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Although<00:11:10.799><c> the</c><00:11:11.019><c> Jews</c><00:11:11.179><c> and</c><00:11:11.360><c> the</c><00:11:11.580><c> Arabs</c><00:11:11.720><c> seem</c><00:11:11.960><c> to</c><00:11:12.120><c> think</c><00:11:12.240><c> they</c><00:11:12.379><c> know</c><00:11:12.500><c> where</c><00:11:12.740><c> it</c><00:11:12.860><c> is</c>

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and<00:11:13.200><c> come</c><00:11:15.659><c> into</c><00:11:15.899><c> conflict</c><00:11:16.259><c> over</c><00:11:16.539><c> the</c><00:11:16.759><c> area</c><00:11:17.059><c> rather</c><00:11:17.399><c> regularly.</c>

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But<00:11:18.500><c> it</c><00:11:18.580><c> was</c><00:11:18.779><c> there</c><00:11:19.139><c> that</c><00:11:19.320><c> the</c><00:11:19.580><c> patriarchs</c><00:11:19.940><c> were</c><00:11:20.120><c> buried.</c>

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It<00:11:20.440><c> was</c><00:11:20.659><c> there</c><00:11:21.100><c> that</c><00:11:21.259><c> they</c><00:11:21.460><c> spent</c><00:11:21.659><c> much</c><00:11:21.919><c> of</c><00:11:22.039><c> their</c><00:11:22.220><c> time</c><00:11:23.019><c> while</c>

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in<00:11:23.600><c> the</c><00:11:23.820><c> land.</c>

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Now<00:11:25.080><c> when</c><00:11:25.220><c> we</c><00:11:25.419><c> consider</c><00:11:25.759><c> Jacob's</c><00:11:26.279><c> experience,</c>

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we<00:11:26.899><c> find</c><00:11:27.120><c> that</c><00:11:27.379><c> essentially</c><00:11:27.700><c> the</c><00:11:27.899><c> same</c><00:11:28.139><c> thing</c><00:11:28.279><c> was</c><00:11:28.480><c> the</c><00:11:28.659><c> case,</c>

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although<00:11:29.720><c> his</c><00:11:30.399><c> area</c><00:11:30.960><c> of</c><00:11:31.159><c> settlement</c><00:11:31.399><c> seems</c><00:11:31.700><c> to</c><00:11:31.879><c> have</c><00:11:32.000><c> been</c><00:11:32.139><c> a</c>

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bit<00:11:32.440><c> further</c>

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to<00:11:32.919><c> the</c><00:11:33.080><c> north</c><00:11:33.440><c> in</c><00:11:34.100><c> the</c><00:11:34.440><c> vicinity</c><00:11:34.860><c> of</c><00:11:35.200><c> Shechem.</c>

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In<00:11:36.080><c> fact,</c><00:11:36.720><c> he</c><00:11:36.960><c> purchased</c><00:11:37.360><c> his</c><00:11:37.600><c> land</c><00:11:37.799><c> there</c><00:11:38.740><c> back</c><00:11:39.480><c> in</c><00:11:39.639><c> 33</c><00:11:40.940><c> verses</c><00:11:41.740><c> 17</c><00:11:42.200><c> to</c><00:11:42.340><c> 19.</c>

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Jacob,<00:11:45.360><c> after</c><00:11:45.919><c> Esau</c><00:11:46.200><c> leaves</c><00:11:46.480><c> him,</c>

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after<00:11:46.980><c> Jacob</c><00:11:47.379><c> initially</c><00:11:47.740><c> returns</c><00:11:48.100><c> to</c><00:11:48.299><c> the</c><00:11:48.480><c> land,</c><00:11:49.440><c> verse</c><00:11:49.720><c> 17,</c>

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Jacob<00:11:50.679><c> sojourned</c><00:11:51.600><c> to</c><00:11:51.899><c> Succoth</c><00:11:52.200><c> and</c><00:11:52.840><c> built</c><00:11:53.159><c> him</c><00:11:53.440><c> a</c><00:11:53.559><c> house</c>

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and<00:11:54.240><c> made</c><00:11:54.500><c> booths</c><00:11:54.960><c> for</c><00:11:55.120><c> his</c><00:11:55.320><c> cattle.</c>

