00:36:04.960><c> is</c><00:36:05.280><c> Jacob's</c><00:36:05.820><c> response.</c>

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:13.739
It<00:36:09.039><c> is</c><00:36:09.320><c> possible</c><00:36:09.820><c> to</c><00:36:10.119><c> read</c><00:36:10.320><c> these</c><00:36:10.599><c> words</c><00:36:11.079><c> in</c><00:36:11.460><c> another</c><00:36:11.719><c> way,</c><00:36:12.300><c> and</c><00:36:13.420><c> I</c>

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:15.699
am<00:36:14.059><c> always</c><00:36:14.400><c> very</c><00:36:14.860><c> hesitant,</c><00:36:15.539><c> brethren</c>

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:19.340
and<00:36:16.219><c> sisters,</c><00:36:16.860><c> to</c><00:36:17.059><c> attribute</c><00:36:17.460><c> to</c><00:36:17.639><c> the</c><00:36:17.840><c> men</c><00:36:18.019><c> of</c><00:36:19.340><c> scripture</c>

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:22.539
weaknesses<00:36:20.159><c> unless</c><00:36:21.039><c> scripture</c><00:36:21.559><c> plainly</c><00:36:22.199><c> attributes</c>

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.739
them<00:36:22.800><c> to</c><00:36:23.000><c> them.</c>

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:27.760
I<00:36:24.119><c> think</c><00:36:24.380><c> that</c><00:36:24.639><c> we</c><00:36:24.780><c> should,</c><00:36:25.380><c> as</c><00:36:25.500><c> a</c><00:36:25.599><c> matter</c><00:36:25.800><c> of</c><00:36:26.019><c> course,</c><00:36:26.579><c> not</c><00:36:26.900><c> seek</c><00:36:27.239><c> ever</c><00:36:27.559><c> to</c>

00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.699
bring<00:36:27.920><c> the</c><00:36:28.099><c> men</c><00:36:28.239><c> of</c><00:36:28.460><c> scripture</c>

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:32.219
down<00:36:29.059><c> to</c><00:36:29.340><c> our</c><00:36:29.659><c> level,</c><00:36:30.460><c> but</c><00:36:30.699><c> in</c><00:36:30.940><c> every</c><00:36:31.179><c> case</c><00:36:31.480><c> where</c><00:36:31.619><c> we</c><00:36:31.820><c> can</c><00:36:32.019><c> to</c>

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.820
give<00:36:32.340><c> them</c><00:36:32.559><c> the</c><00:36:32.739><c> benefit</c><00:36:33.039><c> of</c><00:36:33.260><c> the</c><00:36:33.460><c> doubt</c>

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:37.300
and<00:36:34.280><c> to</c><00:36:34.460><c> look</c><00:36:34.579><c> for</c><00:36:34.760><c> the</c><00:36:34.900><c> best</c><00:36:35.219><c> in</c><00:36:35.420><c> these</c><00:36:35.679><c> men,</c><00:36:36.539><c> for</c><00:36:36.739><c> they</c><00:36:36.980><c> are</c>

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:39.539
giants<00:36:37.679><c> of</c><00:36:37.960><c> faith</c><00:36:38.219><c> and</c><00:36:38.800><c> far</c><00:36:39.039><c> and</c><00:36:39.239><c> away</c>

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:43.079
above<00:36:40.039><c> my</c><00:36:40.360><c> own</c><00:36:40.599><c> personal</c><00:36:40.900><c> faith,</c><00:36:41.800><c> I</c><00:36:42.000><c> tell</c><00:36:42.179><c> you.</c>

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:47.340
But<00:36:44.099><c> there</c><00:36:44.400><c> is</c><00:36:44.840><c> plenty</c><00:36:45.179><c> of</c><00:36:45.420><c> evidence,</c><00:36:45.760><c> isn't</c><00:36:46.019><c> there,</c><00:36:46.179><c> that</c><00:36:46.320><c> this</c><00:36:46.659><c> was</c><00:36:47.019><c> in</c>

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:50.079
any<00:36:47.699><c> case</c><00:36:48.099><c> Jacob's</c><00:36:49.320><c> attitude,</c>

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:53.599
whether<00:36:50.500><c> it</c><00:36:50.719><c> be</c><00:36:51.000><c> manifest</c><00:36:51.420><c> in</c><00:36:51.659><c> these</c><00:36:51.940><c> verses</c><00:36:52.260><c> or</c><00:36:52.559><c> not,</c><00:36:53.179><c> and</c><00:36:53.400><c> it</c>

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.719
appears<00:36:53.960><c> to</c><00:36:54.199><c> be.</c>

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:59.019
Certainly<00:36:55.539><c> he</c><00:36:56.239><c> is</c><00:36:56.639><c> on</c><00:36:56.920><c> the</c><00:36:57.099><c> pages</c><00:36:57.380><c> of</c><00:36:57.679><c> scripture</c><00:36:58.039><c> that</c><00:36:58.599><c> sort</c>

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:01.960
of<00:36:59.300><c> individual</c><00:36:59.900><c> who</c><00:37:00.519><c> finds</c><00:37:00.820><c> it</c><00:37:01.119><c> so</c><00:37:01.579><c> hard</c>

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:06.960
to<00:37:02.239><c> accept</c><00:37:02.619><c> what</c><00:37:02.840><c> God</c><00:37:03.099><c> has</c><00:37:03.420><c> said,</c><00:37:04.519><c> and</c><00:37:04.880><c> scarcely</c><00:37:05.300><c> puts</c><00:37:05.559><c> his</c><00:37:05.860><c> trust</c><00:37:06.079><c> in</c><00:37:06.320><c> it.</c>

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:12.219
He<00:37:06.960><c> is</c><00:37:08.280><c> a</c><00:37:08.340><c> man</c><00:37:08.719><c> who</c><00:37:08.960><c> learns</c><00:37:09.300><c> by</c><00:37:09.619><c> bitter</c><00:37:09.900><c> experience,</c><00:37:11.440><c> who</c><00:37:11.639><c> learns</c><00:37:11.960><c> the</c>

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:15.159
hard<00:37:12.519><c> way</c><00:37:13.039><c> that</c><00:37:13.699><c> God</c><00:37:14.059><c> was</c><00:37:14.420><c> indeed</c>

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:16.739
with<00:37:15.800><c> Jacob.</c>

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:22.199
There<00:37:19.699><c> are</c><00:37:19.920><c> many</c><00:37:20.199><c> other</c><00:37:20.440><c> lessons</c><00:37:20.860><c> that</c><00:37:21.179><c> arise</c><00:37:21.559><c> out</c><00:37:21.820><c> of</c><00:37:22.000><c> these</c>

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:23.780
verses,<00:37:22.739><c> brethren</c><00:37:22.860><c> and</c><00:37:23.059><c> sisters,</c><00:37:23.320><c> and</c>

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:26.880
there<00:37:24.000><c> really</c><00:37:24.239><c> isn't</c><00:37:24.460><c> time</c><00:37:24.780><c> to</c><00:37:25.019><c> stop</c><00:37:25.239><c> and</c><00:37:25.440><c> talk</c><00:37:25.679><c> about</c><00:37:25.940><c> them.</c>

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:31.300
One<00:37:27.880><c> in</c><00:37:28.199><c> particular</c><00:37:28.679><c> is</c><00:37:28.960><c> the</c><00:37:29.099><c> way</c><00:37:29.420><c> in</c><00:37:29.579><c> which</c><00:37:29.920><c> Jacob</c><00:37:30.400><c> naturally</c>

00:37:31.300 --> 00:37:34.099
felt<00:37:31.659><c> the</c><00:37:32.039><c> desire</c><00:37:32.440><c> to</c><00:37:32.739><c> provide</c><00:37:33.239><c> an</c><00:37:33.440><c> habitation</c>

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.840
for<00:37:34.360><c> God.</c>

