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blessings,<00:11:32.720><c> wasn't</c><00:11:32.940><c> it,</c><00:11:33.139><c> from</c><00:11:33.399><c> Abraham</c><00:11:33.960><c> and</c>

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Isaac.<00:11:35.700><c> The</c><00:11:36.000><c> land,</c><00:11:36.580><c> the</c><00:11:36.820><c> promised</c><00:11:37.159><c> seed,</c><00:11:38.100><c> the</c><00:11:38.360><c> resurrection</c>

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priest.<00:12:01.080><c> He</c><00:12:01.200><c> would</c><00:12:01.340><c> have</c><00:12:01.500><c> been</c><00:12:01.659><c> a</c><00:12:01.919><c> ruler.</c>