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Therefore<00:11:56.639><c> the</c><00:11:56.919><c> name</c><00:11:57.120><c> of</c><00:11:57.299><c> the</c><00:11:57.399><c> place</c><00:11:57.559><c> is</c><00:11:57.759><c> called</c><00:11:57.980><c> Succoth.</c>

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And<00:11:59.159><c> Jacob</c><00:11:59.440><c> came</c><00:11:59.840><c> to</c><00:12:00.100><c> Shalom,</c><00:12:00.480><c> the</c><00:12:00.539><c> city</c><00:12:00.779><c> of</c><00:12:00.980><c> Shechem,</c>

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which<00:12:01.519><c> is</c><00:12:01.940><c> in</c><00:12:02.299><c> the</c><00:12:02.379><c> land</c><00:12:02.600><c> of</c><00:12:02.799><c> Canaan,</c><00:12:03.720><c> when</c><00:12:04.019><c> he</c><00:12:04.179><c> came</c><00:12:04.360><c> from</c><00:12:04.620><c> Paedinarum.</c>

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And<00:12:05.399><c> he</c><00:12:05.519><c> pitched</c><00:12:05.779><c> his</c><00:12:06.019><c> tent</c><00:12:06.179><c> before</c><00:12:06.480><c> the</c><00:12:06.700><c> city.</c>

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And<00:12:07.720><c> he</c><00:12:07.860><c> bought</c><00:12:08.000><c> a</c><00:12:08.179><c> parcel</c><00:12:08.419><c> of</c><00:12:08.679><c> a</c><00:12:08.860><c> field</c><00:12:09.139><c> where</c><00:12:09.659><c> he</c><00:12:10.899><c> had</c><00:12:11.120><c> spread</c>

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his<00:12:11.440><c> tent</c>

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at<00:12:11.940><c> the</c><00:12:12.080><c> hand</c><00:12:12.220><c> of</c><00:12:12.360><c> the</c><00:12:12.419><c> children</c><00:12:12.720><c> of</c><00:12:12.899><c> Hamor,</c>

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Shechem's<00:12:13.659><c> father,</c><00:12:14.059><c> for</c><00:12:14.120><c> 100</c><00:12:14.360><c> pieces</c><00:12:14.720><c> of</c><00:12:14.940><c> money.</c>

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So<00:12:16.460><c> Jacob</c><00:12:17.100><c> begins</c><00:12:17.679><c> to</c><00:12:17.879><c> take</c><00:12:18.019><c> on</c><00:12:18.240><c> a</c><00:12:18.340><c> very</c><00:12:18.899><c> much</c><00:12:19.220><c> settled</c><00:12:19.519><c> existence.</c>

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In<00:12:20.500><c> fact,</c><00:12:20.720><c> some</c><00:12:20.899><c> have</c><00:12:21.080><c> suggested</c><00:12:21.500><c> that</c><00:12:21.759><c> the</c><00:12:21.960><c> unfortunate</c><00:12:22.460><c> conflict</c>

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between<00:12:23.840><c> the</c><00:12:24.139><c> sons</c><00:12:24.320><c> of</c><00:12:24.539><c> Jacob</c><00:12:24.779><c> and</c><00:12:24.919><c> the</c><00:12:25.139><c> Shechemites</c>

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was<00:12:26.539><c> a</c><00:12:26.700><c> means</c><00:12:27.120><c> of</c><00:12:28.620><c> destabilizing</c><00:12:29.440><c> Jacob</c><00:12:29.820><c> somewhat,</c>

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such<00:12:30.519><c> that</c><00:12:30.840><c> he</c><00:12:31.320><c> didn't</c><00:12:31.600><c> get</c><00:12:32.080><c> too</c><00:12:32.440><c> cozy</c><00:12:32.720><c> in</c><00:12:32.879><c> the</c><00:12:33.059><c> land</c>

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and<00:12:34.080><c> compelled</c><00:12:34.279><c> him</c><00:12:34.480><c> actually</c><00:12:34.820><c> to</c><00:12:35.000><c> move</c><00:12:35.240><c> further</c><00:12:35.600><c> south</c><00:12:36.039><c> into</c>

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an<00:12:37.200><c> area</c>