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:38.159
I<00:37:35.500><c> mention</c><00:37:35.800><c> that</c><00:37:36.059><c> because</c><00:37:36.519><c> it</c><00:37:36.820><c> has</c><00:37:37.059><c> been</c><00:37:37.340><c> mentioned</c><00:37:37.719><c> this</c>

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.480
week<00:37:38.579><c> already.</c>

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:43.360
It's<00:37:39.739><c> part</c><00:37:40.000><c> of</c><00:37:40.199><c> Brother</c><00:37:40.440><c> Stan's</c><00:37:41.059><c> subject,</c><00:37:41.559><c> isn't</c><00:37:41.559><c> it,</c><00:37:42.059><c> an</c><00:37:42.239><c> habitation</c><00:37:43.019><c> for</c>

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.519
the<00:37:43.619><c> Spirit.</c>

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:47.940
Brother<00:37:45.659><c> Graham</c><00:37:45.860><c> also</c><00:37:46.280><c> mentioned</c><00:37:46.519><c> it</c><00:37:46.719><c> on</c><00:37:46.900><c> Sunday</c><00:37:47.099><c> when</c><00:37:47.280><c> he</c><00:37:47.420><c> took</c><00:37:47.559><c> us</c>

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:50.000
to<00:37:48.239><c> Exodus</c><00:37:48.480><c> 15</c><00:37:48.980><c> where</c><00:37:49.460><c> exactly</c>

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:51.179
the<00:37:50.280><c> same</c><00:37:50.539><c> happens.</c>

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:56.159
The<00:37:51.699><c> juxtaposition</c><00:37:52.599><c> of</c><00:37:52.840><c> the</c><00:37:53.059><c> verses</c><00:37:53.400><c> there</c><00:37:53.739><c> at</c><00:37:53.920><c> the</c><00:37:54.119><c> beginning</c><00:37:54.380><c> of</c><00:37:54.780><c> Exodus</c><00:37:55.139><c> 15</c><00:37:55.579><c> is</c>

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:58.039
most<00:37:56.619><c> illuminating.</c>

00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:00.719
It's<00:37:58.519><c> the</c><00:37:58.719><c> rejoicing,</c><00:37:59.219><c> you</c><00:37:59.380><c> remember,</c><00:37:59.780><c> the</c><00:37:59.900><c> song</c><00:38:00.139><c> of</c><00:38:00.360><c> Moses</c>

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:03.139
and<00:38:01.179><c> then</c><00:38:01.360><c> of</c><00:38:01.599><c> Miriam</c><00:38:01.820><c> and</c><00:38:02.760><c> the</c><00:38:02.900><c> women.</c>

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:06.619
It's<00:38:03.659><c> the</c><00:38:03.820><c> rejoicing</c><00:38:04.380><c> that</c><00:38:04.920><c> God</c><00:38:05.260><c> has</c><00:38:05.599><c> thrown</c><00:38:05.780><c> the</c><00:38:06.119><c> horse</c><00:38:06.480><c> and</c>

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:08.420
his<00:38:06.860><c> rider</c><00:38:07.059><c> into</c><00:38:07.340><c> the</c><00:38:07.579><c> sea</c><00:38:07.719><c> and</c><00:38:07.960><c> destroyed</c>

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:09.239
the<00:38:08.719><c> Egyptians.</c>

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:13.820
God<00:38:09.980><c> has</c><00:38:10.360><c> saved</c><00:38:10.800><c> us</c><00:38:11.460><c> and</c><00:38:11.659><c> then</c><00:38:12.159><c> almost</c><00:38:12.940><c> as</c><00:38:13.139><c> though</c><00:38:13.260><c> it</c><00:38:13.360><c> were</c><00:38:13.519><c> a</c>

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:16.159
therefore,<00:38:14.639><c> it</c><00:38:14.800><c> goes</c><00:38:15.039><c> on,</c><00:38:15.780><c> I</c><00:38:15.780><c> will</c><00:38:15.980><c> build</c>

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:17.460
him<00:38:16.320><c> a</c><00:38:16.480><c> house.</c>

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:23.599
There<00:38:18.800><c> seems</c><00:38:19.480><c> to</c><00:38:19.719><c> be,</c><00:38:20.000><c> brethren</c><00:38:20.139><c> and</c><00:38:20.400><c> sisters,</c><00:38:20.659><c> in</c><00:38:20.840><c> the</c><00:38:21.039><c> thinking</c><00:38:21.300><c> of</c><00:38:21.559><c> the</c><00:38:21.780><c> patriarchs,</c><00:38:23.119><c> here</c><00:38:23.280><c> in</c><00:38:23.440><c> the</c>

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:26.739
thinking<00:38:23.820><c> of</c><00:38:24.079><c> Jacob</c><00:38:24.300><c> in</c><00:38:24.500><c> this</c><00:38:24.780><c> chapter,</c><00:38:25.699><c> and</c><00:38:25.920><c> also</c><00:38:26.219><c> in</c><00:38:26.460><c> Exodus</c>

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:29.219
15<00:38:27.179><c> it's</c><00:38:27.579><c> particularly</c><00:38:28.079><c> clear.</c>

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:33.679
There<00:38:29.360><c> seems</c><00:38:29.719><c> to</c><00:38:29.900><c> be</c><00:38:30.300><c> in</c><00:38:30.420><c> their</c><00:38:30.719><c> thinking</c><00:38:31.039><c> something</c><00:38:31.420><c> very</c><00:38:31.840><c> natural</c><00:38:32.400><c> about</c><00:38:32.920><c> having</c><00:38:33.380><c> a</c>

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.860
God<00:38:34.059><c> and</c><00:38:34.460><c> wanting</c>

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:38.019
to<00:38:35.280><c> hold</c><00:38:35.480><c> on</c><00:38:35.719><c> to</c><00:38:35.900><c> him,</c><00:38:36.119><c> to</c><00:38:36.320><c> provide</c><00:38:36.579><c> him</c><00:38:36.800><c> a</c><00:38:36.940><c> place.</c>

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:42.300
Now<00:38:39.219><c> that's</c><00:38:39.460><c> not</c><00:38:39.760><c> something</c><00:38:40.059><c> that</c><00:38:40.300><c> we</c><00:38:40.500><c> find</c><00:38:40.760><c> natural,</c><00:38:41.440><c> is</c><00:38:41.500><c> it?</c>

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:47.559
It's<00:38:42.739><c> not</c><00:38:42.900><c> something</c><00:38:43.199><c> I</c><00:38:43.300><c> don't</c><00:38:43.679><c> think</c><00:38:43.920><c> that</c><00:38:44.599><c> naturally</c><00:38:45.179><c> arises</c><00:38:45.739><c> to</c><00:38:46.039><c> our</c><00:38:46.239><c> Western</c><00:38:46.599><c> mind</c><00:38:47.199><c> as</c>

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.280
I<00:38:47.820><c> believe</c><00:38:48.039><c> it</c>

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:50.119
did<00:38:48.400><c> to</c><00:38:48.599><c> the</c><00:38:48.780><c> Eastern</c><00:38:49.099><c> mind.</c>

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:54.840
If<00:38:50.300><c> God</c><00:38:50.679><c> be</c><00:38:50.860><c> my</c><00:38:51.219><c> God,</c><00:38:52.940><c> then</c><00:38:53.159><c> this</c><00:38:53.880><c> stone</c><00:38:54.099><c> which</c><00:38:54.300><c> I</c><00:38:54.460><c> have</c><00:38:54.579><c> set</c><00:38:54.719><c> up</c>

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:56.260
for<00:38:55.000><c> a</c><00:38:55.079><c> pillar</c><00:38:55.239><c> shall</c><00:38:55.380><c> be</c><00:38:55.539><c> God's</c><00:38:55.860><c> house,</c>

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:58.059
Jacob<00:38:56.920><c> says</c><00:38:57.139><c> in</c><00:38:57.300><c> verse</c><00:38:57.480><c> 22.</c>

00:38:58.059 --> 00:39:01.199
If<00:38:58.559><c> God</c><00:38:58.800><c> really</c><00:38:59.219><c> is</c><00:38:59.440><c> my</c><00:38:59.719><c> God,</c><00:39:00.099><c> then</c><00:39:00.179><c> I</c><00:39:00.380><c> must</c><00:39:00.579><c> do</c><00:39:00.800><c> something,</c><00:39:01.119><c> I</c>

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:02.960
must<00:39:01.460><c> build</c><00:39:01.699><c> him</c><00:39:01.900><c> a</c><00:39:01.940><c> habitation,</c><00:39:02.500><c> I</c><00:39:02.519><c> must</c><00:39:02.739><c> build</c>

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:04.139
him<00:39:03.099><c> a</c><00:39:03.219><c> house.</c>

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:08.380
And<00:39:04.940><c> there</c><00:39:05.059><c> is</c><00:39:05.199><c> this</c><00:39:05.480><c> desire</c><00:39:06.019><c> to</c><00:39:06.400><c> make</c><00:39:06.900><c> God</c><00:39:07.179><c> a</c><00:39:07.420><c> dwelling</c><00:39:07.780><c> which</c>

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:10.320
seems<00:39:08.679><c> to</c><00:39:08.940><c> arise</c><00:39:09.139><c> almost</c><00:39:09.559><c> automatically</c>

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:12.619
out<00:39:11.099><c> of</c><00:39:11.300><c> the</c><00:39:11.460><c> idea</c><00:39:11.739><c> of</c><00:39:12.000><c> having</c><00:39:12.260><c> a</c><00:39:12.500><c> God.</c>

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:17.239
If<00:39:12.760><c> you</c><00:39:12.940><c> have</c><00:39:13.139><c> a</c><00:39:13.280><c> God,</c><00:39:14.139><c> you</c><00:39:14.239><c> should</c><00:39:14.519><c> want</c><00:39:14.820><c> to</c><00:39:15.059><c> make</c><00:39:15.199><c> him</c><00:39:15.380><c> a</c><00:39:15.539><c> house,</c><00:39:15.980><c> a</c><00:39:16.099><c> habitation.</c>

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:21.559
I<00:39:18.579><c> wonder</c><00:39:18.760><c> if</c><00:39:18.900><c> that's</c><00:39:19.300><c> quite</c><00:39:19.559><c> the</c><00:39:19.760><c> way</c><00:39:19.900><c> our</c><00:39:20.199><c> thinking</c><00:39:20.440><c> is.</c>

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:24.719
That<00:39:22.000><c> we,</c><00:39:22.380><c> brethren</c><00:39:22.539><c> and</c><00:39:22.780><c> sisters,</c><00:39:23.539><c> who</c><00:39:23.719><c> have</c><00:39:23.900><c> that</c><00:39:24.280><c> precious</c>

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:27.119
privilege<00:39:25.280><c> of</c><00:39:25.599><c> having</c><00:39:25.980><c> the</c><00:39:26.320><c> God</c><00:39:26.599><c> of</c><00:39:26.760><c> Israel</c>

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:33.280
to<00:39:27.360><c> our</c><00:39:27.760><c> God,</c><00:39:28.599><c> the</c><00:39:28.820><c> God</c><00:39:29.019><c> and</c><00:39:29.260><c> Father</c><00:39:29.519><c> of</c><00:39:29.800><c> our</c><00:39:30.059><c> Lord</c><00:39:30.380><c> Jesus</c><00:39:30.820><c> Christ,</c><00:39:32.840><c> whether</c><00:39:33.079><c> we</c>

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:34.400
are<00:39:33.500><c> so</c><00:39:33.719><c> anxious</c><00:39:34.119><c> to</c>

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:38.039
make<00:39:34.639><c> him</c><00:39:34.880><c> a</c><00:39:35.000><c> habitation,</c><00:39:36.179><c> a</c><00:39:36.300><c> place</c><00:39:36.500><c> of</c><00:39:36.760><c> dwelling</c><00:39:36.940><c> in</c><00:39:37.199><c> our</c><00:39:37.460><c> hearts</c><00:39:37.820><c> and</c>

00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:42.019
in<00:39:38.260><c> our</c><00:39:38.440><c> lives,</c><00:39:40.380><c> are</c><00:39:41.300><c> we</c><00:39:41.760><c> so</c>

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:43.760
anxious<00:39:42.460><c> about</c><00:39:42.760><c> that?</c>

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:50.980
Certainly<00:39:46.059><c> it</c><00:39:46.239><c> is</c><00:39:46.460><c> from</c><00:39:46.739><c> this</c><00:39:47.039><c> chapter</c><00:39:47.500><c> and</c><00:39:47.820><c> the</c><00:39:48.079><c> events</c><00:39:48.400><c> surrounding</c><00:39:49.079><c> Jacob,</c><00:39:50.800><c> here</c>

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.760
in<00:39:51.239><c> the</c><00:39:51.460><c> house</c>

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:58.219
of<00:39:51.920><c> God,</c><00:39:52.619><c> Bethel,</c><00:39:53.599><c> that</c><00:39:53.820><c> our</c><00:39:53.980><c> Lord</c><00:39:54.219><c> Jesus</c><00:39:54.679><c> draws</c><00:39:55.500><c> his</c><00:39:56.420><c> discourse</c><00:39:56.980><c> in</c><00:39:57.320><c> John</c><00:39:57.619><c> 14.</c>

00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:02.699
Behold,<00:39:58.900><c> I</c><00:39:58.980><c> go</c><00:39:59.239><c> to</c><00:39:59.760><c> prepare</c><00:40:00.380><c> a</c><00:40:00.739><c> place</c><00:40:01.059><c> for</c><00:40:01.440><c> you.</c>

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:07.480
That<00:40:03.500><c> is</c><00:40:03.739><c> drawn</c><00:40:04.059><c> from</c><00:40:04.340><c> this</c><00:40:04.659><c> chapter</c><00:40:05.179><c> and</c><00:40:06.219><c> the</c><00:40:06.639><c> angel</c><00:40:07.039><c> of</c><00:40:07.280><c> the</c>

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presence<00:40:07.880><c> going</c><00:40:08.179><c> before</c><00:40:08.699><c> the</c><00:40:08.900><c> children</c>

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:14.780
of<00:40:09.340><c> Israel</c><00:40:09.719><c> and</c><00:40:10.300><c> seeking</c><00:40:10.599><c> out</c><00:40:10.960><c> a</c><00:40:11.179><c> place</c><00:40:11.380><c> for</c><00:40:11.599><c> them</c><00:40:11.920><c> in</c><00:40:12.179><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:40:12.860><c> chapter</c><00:40:13.500><c> 1.</c>

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:19.340
Those<00:40:15.400><c> passages</c><00:40:15.860><c> are</c><00:40:16.480><c> closely</c><00:40:16.960><c> linked</c><00:40:17.300><c> together</c><00:40:17.960><c> in</c><00:40:18.420><c> the</c><00:40:18.599><c> discourse</c><00:40:19.059><c> of</c>

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our<00:40:19.519><c> Lord.</c>

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No<00:40:21.380><c> place</c><00:40:21.760><c> that</c><00:40:22.059><c> we</c><00:40:22.280><c> can</c><00:40:22.539><c> prepare</c><00:40:23.039><c> for</c><00:40:23.420><c> his</c><00:40:23.699><c> habitation</c><00:40:24.480><c> is</c>

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:29.380
anything<00:40:26.119><c> like</c><00:40:26.519><c> the</c><00:40:26.780><c> place</c><00:40:27.460><c> that</c><00:40:28.440><c> Jesus</c><00:40:28.880><c> has</c>

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:31.179
sought<00:40:29.539><c> out</c><00:40:29.840><c> for</c><00:40:30.039><c> us.</c>

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:34.539
I<00:40:31.800><c> go</c><00:40:32.300><c> to</c><00:40:32.619><c> prepare</c><00:40:32.960><c> a</c><00:40:33.260><c> place</c><00:40:33.480><c> for</c><00:40:33.760><c> you.</c>