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that<00:12:37.779><c> was</c><00:12:38.000><c> more</c><00:12:38.299><c> closely</c><00:12:38.659><c> associated</c><00:12:39.379><c> with</c><00:12:39.919><c> the</c><00:12:40.220><c> experiences</c>

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of<00:12:40.879><c> Abraham</c><00:12:41.200><c> and</c><00:12:41.440><c> Isaac.</c>

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Yet<00:12:42.440><c> nonetheless,</c><00:12:43.200><c> Jacob</c><00:12:43.340><c> certainly</c><00:12:43.740><c> for</c><00:12:43.940><c> quite</c><00:12:44.179><c> a</c><00:12:44.299><c> long</c><00:12:44.419><c> period</c><00:12:44.740><c> of</c><00:12:44.940><c> time,</c>

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it<00:12:45.980><c> says</c><00:12:46.200><c> he</c><00:12:47.139><c> built</c><00:12:47.419><c> him</c><00:12:47.600><c> a</c><00:12:47.659><c> house,</c>

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whether<00:12:49.159><c> that</c><00:12:49.519><c> means</c><00:12:49.740><c> he</c><00:12:49.980><c> literally</c><00:12:50.360><c> built</c><00:12:50.600><c> a</c><00:12:50.799><c> permanent</c><00:12:51.120><c> structure</c>

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or<00:12:52.460><c> whether</c><00:12:52.779><c> he</c><00:12:53.279><c> simply</c><00:12:53.559><c> settled</c><00:12:53.899><c> there</c><00:12:54.360><c> and</c><00:12:54.700><c> his</c><00:12:54.879><c> family</c><00:12:55.220><c> grew</c><00:12:55.720><c> in</c>

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that<00:12:57.299><c> area</c>

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is<00:12:59.059><c> the</c><00:12:59.179><c> subject</c><00:12:59.559><c> of</c><00:13:00.200><c> debate,</c><00:13:00.419><c> if</c><00:13:00.620><c> you</c><00:13:00.779><c> will.</c>

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It<00:13:01.720><c> does</c><00:13:01.980><c> say</c><00:13:02.240><c> that</c><00:13:02.360><c> he</c><00:13:02.519><c> spread</c><00:13:02.740><c> his</c><00:13:03.100><c> tent,</c>

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so<00:13:03.980><c> it</c><00:13:04.080><c> would</c><00:13:04.179><c> appear</c><00:13:04.379><c> that</c><00:13:04.539><c> he</c><00:13:04.700><c> continued</c><00:13:05.139><c> to</c><00:13:05.899><c> live</c><00:13:06.039><c> in</c><00:13:06.299><c> tents,</c>

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but<00:13:07.159><c> was</c><00:13:07.379><c> taking</c><00:13:07.600><c> on</c><00:13:07.840><c> quite</c><00:13:08.460><c> a</c><00:13:09.419><c> settled</c><00:13:10.019><c> way</c><00:13:10.980><c> of</c><00:13:11.240><c> life</c>

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to<00:13:11.899><c> the</c><00:13:12.080><c> point</c><00:13:12.279><c> of</c><00:13:12.419><c> purchasing</c><00:13:12.820><c> land.</c>

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In<00:13:13.940><c> fact,</c><00:13:14.539><c> Isaac</c><00:13:15.019><c> at</c><00:13:15.240><c> one</c><00:13:15.559><c> point,</c><00:13:16.120><c> if</c><00:13:16.379><c> we</c><00:13:17.360><c> drop</c><00:13:17.580><c> back</c><00:13:17.820><c> briefly</c>

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to<00:13:18.299><c> his</c><00:13:18.460><c> experience,</c>

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plants<00:13:23.039><c> grain</c><00:13:23.419><c> one</c><00:13:23.740><c> year</c><00:13:24.120><c> and</c><00:13:24.600><c> reaps</c><00:13:25.179><c> a</c><00:13:26.419><c> harvest</c><00:13:26.779><c> in</c><00:13:27.019><c> 26</c><00:13:27.659><c> verse</c><00:13:28.580><c> 12.</c>

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Then<00:13:29.679><c> Isaac</c><00:13:30.059><c> sowed</c><00:13:30.700><c> in</c><00:13:30.860><c> that</c><00:13:31.139><c> land,</c><00:13:31.440><c> this</c><00:13:31.600><c> is</c><00:13:31.799><c> in</c><00:13:31.919><c> the</c><00:13:31.960><c> land</c><00:13:32.139><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:32.419><c> Philistines,</c>