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:39.159
If<00:40:35.000><c> I</c><00:40:35.219><c> go,</c><00:40:35.519><c> I</c><00:40:35.539><c> will</c><00:40:35.800><c> come</c><00:40:36.000><c> again,</c><00:40:36.760><c> that</c><00:40:36.820><c> where</c><00:40:37.099><c> I</c><00:40:37.340><c> am,</c><00:40:38.460><c> there</c><00:40:38.900><c> ye</c>

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may<00:40:39.400><c> be</c><00:40:39.699><c> also.</c>

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We<00:40:41.079><c> don't</c><00:40:41.239><c> have</c><00:40:41.400><c> to</c><00:40:41.559><c> worry</c><00:40:41.780><c> about</c><00:40:41.980><c> how</c><00:40:42.199><c> the</c><00:40:42.380><c> churches</c><00:40:42.940><c> misconstrue</c><00:40:43.840><c> those</c>

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verses,<00:40:44.559><c> do</c><00:40:44.559><c> we,</c><00:40:44.719><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:40:45.059><c> sisters?</c>

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We<00:40:45.460><c> understand</c><00:40:45.900><c> them</c><00:40:46.059><c> and</c><00:40:46.179><c> our</c><00:40:46.400><c> understanding</c><00:40:46.780><c> will</c><00:40:46.980><c> be</c><00:40:47.159><c> enriched</c><00:40:47.539><c> if</c>

00:40:47.900 --> 00:40:49.420
we<00:40:48.139><c> see</c><00:40:48.300><c> their</c><00:40:48.559><c> basis</c><00:40:48.940><c> here</c><00:40:49.219><c> in</c>

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:52.900
Genesis<00:40:49.739><c> 28</c><00:40:50.679><c> and</c><00:40:50.960><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:40:51.460><c> 1.</c>

00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:57.900
God<00:40:54.019><c> has</c><00:40:54.340><c> prepared</c><00:40:54.760><c> a</c><00:40:55.000><c> dwelling</c><00:40:55.260><c> place</c><00:40:55.980><c> for</c><00:40:56.440><c> us.</c>

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But<00:41:00.440><c> surely</c><00:41:00.739><c> the</c><00:41:01.019><c> lesson</c><00:41:01.480><c> that</c><00:41:01.699><c> we</c><00:41:01.840><c> must</c><00:41:02.079><c> bring</c><00:41:02.360><c> out</c><00:41:02.719><c> from</c><00:41:03.000><c> these</c><00:41:03.500><c> two</c>

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:06.219
contrasting<00:41:05.119><c> characters</c><00:41:05.639><c> again,</c>

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:14.440
from<00:41:06.539><c> Isaac</c><00:41:06.980><c> and</c><00:41:07.599><c> Jacob,</c><00:41:08.860><c> is</c><00:41:09.179><c> the</c><00:41:11.420><c> carefulness,</c><00:41:12.579><c> brethren</c><00:41:12.739><c> and</c><00:41:13.000><c> sisters,</c><00:41:13.340><c> that</c><00:41:13.519><c> must</c><00:41:13.800><c> be</c><00:41:14.159><c> ours,</c>

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:20.659
the<00:41:14.980><c> weariness,</c><00:41:15.699><c> that</c><00:41:15.940><c> we</c><00:41:16.360><c> do</c><00:41:16.800><c> not</c><00:41:17.059><c> allow</c><00:41:17.619><c> that</c><00:41:18.559><c> spirit</c><00:41:19.059><c> of</c><00:41:19.400><c> meekness</c><00:41:19.880><c> that</c><00:41:20.059><c> we</c>

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.900
very<00:41:21.019><c> much</c><00:41:21.400><c> need.</c>

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:24.780
Meekness<00:41:22.380><c> isn't</c><00:41:22.659><c> a</c><00:41:22.860><c> quality</c><00:41:23.300><c> easily</c><00:41:24.059><c> come</c><00:41:24.360><c> by,</c><00:41:24.719><c> is</c><00:41:24.719><c> it?</c>

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:28.960
And<00:41:24.960><c> we</c><00:41:25.039><c> do</c><00:41:25.239><c> need</c><00:41:25.380><c> to</c><00:41:25.679><c> work</c><00:41:25.920><c> at</c><00:41:26.119><c> that,</c><00:41:27.320><c> but</c><00:41:27.400><c> we</c><00:41:27.619><c> must</c><00:41:27.940><c> not</c><00:41:28.219><c> allow</c>

00:41:28.960 --> 00:41:33.840
meekness<00:41:30.079><c> to</c><00:41:30.460><c> become</c><00:41:31.940><c> uninterested.</c>

00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:38.619
We<00:41:35.360><c> mustn't</c><00:41:35.760><c> allow</c><00:41:36.159><c> things</c><00:41:36.559><c> to</c><00:41:36.880><c> wash</c><00:41:37.139><c> over</c><00:41:37.440><c> us.</c>

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:41.840
In<00:41:39.159><c> our</c><00:41:39.480><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:39.960><c> family,</c><00:41:40.780><c> we</c><00:41:40.900><c> shall</c><00:41:41.099><c> talk</c><00:41:41.320><c> a</c><00:41:41.400><c> little</c><00:41:41.599><c> later</c>

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:43.440
in<00:41:41.980><c> the</c><00:41:42.019><c> week,</c><00:41:42.179><c> God</c><00:41:42.400><c> willing,</c><00:41:42.760><c> about</c><00:41:43.039><c> fathers</c>

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:44.019
and<00:41:43.619><c> sons.</c>

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:49.340
In<00:41:44.519><c> that</c><00:41:44.820><c> connection,</c><00:41:45.800><c> the</c><00:41:45.820><c> apostles</c><00:41:46.400><c> moan,</c><00:41:48.360><c> the</c><00:41:48.519><c> apostles</c>

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:52.800
sorrow<00:41:50.980><c> that</c><00:41:51.340><c> there</c><00:41:51.659><c> were</c><00:41:51.980><c> not</c><00:41:52.260><c> sufficient</c>

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:56.320
fathers<00:41:53.460><c> in</c><00:41:54.079><c> the</c><00:41:54.460><c> first</c><00:41:54.699><c> century</c><00:41:55.280><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:59.980
We<00:41:57.599><c> shall</c><00:41:57.880><c> need,</c><00:41:58.420><c> brethren</c><00:41:58.420><c> and</c><00:41:58.679><c> sisters,</c><00:41:58.980><c> in</c><00:41:59.239><c> our</c><00:41:59.500><c> ecclesial</c>

00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:05.360
situation<00:42:00.820><c> to</c><00:42:02.500><c> monitor</c><00:42:03.519><c> those</c><00:42:04.659><c> gulfs,</c>

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:09.739
those<00:42:05.800><c> divisions,</c><00:42:07.079><c> before</c><00:42:07.500><c> they</c><00:42:07.780><c> reach</c><00:42:08.000><c> the</c><00:42:08.239><c> proportions</c><00:42:08.780><c> that</c><00:42:09.099><c> they</c><00:42:09.320><c> did</c><00:42:09.519><c> in</c>

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:12.000
Isaac's<00:42:10.179><c> little</c><00:42:10.380><c> family</c><00:42:10.960><c> and</c>

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:17.380
make<00:42:12.280><c> sure</c><00:42:12.639><c> that</c><00:42:12.860><c> we're</c><00:42:13.139><c> not</c><00:42:14.320><c> misconstruing</c><00:42:15.739><c> meekness</c><00:42:16.320><c> for</c><00:42:16.940><c> a</c>

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:20.360
do<00:42:17.559><c>-nothing</c><00:42:17.860><c> attitude,</c><00:42:18.739><c> where</c><00:42:18.900><c> we</c><00:42:19.800><c> pretend</c>