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and<00:13:33.519><c> received</c><00:13:33.860><c> in</c><00:13:34.039><c> the</c><00:13:34.159><c> same</c><00:13:34.399><c> year</c><00:13:34.539><c> in</c><00:13:34.759><c> hundredfold,</c>

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and<00:13:36.000><c> the</c><00:13:36.120><c> Lord</c><00:13:36.360><c> blessed</c><00:13:36.720><c> him,</c><00:13:37.059><c> and</c><00:13:37.159><c> the</c><00:13:37.320><c> man</c><00:13:37.559><c> waxed</c><00:13:37.879><c> great,</c>

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and<00:13:38.360><c> went</c><00:13:38.519><c> forward</c><00:13:38.940><c> and</c><00:13:39.179><c> grew</c><00:13:39.279><c> until</c><00:13:39.480><c> he</c><00:13:39.639><c> became</c><00:13:39.860><c> very</c><00:13:40.279><c> great.</c>

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So<00:13:41.759><c> Jacob,</c><00:13:42.279><c> all</c><00:13:42.799><c> of</c><00:13:42.919><c> them</c><00:13:43.039><c> really</c><00:13:43.899><c> were</c><00:13:44.500><c> in</c><00:13:44.899><c> the</c><00:13:45.159><c> same</c><00:13:45.360><c> place</c>

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long<00:13:46.039><c> enough</c>

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to<00:13:46.860><c> do</c><00:13:47.139><c> things</c><00:13:47.720><c> that</c><00:13:48.059><c> were</c><00:13:48.379><c> characteristic</c><00:13:49.019><c> of</c><00:13:49.399><c> a</c><00:13:49.580><c> settled</c>

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permanent<00:13:51.080><c> existence.</c>

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So<00:13:53.419><c> when</c><00:13:53.860><c> we</c><00:13:54.080><c> do</c><00:13:54.600><c> consider</c><00:13:55.179><c> their</c><00:13:55.419><c> experience</c><00:13:55.919><c> and</c><00:13:56.059><c> how</c><00:13:56.200><c> they</c>

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lived<00:13:56.559><c> in</c><00:13:56.700><c> the</c><00:13:56.879><c> land,</c>

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we<00:13:57.600><c> don't</c><00:13:57.820><c> really</c><00:13:58.139><c> need</c><00:13:58.299><c> to</c><00:13:58.519><c> feel</c><00:13:58.700><c> quite</c><00:13:58.899><c> as</c><00:13:59.120><c> far</c><00:13:59.279><c> removed</c>

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from<00:14:00.519><c> their</c><00:14:00.820><c> experience</c><00:14:01.259><c> as</c><00:14:01.379><c> we</c><00:14:01.539><c> might</c><00:14:01.799><c> regularly</c><00:14:02.259><c> do.</c>

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They<00:14:03.419><c> certainly</c><00:14:04.059><c> engaged</c><00:14:04.779><c> in</c><00:14:05.000><c> life</c><00:14:05.259><c> and</c><00:14:05.519><c> all</c><00:14:05.820><c> its</c><00:14:06.940><c> whys</c><00:14:07.679><c> and</c><00:14:07.840><c> wherefores</c>

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and<00:14:09.059><c> all</c><00:14:09.379><c> the</c><00:14:09.659><c> various</c><00:14:09.980><c> activities</c><00:14:10.519><c> that</c><00:14:10.740><c> we</c><00:14:10.879><c> would</c><00:14:11.080><c> find</c><00:14:11.299><c> ourselves</c><00:14:11.720><c> engaging</c><00:14:12.120><c> in</c><00:14:12.299><c> today.</c>

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They<00:14:13.120><c> had</c><00:14:13.259><c> to</c><00:14:13.399><c> earn</c><00:14:13.500><c> a</c><00:14:13.659><c> living,</c><00:14:14.279><c> they</c><00:14:14.399><c> had</c><00:14:14.519><c> to</c><00:14:14.679><c> live</c><00:14:14.820><c> someplace,</c>