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:24.519
that<00:42:20.579><c> all</c><00:42:20.739><c> is</c><00:42:21.000><c> well</c><00:42:21.260><c> and</c><00:42:22.079><c> sweep</c><00:42:22.360><c> the</c><00:42:22.599><c> problems</c><00:42:23.019><c> under</c><00:42:23.320><c> the</c><00:42:23.559><c> carpet.</c>

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:31.860
It<00:42:25.199><c> is</c><00:42:25.460><c> easy</c><00:42:25.760><c> to</c><00:42:26.079><c> do</c><00:42:26.280><c> that,</c><00:42:27.719><c> it's</c><00:42:27.940><c> easy</c><00:42:28.320><c> to</c><00:42:28.960><c> spare</c><00:42:29.320><c> people</c><00:42:29.760><c> embarrassment,</c><00:42:31.659><c> and</c>

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perhaps<00:42:32.280><c> through</c>

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the<00:42:32.719><c> best</c><00:42:32.960><c> of</c><00:42:33.179><c> motives,</c><00:42:34.199><c> to</c><00:42:35.039><c> hide</c><00:42:35.960><c> the</c><00:42:36.400><c> sins</c><00:42:36.760><c> and</c><00:42:36.980><c> the</c><00:42:37.239><c> problems</c><00:42:37.659><c> that</c><00:42:37.900><c> are</c><00:42:38.159><c> there,</c><00:42:38.920><c> instead</c><00:42:39.400><c> of</c><00:42:39.719><c> grasping</c>

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:43.179
the<00:42:40.619><c> nettle</c><00:42:40.880><c> and</c><00:42:41.239><c> dealing</c><00:42:41.539><c> with</c><00:42:41.780><c> them</c><00:42:42.039><c> honestly.</c>

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:46.579
That's<00:42:43.820><c> what</c><00:42:44.079><c> Isaac</c><00:42:44.480><c> ought</c><00:42:44.760><c> to</c><00:42:44.940><c> have</c><00:42:45.079><c> done</c><00:42:45.280><c> in</c><00:42:45.460><c> his</c><00:42:45.659><c> family.</c>

00:42:46.619 --> 00:42:49.780
It's<00:42:46.760><c> what</c><00:42:46.980><c> needs</c><00:42:47.260><c> doing</c><00:42:47.579><c> in</c><00:42:47.800><c> the</c><00:42:48.019><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:48.400><c> family</c><00:42:48.800><c> from</c><00:42:49.099><c> time</c><00:42:49.360><c> to</c><00:42:49.559><c> time.</c>

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:52.739
It<00:42:50.099><c> needs</c><00:42:50.260><c> doing</c><00:42:50.539><c> rightly,</c><00:42:51.380><c> it</c><00:42:51.420><c> needs</c><00:42:51.699><c> doing</c><00:42:52.000><c> gently,</c><00:42:52.699><c> it</c>

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:54.280
needs<00:42:53.019><c> doing</c><00:42:53.260><c> with</c><00:42:53.500><c> godly</c><00:42:53.880><c> fear.</c>

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But<00:42:54.840><c> it</c><00:42:54.960><c> needs</c><00:42:55.219><c> doing.</c>

00:42:56.820 --> 00:43:00.239
And<00:42:57.079><c> it's</c><00:42:57.360><c> of</c><00:42:57.639><c> no</c><00:42:57.980><c> assistance</c><00:42:58.420><c> to</c><00:42:58.739><c> anybody</c><00:42:59.179><c> to</c><00:42:59.820><c> sweep</c><00:43:00.000><c> things</c>

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:01.619
under<00:43:00.500><c> the</c><00:43:00.679><c> carpet</c><00:43:00.860><c> and</c><00:43:01.039><c> pretend</c><00:43:01.280><c> they</c><00:43:01.460><c> don't</c>

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:02.000
exist.

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:04.579
Ultimately,<00:43:03.039><c> brethren</c><00:43:03.179><c> and</c><00:43:03.380><c> sisters,</c><00:43:03.599><c> that</c><00:43:03.739><c> is</c><00:43:03.960><c> no</c><00:43:04.260><c> kindness</c>

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:06.239
to<00:43:04.840><c> any</c><00:43:05.079><c> brother</c><00:43:05.300><c> or</c><00:43:05.500><c> to</c><00:43:05.699><c> any</c><00:43:05.920><c> sister.</c>

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:09.219
It<00:43:06.639><c> may</c><00:43:07.099><c> spare</c><00:43:07.400><c> them</c><00:43:07.679><c> embarrassment</c><00:43:08.219><c> initially,</c><00:43:08.860><c> but</c><00:43:08.880><c> in</c><00:43:09.059><c> the</c>

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:11.960
long<00:43:09.559><c> term,</c><00:43:10.579><c> it</c><00:43:10.599><c> will</c><00:43:10.820><c> do</c><00:43:11.000><c> them</c><00:43:11.320><c> no</c><00:43:11.639><c> good.</c>

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:14.500
It<00:43:12.139><c> will</c><00:43:12.320><c> be</c><00:43:12.480><c> of</c><00:43:12.659><c> no</c><00:43:12.880><c> help</c><00:43:13.139><c> to</c><00:43:13.300><c> them,</c><00:43:13.500><c> will</c><00:43:13.579><c> it?</c>

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:17.679
When<00:43:15.619><c> we</c><00:43:15.880><c> stand</c><00:43:16.119><c> before</c><00:43:16.460><c> the</c><00:43:16.679><c> judgment</c><00:43:16.980><c> seat</c><00:43:17.239><c> and</c><00:43:17.400><c> the</c><00:43:17.500><c> Lord</c>

00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:19.519
says,<00:43:18.179><c> and</c><00:43:18.179><c> you</c><00:43:18.360><c> knew</c><00:43:18.519><c> about</c><00:43:18.780><c> that</c><00:43:19.000><c> situation,</c>

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:21.000
what<00:43:19.739><c> did</c><00:43:19.960><c> you</c><00:43:20.159><c> do</c><00:43:20.380><c> about</c><00:43:20.639><c> it?</c>

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:23.260
What<00:43:21.699><c> shall</c><00:43:21.960><c> we</c><00:43:22.300><c> say?</c>

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:31.340
There<00:43:24.420><c> is</c><00:43:24.760><c> every</c><00:43:25.139><c> reason</c><00:43:25.659><c> to</c><00:43:25.920><c> bring</c><00:43:26.159><c> out</c><00:43:26.480><c> our</c><00:43:26.780><c> difficulties</c><00:43:27.320><c> into</c><00:43:27.820><c> the</c><00:43:28.119><c> open,</c><00:43:28.940><c> to</c><00:43:29.039><c> deal</c><00:43:29.320><c> with</c><00:43:29.599><c> them</c><00:43:30.000><c> in</c><00:43:30.400><c> a</c><00:43:30.739><c> scriptural</c>

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:35.300
way,<00:43:32.739><c> exercising</c><00:43:33.219><c> carefully</c><00:43:33.860><c> the</c><00:43:34.059><c> principles</c><00:43:34.639><c> which</c><00:43:35.079><c> our</c>

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:37.039
Lord<00:43:35.539><c> and</c><00:43:35.699><c> the</c><00:43:35.880><c> Apostles</c><00:43:36.260><c> have</c><00:43:36.480><c> laid</c><00:43:36.679><c> down,</c>

00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:40.579
Matthew<00:43:37.380><c> 18</c><00:43:37.900><c> and</c><00:43:38.099><c> the</c><00:43:38.579><c> epistles</c><00:43:38.900><c> that</c><00:43:39.079><c> you</c><00:43:39.300><c> know</c><00:43:39.480><c> well</c><00:43:39.719><c> enough,</c><00:43:40.159><c> brethren</c><00:43:40.300><c> and</c>

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:42.019
sisters,<00:43:41.619><c> that</c><00:43:41.780><c> with</c>

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:47.760
godly<00:43:42.480><c> fear,</c><00:43:43.820><c> not</c><00:43:44.099><c> with</c><00:43:44.380><c> pride,</c><00:43:46.239><c> considering</c><00:43:46.679><c> ourselves</c><00:43:47.260><c> lest</c><00:43:47.519><c> we</c>