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they<00:14:15.960><c> had</c><00:14:16.159><c> to</c><00:14:16.360><c> carry</c><00:14:16.539><c> on</c><00:14:16.860><c> the</c><00:14:17.220><c> regular</c><00:14:17.580><c> and</c><00:14:17.759><c> daily</c><00:14:17.980><c> tasks</c><00:14:18.399><c> of</c><00:14:18.659><c> life,</c>

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and<00:14:19.700><c> they</c><00:14:20.240><c> did</c><00:14:20.519><c> so</c><00:14:21.019><c> in</c><00:14:21.399><c> the</c><00:14:21.600><c> land,</c><00:14:22.320><c> quite</c><00:14:22.559><c> often</c><00:14:22.980><c> in</c><00:14:23.539><c> a</c><00:14:24.440><c> semi</c><00:14:24.820><c>-permanent</c><00:14:25.320><c> or</c>

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permanent<00:14:26.259><c> establishment.</c>

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So<00:14:28.399><c> we</c><00:14:28.720><c> find</c><00:14:29.039><c> that</c><00:14:29.259><c> when</c><00:14:29.460><c> we</c><00:14:29.700><c> consider</c><00:14:30.019><c> their</c><00:14:30.240><c> experience,</c>

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they<00:14:31.679><c> certainly</c><00:14:32.159><c> lived</c><00:14:32.799><c> in</c><00:14:33.960><c> a</c><00:14:34.100><c> settled</c><00:14:34.360><c> fashion.</c>

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It<00:14:35.559><c> wasn't</c><00:14:35.860><c> a</c><00:14:36.039><c> life</c><00:14:36.240><c> that</c><00:14:36.500><c> was</c><00:14:36.879><c> in</c><00:14:37.139><c> a</c><00:14:37.220><c> constant</c><00:14:37.580><c> state</c><00:14:37.820><c> of</c><00:14:38.080><c> upheaval</c>

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and<00:14:40.159><c> going</c><00:14:40.580><c> to</c><00:14:41.100><c> and</c><00:14:41.340><c> fro</c><00:14:41.559><c> and</c><00:14:41.840><c> moving</c><00:14:42.100><c> from</c><00:14:42.379><c> place</c><00:14:42.559><c> to</c><00:14:42.779><c> place</c><00:14:43.179><c> on</c><00:14:43.600><c> a</c>

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constant<00:14:44.019><c> basis.</c>

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And<00:14:45.480><c> not</c><00:14:45.779><c> only</c><00:14:46.019><c> that,</c><00:14:46.519><c> as</c><00:14:46.519><c> we</c><00:14:47.000><c> would</c><00:14:47.240><c> expect...</c>

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Can<00:14:48.279><c> I</c><00:14:48.379><c> get</c><00:14:48.519><c> you</c><00:14:48.639><c> to</c><00:14:48.759><c> move</c><00:14:48.860><c> the</c><00:14:49.080><c> overhead</c><00:14:49.340><c> up,</c><00:14:49.620><c> please?</c>

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Yeah,<00:14:51.259><c> just</c><00:14:51.559><c> up</c><00:14:51.720><c> so</c><00:14:51.879><c> we</c><00:14:52.019><c> get</c><00:14:52.159><c> that</c><00:14:52.399><c> other...</c>

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As<00:14:56.120><c> we</c><00:14:56.360><c> would</c><00:14:57.139><c> expect,</c><00:14:57.799><c> if</c><00:14:58.059><c> they</c><00:14:58.259><c> were</c><00:14:58.519><c> remaining</c><00:14:58.840><c> in</c><00:14:59.019><c> the</c>

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same<00:14:59.360><c> place</c>

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for<00:15:00.720><c> reasonably</c><00:15:01.240><c> extended</c><00:15:01.700><c> periods</c><00:15:02.059><c> of</c><00:15:02.320><c> time,</c>

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that<00:15:03.120><c> they</c><00:15:03.259><c> would</c><00:15:03.480><c> eventually</c><00:15:03.940><c> maintain</c><00:15:04.419><c> some</c><00:15:04.679><c> kind</c><00:15:04.840><c> of</c><00:15:05.080><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:15:06.460><c> the</c><00:15:06.679><c> people</c><00:15:06.860><c> in</c><00:15:07.000><c> the</c><00:15:07.220><c> land.</c>

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And<00:15:08.200><c> we</c><00:15:08.399><c> find</c><00:15:08.740><c> that</c><00:15:09.000><c> is</c><00:15:09.639><c> indeed</c><00:15:10.220><c> the</c><00:15:10.440><c> case.</c>

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We<00:15:11.500><c> consider</c><00:15:12.000><c> Abraham's</c><00:15:12.639><c> experience.</c>

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We<00:15:14.419><c> touched</c><00:15:14.779><c> on</c><00:15:14.960><c> the</c><00:15:15.139><c> passage</c><00:15:15.399><c> already</c><00:15:15.860><c> in</c><00:15:16.039><c> chapter</c><00:15:16.379><c> 14.</c>

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It<00:15:17.639><c> says</c><00:15:17.860><c> of</c><00:15:18.059><c> Abraham,</c><00:15:19.720><c> reading</c><00:15:19.820><c> verse</c><00:15:20.440><c> 13</c><00:15:21.059><c> of</c><00:15:21.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:21.480><c> 14</c><00:15:21.860><c> again,</c>

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and<00:15:22.919><c> there</c><00:15:23.100><c> came</c><00:15:23.299><c> one</c><00:15:23.580><c> that</c><00:15:23.820><c> escaped</c><00:15:24.179><c> and</c><00:15:24.379><c> told</c><00:15:24.539><c> Abraham</c><00:15:24.779><c> the</c><00:15:24.960><c> Hebrew,</c>

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for<00:15:25.519><c> he</c><00:15:25.679><c> dwelt</c><00:15:26.539><c> in</c><00:15:26.899><c> the</c><00:15:27.120><c> plain</c><00:15:27.279><c> of</c><00:15:27.480><c> Mamre,</c><00:15:27.779><c> the</c><00:15:28.000><c> Amorite,</c>

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brother<00:15:29.240><c> of</c><00:15:29.500><c> Eshkol</c><00:15:29.980><c> and</c><00:15:30.279><c> brother</c><00:15:30.600><c> of</c><00:15:30.860><c> Anor,</c>

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and<00:15:31.659><c> these</c><00:15:32.080><c> were</c><00:15:32.600><c> confederate</c><00:15:33.419><c> with</c><00:15:33.960><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:15:35.440><c> this</c><00:15:35.960><c> confederacy</c><00:15:37.240><c> extended</c><00:15:38.440><c> to</c><00:15:39.059><c> the</c><00:15:39.259><c> point</c>

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that<00:15:39.679><c> when</c><00:15:40.320><c> Abraham</c><00:15:40.820><c> set</c><00:15:41.120><c> off</c><00:15:41.440><c> to</c><00:15:41.639><c> rescue</c><00:15:42.120><c> Lot,</c>

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that<00:15:42.899><c> these</c><00:15:43.120><c> men</c><00:15:43.360><c> joined</c><00:15:43.759><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:15:45.740><c> this</c><00:15:46.120><c> confederacy,</c><00:15:46.779><c> what</c><00:15:46.960><c> this</c><00:15:47.200><c> word</c><00:15:47.379><c> means</c><00:15:47.720><c> essentially,</c>

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is<00:15:49.240><c> to</c><00:15:50.179><c> be</c><00:15:51.879><c> a</c><00:15:52.460><c> master</c><00:15:52.779><c> of</c><00:15:53.000><c> a</c><00:15:53.139><c> covenant.</c>

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They<00:15:54.120><c> had</c><00:15:54.360><c> made</c><00:15:54.639><c> some</c><00:15:54.919><c> kind</c><00:15:55.220><c> of</c><00:15:55.500><c> covenant</c><00:15:55.679><c> with</c><00:15:55.940><c> Abraham.</c>

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We<00:15:57.500><c> don't</c><00:15:58.039><c> know</c><00:15:58.700><c> to</c><00:15:58.980><c> what</c><00:15:59.139><c> extent</c><00:15:59.799><c> Mamre,</c><00:16:00.519><c> Eshkol</c><00:16:00.940><c> and</c><00:16:01.139><c> Anor</c>

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had<00:16:03.620><c> adopted</c><00:16:04.259><c> the</c><00:16:04.700><c> hope</c><00:16:04.840><c> of</c><00:16:05.120><c> Abraham.</c>