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:52.000
also<00:43:48.860><c> should</c><00:43:49.300><c> fall,</c><00:43:50.619><c> we</c><00:43:50.760><c> might</c><00:43:51.059><c> deal</c><00:43:51.440><c> carefully</c>

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.219
and<00:43:52.400><c> wisely</c><00:43:52.920><c> with</c><00:43:53.579><c> these</c><00:43:53.900><c> problems.</c>

00:43:55.719 --> 00:44:00.300
It's<00:43:56.400><c> no</c><00:43:56.719><c> use</c><00:43:57.059><c> trying</c><00:43:57.420><c> to</c><00:43:57.719><c> justify</c><00:43:58.260><c> Esau</c><00:43:58.780><c> just</c><00:43:59.579><c> because</c><00:44:00.019><c> we</c>

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:01.500
love<00:44:00.480><c> him.</c>

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:06.039
No<00:44:02.320><c> use</c><00:44:02.760><c> allowing</c><00:44:03.239><c> personal</c><00:44:03.860><c> prejudice</c><00:44:04.340><c> to</c><00:44:04.639><c> get</c><00:44:04.820><c> in</c><00:44:05.000><c> the</c><00:44:05.139><c> way.</c>

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:09.360
Esau<00:44:06.360><c> was</c><00:44:06.659><c> a</c><00:44:06.840><c> profane</c><00:44:07.199><c> person</c><00:44:07.639><c> at</c><00:44:07.860><c> the</c><00:44:07.940><c> end</c><00:44:08.079><c> of</c><00:44:08.280><c> the</c><00:44:08.360><c> day.</c>

00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:13.239
Sometimes<00:44:10.440><c> in</c><00:44:10.659><c> our</c><00:44:10.860><c> attitudes,</c><00:44:11.440><c> we</c><00:44:11.460><c> can</c><00:44:11.679><c> be</c><00:44:12.139><c> as</c><00:44:12.519><c> unreasonable</c>

00:44:13.239 --> 00:44:14.500
as<00:44:13.699><c> Isaac,</c><00:44:14.059><c> can't</c><00:44:14.340><c> we?</c>

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:20.320
There<00:44:14.719><c> is</c><00:44:15.159><c> something</c><00:44:15.539><c> that</c><00:44:15.739><c> we</c><00:44:15.920><c> just</c><00:44:16.260><c> don't</c><00:44:16.679><c> like,</c><00:44:17.559><c> and</c><00:44:17.679><c> prejudice</c><00:44:18.199><c> prevents</c><00:44:19.219><c> us</c><00:44:19.460><c> making</c><00:44:19.800><c> an</c><00:44:20.039><c> honest</c>

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:21.500
assessment.

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:30.599
We<00:44:24.579><c> just</c><00:44:25.059><c> don't</c><00:44:25.420><c> like</c><00:44:25.719><c> a</c><00:44:25.900><c> brother,</c><00:44:27.619><c> maybe</c><00:44:27.800><c> he</c><00:44:27.900><c> has</c><00:44:28.079><c> a</c><00:44:28.280><c> beard,</c><00:44:28.820><c> and</c><00:44:29.900><c> then</c><00:44:30.059><c> we</c><00:44:30.139><c> look</c><00:44:30.260><c> for</c><00:44:30.480><c> a</c>

00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:31.139
moral<00:44:30.800><c> reason</c>

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:35.880
why<00:44:31.320><c> we</c><00:44:31.519><c> shouldn't</c><00:44:31.719><c> like</c><00:44:32.000><c> brethren</c><00:44:32.280><c> with</c><00:44:32.539><c> beards,</c><00:44:34.019><c> to</c><00:44:34.280><c> justify</c><00:44:34.780><c> our</c><00:44:35.139><c> feelings,</c><00:44:35.679><c> to</c>

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:37.039
justify<00:44:36.380><c> our</c><00:44:36.739><c> prejudice.</c>

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:39.400
It's<00:44:37.519><c> so</c><00:44:37.679><c> easily</c><00:44:37.980><c> done,</c><00:44:38.239><c> we</c><00:44:38.420><c> laugh,</c><00:44:38.900><c> brethren</c><00:44:39.000><c> and</c><00:44:39.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:41.159
but<00:44:39.559><c> it's</c><00:44:39.800><c> so</c><00:44:40.079><c> easily</c><00:44:40.420><c> done,</c><00:44:40.780><c> isn't</c><00:44:40.920><c> it?</c>

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:45.860
We<00:44:41.579><c> look</c><00:44:41.760><c> then</c><00:44:42.019><c> for</c><00:44:42.340><c> moral</c><00:44:42.780><c> reasons</c><00:44:43.500><c> for</c><00:44:44.960><c> putting</c><00:44:45.219><c> us</c><00:44:45.460><c> in</c><00:44:45.619><c> the</c>

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:49.039
right<00:44:46.280><c> and</c><00:44:47.280><c> those</c><00:44:47.519><c> we</c><00:44:47.719><c> just</c><00:44:47.960><c> don't</c><00:44:48.199><c> like</c>

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in<00:44:49.159><c> the</c><00:44:49.380><c> wrong.</c>

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But<00:44:52.119><c> surely</c><00:44:52.400><c> out</c><00:44:52.659><c> of</c><00:44:52.880><c> Jacob</c><00:44:53.179><c> there</c><00:44:53.519><c> arises</c><00:44:53.840><c> also</c><00:44:54.559><c> a</c><00:44:55.159><c> similarly</c>

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salutary<00:44:56.340><c> lesson,</c><00:44:56.860><c> brethren</c><00:44:57.019><c> and</c>

00:44:57.239 --> 00:45:01.420
sisters,<00:44:58.119><c> for</c><00:44:58.719><c> Jacob</c><00:44:59.239><c> was</c><00:44:59.480><c> the</c><00:44:59.699><c> one</c><00:44:59.960><c> who</c><00:45:00.599><c> believed</c><00:45:01.019><c> that</c><00:45:01.260><c> the</c>

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:04.019
end<00:45:01.659><c> justified</c><00:45:02.300><c> the</c><00:45:02.539><c> means,</c><00:45:02.980><c> wasn't</c><00:45:03.159><c> he?</c>

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:07.360
And<00:45:04.599><c> you</c><00:45:04.719><c> know,</c><00:45:04.820><c> there</c><00:45:04.980><c> is</c><00:45:05.179><c> a</c><00:45:05.300><c> danger</c><00:45:05.579><c> that</c><00:45:06.119><c> we</c><00:45:06.599><c> might</c><00:45:06.900><c> forget</c>

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:09.559
the<00:45:07.639><c> need</c><00:45:07.880><c> to</c><00:45:08.139><c> live</c><00:45:08.340><c> honestly.</c>

00:45:09.920 --> 00:45:11.699
It<00:45:10.019><c> is</c><00:45:10.159><c> very</c><00:45:10.420><c> important</c><00:45:10.920><c> to</c><00:45:11.099><c> live</c><00:45:11.280><c> honestly.</c>

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:14.119
Sometimes<00:45:12.699><c> we</c><00:45:13.139><c> look</c><00:45:13.320><c> at</c><00:45:13.440><c> the</c><00:45:13.559><c> world</c><00:45:13.659><c> and</c><00:45:13.780><c> say,</c><00:45:13.920><c> well,</c><00:45:13.980><c> that's</c>

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:16.360
only<00:45:14.320><c> the</c><00:45:14.539><c> world,</c><00:45:15.420><c> and</c><00:45:15.519><c> we</c><00:45:15.659><c> can</c><00:45:15.800><c> very</c><00:45:16.019><c> easily</c>

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:20.539
like<00:45:16.559><c> Jacob,</c><00:45:17.159><c> take</c><00:45:17.380><c> advantage</c><00:45:17.840><c> of</c><00:45:18.099><c> Esau,</c><00:45:18.980><c> he</c><00:45:19.800><c> was</c><00:45:20.119><c> only</c><00:45:20.239><c> Esau,</c>