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One<00:16:06.460><c> could</c><00:16:07.019><c> possibly</c><00:16:07.460><c> assume</c><00:16:07.940><c> that</c><00:16:08.399><c> the</c><00:16:09.139><c> faith</c><00:16:09.379><c> of</c><00:16:09.600><c> Abraham</c>

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being<00:16:10.179><c> what</c><00:16:10.379><c> it</c><00:16:10.580><c> was,</c><00:16:11.980><c> the</c><00:16:12.139><c> fact</c><00:16:12.460><c> that</c><00:16:12.700><c> he</c><00:16:12.960><c> was</c><00:16:13.759><c> very</c><00:16:14.440><c> much</c><00:16:14.679><c> engaged</c>

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and<00:16:15.500><c> certainly</c><00:16:15.820><c> instructing</c><00:16:16.279><c> his</c><00:16:16.440><c> own</c><00:16:16.659><c> household,</c>

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that<00:16:17.700><c> these</c><00:16:17.860><c> men</c><00:16:18.100><c> had</c><00:16:18.379><c> to</c><00:16:18.559><c> at</c><00:16:18.820><c> least</c><00:16:19.100><c> know</c><00:16:19.720><c> where</c><00:16:20.080><c> Abraham</c><00:16:20.419><c> was</c>

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coming<00:16:20.879><c> from</c>

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and<00:16:22.059><c> the</c><00:16:22.279><c> possibility</c><00:16:22.779><c> exists</c><00:16:23.279><c> that</c><00:16:23.799><c> this</c><00:16:24.059><c> confederacy</c>

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was<00:16:25.700><c> not</c><00:16:25.940><c> simply</c><00:16:26.200><c> one</c><00:16:26.360><c> of</c><00:16:26.639><c> convenience,</c>

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but<00:16:28.080><c> extended</c><00:16:28.919><c> to</c><00:16:29.379><c> the</c><00:16:30.120><c> acceptance</c><00:16:30.539><c> of</c><00:16:31.039><c> the</c><00:16:31.259><c> truth,</c>

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the<00:16:31.720><c> gospel</c><00:16:32.200><c> that</c><00:16:32.659><c> had</c><00:16:32.779><c> been</c><00:16:32.899><c> preached</c><00:16:33.120><c> to</c><00:16:33.379><c> Abraham.</c>

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Whether<00:16:34.700><c> that</c><00:16:34.879><c> is</c><00:16:35.080><c> the</c><00:16:35.179><c> case</c><00:16:35.419><c> or</c><00:16:35.559><c> not,</c><00:16:35.759><c> we</c><00:16:35.799><c> don't</c><00:16:36.019><c> know,</c>

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but<00:16:36.860><c> certainly</c><00:16:37.620><c> these</c><00:16:38.460><c> individuals</c><00:16:39.139><c> would</c><00:16:40.840><c> have</c><00:16:41.000><c> been</c><00:16:41.220><c> men</c>

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of<00:16:42.080><c> at</c><00:16:42.159><c> least</c><00:16:42.399><c> some</c><00:16:42.720><c> degree</c><00:16:43.000><c> of</c><00:16:43.220><c> honor</c><00:16:43.460><c> and</c><00:16:43.679><c> integrity</c>

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such<00:16:44.759><c> that</c><00:16:45.059><c> Abraham</c><00:16:45.580><c> would</c><00:16:46.759><c> have</c><00:16:46.940><c> found</c>

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a<00:16:47.919><c> degree</c><00:16:48.299><c> of</c><00:16:50.179><c> fellowship</c><00:16:50.580><c> with</c><00:16:50.860><c> them.</c>

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How<00:16:51.919><c> far</c><00:16:52.200><c> it</c><00:16:52.379><c> went,</c><00:16:52.899><c> again,</c><00:16:53.220><c> we</c><00:16:53.519><c> have</c><00:16:53.700><c> to</c><00:16:53.799><c> leave</c><00:16:53.960><c> that</c>

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to<00:16:55.259><c> some</c><00:16:55.519><c> measure</c><00:16:55.820><c> of</c><00:16:56.019><c> supposition.</c>