00:45:20.619 --> 00:45:21.900
he<00:45:20.639><c> was</c><00:45:20.880><c> profane,</c><00:45:21.340><c> he</c><00:45:21.340><c> was</c><00:45:21.519><c> ungodly,</c>

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:23.960
he<00:45:22.000><c> didn't</c><00:45:22.179><c> matter,</c><00:45:22.800><c> he</c><00:45:22.840><c> didn't</c><00:45:23.079><c> figure</c><00:45:23.300><c> in</c><00:45:23.460><c> God's</c><00:45:23.780><c> purpose,</c>

00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:25.239
so<00:45:24.159><c> why</c><00:45:24.340><c> bother?</c>

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:27.719
Why<00:45:25.659><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:25.860><c> we</c><00:45:26.059><c> lie</c><00:45:26.239><c> and</c><00:45:26.400><c> cheat</c><00:45:26.639><c> Esau?</c>

00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:29.940
What<00:45:28.239><c> difference</c><00:45:28.519><c> did</c><00:45:28.699><c> it</c><00:45:28.840><c> make?</c>

00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:34.000
But<00:45:30.920><c> you</c><00:45:31.039><c> see</c><00:45:31.179><c> it</c><00:45:31.280><c> does,</c><00:45:32.260><c> it</c><00:45:32.400><c> doesn't</c><00:45:32.500><c> make</c><00:45:32.659><c> any</c><00:45:32.840><c> difference</c><00:45:33.059><c> to</c><00:45:33.179><c> Esau,</c><00:45:33.539><c> but</c><00:45:33.639><c> it</c><00:45:33.760><c> makes</c><00:45:33.900><c> a</c>

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.760
difference<00:45:34.199><c> to</c><00:45:34.420><c> us.</c>

00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:37.739
You<00:45:35.119><c> know</c><00:45:35.239><c> under</c><00:45:35.440><c> the</c><00:45:35.579><c> law</c><00:45:35.679><c> of</c><00:45:35.880><c> Moses</c><00:45:36.159><c> how</c><00:45:36.539><c> the</c><00:45:36.780><c> law</c><00:45:37.159><c> said</c><00:45:37.579><c> that</c>

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:39.159
you<00:45:37.860><c> hadn't</c><00:45:38.059><c> to</c><00:45:38.300><c> put</c><00:45:38.400><c> a</c><00:45:38.639><c> stumbling</c><00:45:38.900><c> block</c>

00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:39.980
in<00:45:39.320><c> the</c><00:45:39.420><c> way</c><00:45:39.539><c> of</c><00:45:39.699><c> the</c><00:45:39.860><c> blind.</c>

00:45:39.980 --> 00:45:41.900
You<00:45:40.119><c> can</c><00:45:40.320><c> understand</c><00:45:40.699><c> that</c><00:45:40.940><c> because</c><00:45:41.139><c> the</c><00:45:41.360><c> blind</c><00:45:41.500><c> would</c><00:45:41.679><c> fall</c>

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:43.539
and<00:45:42.079><c> hurt</c><00:45:42.199><c> himself,</c><00:45:42.880><c> but</c><00:45:43.059><c> the</c><00:45:43.219><c> law</c><00:45:43.340><c> said</c>

00:45:43.539 --> 00:45:45.239
equally<00:45:43.860><c> you</c><00:45:44.000><c> were</c><00:45:44.159><c> not</c><00:45:44.280><c> to</c><00:45:44.440><c> curse</c><00:45:44.679><c> the</c><00:45:44.860><c> deaf.</c>

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Now<00:45:45.760><c> that</c><00:45:45.880><c> made</c><00:45:46.059><c> no</c><00:45:46.239><c> difference</c><00:45:46.500><c> to</c><00:45:46.659><c> the</c><00:45:46.820><c> deaf.</c>

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He<00:45:48.300><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:48.480><c> hear</c><00:45:48.679><c> you</c><00:45:48.840><c> if</c><00:45:48.980><c> you</c><00:45:49.119><c> cursed</c><00:45:49.280><c> him,</c><00:45:49.480><c> it</c><00:45:49.519><c> wouldn't</c>

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matter<00:45:49.880><c> to</c><00:45:50.039><c> him,</c><00:45:51.400><c> but</c><00:45:51.539><c> it</c><00:45:51.699><c> mattered</c><00:45:51.880><c> to</c>

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the<00:45:52.199><c> one</c><00:45:52.340><c> doing</c><00:45:52.559><c> the</c><00:45:52.800><c> cursing.</c>

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It<00:45:55.679><c> was</c><00:45:55.940><c> the</c><00:45:56.119><c> fact</c><00:45:56.280><c> that</c><00:45:56.500><c> you</c><00:45:56.679><c> were</c><00:45:57.019><c> despising</c><00:45:57.679><c> a</c><00:45:57.940><c> brother,</c><00:45:58.300><c> that</c><00:45:58.400><c> it</c>

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reduced<00:45:59.000><c> him</c><00:45:59.179><c> in</c><00:45:59.320><c> your</c><00:45:59.559><c> eyes,</c>

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:02.639
it<00:46:00.199><c> brought</c><00:46:00.480><c> him</c><00:46:00.699><c> down,</c><00:46:01.059><c> it</c><00:46:01.159><c> belittled</c><00:46:01.500><c> him,</c><00:46:01.880><c> it</c><00:46:02.079><c> brought</c><00:46:02.340><c> him</c>

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down<00:46:02.900><c> to</c><00:46:03.059><c> a</c><00:46:03.139><c> position</c><00:46:03.360><c> where</c><00:46:03.500><c> he</c><00:46:03.579><c> didn't</c>

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matter,<00:46:04.059><c> he</c><00:46:04.139><c> didn't</c><00:46:04.400><c> count.</c>

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And<00:46:06.159><c> we</c><00:46:06.300><c> mustn't,</c><00:46:06.599><c> brethren</c><00:46:06.880><c> and</c><00:46:07.119><c> sisters,</c><00:46:07.300><c> ever</c><00:46:07.619><c> believe</c>

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that<00:46:08.119><c> the</c><00:46:08.280><c> end</c><00:46:08.460><c> justifies</c><00:46:09.099><c> the</c><00:46:09.320><c> means,</c>

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and<00:46:09.880><c> because</c><00:46:10.159><c> it's</c><00:46:10.300><c> only</c><00:46:10.519><c> the</c><00:46:10.719><c> world</c><00:46:10.880><c> we</c><00:46:10.980><c> can</c><00:46:11.159><c> take</c><00:46:11.380><c> advantage</c>

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of<00:46:12.039><c> it</c><00:46:12.179><c> and</c><00:46:12.280><c> do</c><00:46:12.480><c> what</c><00:46:12.639><c> we</c><00:46:12.920><c> like.</c>

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There<00:46:14.179><c> is</c><00:46:14.599><c> still</c><00:46:14.780><c> a</c><00:46:14.940><c> need</c><00:46:15.119><c> in</c><00:46:15.440><c> our</c><00:46:15.860><c> world</c><00:46:16.420><c> to</c><00:46:16.940><c> live</c><00:46:17.320><c> honestly</c>

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in<00:46:18.719><c> the</c><00:46:18.960><c> sight</c><00:46:19.119><c> of</c><00:46:19.300><c> God</c><00:46:19.440><c> for</c><00:46:19.760><c> our</c><00:46:20.219><c> sakes,</c>

00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:25.280
for<00:46:21.280><c> it</c><00:46:21.480><c> is</c><00:46:21.619><c> through</c><00:46:21.860><c> our</c><00:46:22.199><c> honesty</c><00:46:22.480><c> and</c><00:46:22.880><c> conduct</c><00:46:23.340><c> and</c><00:46:24.340><c> our</c><00:46:24.739><c> attempts</c><00:46:25.079><c> to</c>

00:46:25.280 --> 00:46:26.599
be<00:46:25.519><c> righteous</c><00:46:25.940><c> in</c><00:46:26.099><c> the</c><00:46:26.360><c> world</c>

00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:31.260
in<00:46:26.760><c> which</c><00:46:26.960><c> God</c><00:46:27.199><c> has</c><00:46:27.519><c> placed</c><00:46:27.739><c> us</c><00:46:28.239><c> that</c><00:46:28.599><c> we</c><00:46:28.880><c> cultivate</c><00:46:29.619><c> the</c><00:46:30.239><c> righteousness</c><00:46:30.739><c> that</c>

00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:33.000
God<00:46:31.579><c> desires</c><00:46:32.280><c> in</c><00:46:32.800><c> the</c>

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things<00:46:33.360><c> concerning</c><00:46:33.920><c> him</c><00:46:34.280><c> and</c><00:46:34.480><c> his</c><00:46:34.679><c> service</c><00:46:35.119><c> and</c><00:46:35.300><c> his</c><00:46:35.559><c> name.</c>

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It<00:46:36.920><c> is</c><00:46:37.119><c> only</c><00:46:37.440><c> through</c><00:46:37.800><c> our</c><00:46:38.739><c> conduct</c><00:46:39.159><c> and</c><00:46:39.460><c> behaviour</c><00:46:39.820><c> in</c><00:46:40.039><c> the</c>

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:43.219
world<00:46:40.800><c> that</c><00:46:41.219><c> we</c><00:46:41.420><c> are</c><00:46:41.780><c> trained</c><00:46:42.360><c> and</c><00:46:42.960><c> fitted</c>

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:49.239
by<00:46:43.539><c> God,</c><00:46:44.059><c> that</c><00:46:44.139><c> we</c><00:46:44.300><c> might</c><00:46:44.559><c> respect</c><00:46:45.119><c> him</c><00:46:45.659><c> and</c><00:46:45.940><c> give</c><00:46:46.159><c> him</c><00:46:46.599><c> the</c><00:46:46.920><c> honour</c><00:46:47.280><c> and</c><00:46:47.840><c> the</c><00:46:48.059><c> glory</c><00:46:48.760><c> that</c><00:46:49.059><c> is</c>

00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:50.739
due<00:46:49.380><c> to</c><00:46:49.579><c> him.</c>

00:46:57.320 --> 00:47:07.940
O<00:46:58.039><c> Lord,</c><00:46:58.760><c> God,</c><00:47:00.260><c> Heavenly</c><00:47:00.679><c> Father,</c><00:47:03.480><c> we</c><00:47:03.860><c> seek</c><00:47:04.219><c> Thee</c><00:47:04.639><c> to</c><00:47:05.219><c> honour</c><00:47:05.579><c> Thee.</c>

00:47:07.940 --> 00:47:11.559
Thy<00:47:08.460><c> name</c><00:47:08.860><c> is</c><00:47:09.219><c> great,</c><00:47:09.739><c> O</c><00:47:09.920><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:18.300
Thou<00:47:12.460><c> art</c><00:47:12.820><c> exalted</c><00:47:13.800><c> high</c><00:47:14.599><c> above</c><00:47:15.000><c> the</c><00:47:15.260><c> heavens,</c><00:47:16.739><c> and</c><00:47:16.780><c> we</c><00:47:16.980><c> confess</c><00:47:17.500><c> readily</c><00:47:17.960><c> that</c>

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Thou<00:47:18.659><c> only</c><00:47:19.159><c> art</c><00:47:19.480><c> God.</c>

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There<00:47:20.059><c> is</c><00:47:20.380><c> none</c><00:47:20.739><c> beside</c><00:47:21.260><c> Thee.</c>

00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:32.300
Our<00:47:24.900><c> Father,</c><00:47:26.920><c> receive</c><00:47:27.539><c> us</c><00:47:28.199><c> in</c><00:47:28.619><c> Jesus,</c><00:47:31.099><c> receive</c><00:47:31.599><c> our</c><00:47:31.840><c> worship</c>

00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:34.119
and<00:47:32.619><c> our</c><00:47:32.900><c> praise.</c>

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And<00:47:35.519><c> teach</c><00:47:35.780><c> us</c><00:47:36.179><c> to</c><00:47:36.800><c> shun</c><00:47:37.599><c> that</c><00:47:38.360><c> foolishness</c><00:47:39.099><c> to</c><00:47:39.340><c> which</c><00:47:39.559><c> we</c><00:47:39.739><c> are</c>

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:43.980
so<00:47:40.420><c> prone,</c><00:47:42.260><c> that</c><00:47:42.460><c> learning</c><00:47:42.900><c> from</c><00:47:43.179><c> Thy</c><00:47:43.519><c> servants</c>

00:47:43.980 --> 00:47:50.780
of<00:47:44.280><c> old,</c><00:47:44.619><c> we</c><00:47:44.780><c> may</c><00:47:45.139><c> seek</c><00:47:45.619><c> to</c><00:47:46.639><c> exalt</c><00:47:47.079><c> Thy</c><00:47:47.579><c> standards</c><00:47:48.219><c> and</c><00:47:48.679><c> principles</c><00:47:49.320><c> and</c><00:47:49.699><c> values</c><00:47:50.300><c> in</c>

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every<00:47:51.159><c> aspect</c>

00:47:51.739 --> 00:47:59.139
of<00:47:52.019><c> our</c><00:47:52.320><c> own</c><00:47:52.599><c> individual</c><00:47:53.500><c> lives,</c><00:47:54.360><c> and</c><00:47:56.380><c> to</c><00:47:56.559><c> live</c><00:47:57.139><c> honestly</c><00:47:57.900><c> and</c>

00:47:59.139 --> 00:48:03.400
uprightly<00:48:00.480><c> even</c><00:48:00.739><c> in</c><00:48:00.940><c> this</c><00:48:01.219><c> present</c><00:48:01.739><c> evil</c><00:48:02.219><c> world.</c>

00:48:03.860 --> 00:48:08.500
That<00:48:04.539><c> by</c><00:48:05.219><c> witness</c><00:48:05.900><c> as</c><00:48:06.219><c> well</c><00:48:06.460><c> as</c><00:48:06.659><c> by</c><00:48:06.860><c> word</c><00:48:07.099><c> of</c><00:48:07.360><c> mouth,</c><00:48:08.039><c> we</c><00:48:08.159><c> may</c>

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:11.179
make<00:48:08.920><c> known</c><00:48:09.260><c> Thy</c><00:48:09.659><c> great</c><00:48:10.119><c> and</c><00:48:10.380><c> holy</c><00:48:10.679><c> name,</c>

00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:17.039
Thy<00:48:11.800><c> truth,</c><00:48:13.059><c> that</c><00:48:13.280><c> others</c><00:48:13.639><c> also</c><00:48:14.199><c> by</c><00:48:14.460><c> Thy</c><00:48:14.760><c> grace</c><00:48:15.500><c> may</c><00:48:16.440><c> come</c><00:48:16.760><c> to</c>

00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:23.119
know<00:48:17.599><c> and</c><00:48:18.559><c> love</c><00:48:19.199><c> and</c><00:48:20.179><c> give</c><00:48:20.519><c> their</c><00:48:20.719><c> obedience</c><00:48:21.360><c> unto</c><00:48:21.699><c> Thee.</c>

00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:29.340
Receive<00:48:25.559><c> our</c><00:48:25.800><c> thanks</c><00:48:26.260><c> and</c><00:48:26.559><c> our</c><00:48:26.860><c> praises,</c><00:48:27.380><c> O</c><00:48:27.559><c> Lord,</c><00:48:28.840><c> and</c><00:48:29.059><c> bless</c>

00:48:29.340 --> 00:48:33.519
us<00:48:29.920><c> for</c><00:48:30.219><c> Jesus'</c><00:48:31.340><c> sake.</c><00:48:32.500><c> Amen.</c>

00:48:52.619 --> 00:48:54.019
Amen.