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But<00:16:57.340><c> nonetheless,</c><00:16:58.100><c> he</c><00:16:58.240><c> did</c><00:16:58.700><c> maintain</c><00:16:59.580><c> this</c><00:16:59.960><c> degree</c><00:17:00.220><c> of</c><00:17:00.419><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:17:01.179><c> these</c><00:17:01.460><c> men</c><00:17:01.840><c> and</c><00:17:02.440><c> they</c><00:17:02.659><c> worked</c><00:17:02.860><c> cooperatively</c><00:17:03.519><c> together.</c>

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And<00:17:05.299><c> later</c><00:17:05.539><c> on</c><00:17:06.180><c> in</c><00:17:06.660><c> 21,</c><00:17:07.599><c> verse</c><00:17:07.859><c> 27,</c>

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we<00:17:09.160><c> already</c><00:17:09.599><c> touched</c><00:17:10.160><c> on</c><00:17:10.339><c> as</c><00:17:10.559><c> well,</c>

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Abraham<00:17:11.859><c> makes</c><00:17:12.119><c> a</c><00:17:12.380><c> covenant</c><00:17:12.740><c> with</c><00:17:13.220><c> the</c><00:17:13.380><c> Bimelech</c>

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who<00:17:14.099><c> was</c><00:17:14.480><c> the</c><00:17:14.700><c> king</c><00:17:14.839><c> of</c><00:17:14.960><c> the</c><00:17:15.099><c> Philistine</c><00:17:15.480><c> peoples</c>

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who<00:17:16.680><c> seemed</c><00:17:16.960><c> to</c><00:17:17.180><c> have</c><00:17:17.400><c> been</c><00:17:18.440><c> a</c><00:17:19.859><c> smaller</c><00:17:20.140><c> group</c>

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and<00:17:20.579><c> more</c><00:17:20.779><c> united</c><00:17:21.140><c> at</c><00:17:21.339><c> this</c><00:17:21.519><c> stage</c><00:17:21.700><c> in</c><00:17:21.839><c> their</c><00:17:21.960><c> history.</c>

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We<00:17:22.900><c> know</c><00:17:23.059><c> that</c><00:17:23.220><c> later</c><00:17:23.460><c> on</c><00:17:23.920><c> they</c><00:17:24.759><c> filled</c><00:17:25.000><c> up</c><00:17:25.240><c> that</c><00:17:25.440><c> area</c><00:17:25.720><c> of</c><00:17:25.859><c> the</c><00:17:26.000><c> land</c>

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we<00:17:26.279><c> now</c><00:17:26.519><c> know</c><00:17:26.640><c> as</c><00:17:26.819><c> the</c><00:17:26.980><c> Gaza</c><00:17:27.240><c> Strip</c>

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and<00:17:28.220><c> maintained</c><00:17:29.140><c> five</c><00:17:29.619><c> powerful</c><00:17:30.200><c> city</c><00:17:30.579><c>-states.</c>

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But<00:17:31.579><c> at</c><00:17:31.759><c> this</c><00:17:32.000><c> juncture</c><00:17:32.319><c> they</c><00:17:32.539><c> seem</c><00:17:32.779><c> to</c><00:17:32.920><c> have</c><00:17:33.079><c> had</c><00:17:33.220><c> one</c><00:17:33.500><c> king,</c><00:17:33.700><c> Abimelech,</c>

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who<00:17:35.940><c> Abraham</c><00:17:37.099><c> had</c><00:17:38.160><c> some</c><00:17:38.740><c> sort</c><00:17:39.000><c> of</c><00:17:39.160><c> ongoing</c><00:17:39.779><c> interaction</c><00:17:40.460><c> with,</c>

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some<00:17:42.900><c> mutually</c><00:17:43.500><c> beneficial,</c><00:17:44.319><c> some</c><00:17:44.940><c> rather</c><00:17:45.519><c> catastrophic</c>

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as<00:17:46.619><c> we</c><00:17:47.339><c> know</c><00:17:47.599><c> when</c><00:17:48.140><c> Abimelech</c><00:17:48.640><c> takes</c><00:17:48.940><c> Sarah</c><00:17:49.279><c> into</c><00:17:49.519><c> his</c><00:17:49.720><c> household</c>

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thinking<00:17:50.559><c> her</c><00:17:51.119><c> to</c><00:17:51.259><c> be</c><00:17:51.480><c> Abram's</c><00:17:52.099><c> sister.</c>

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And<00:17:53.920><c> at</c><00:17:54.740><c> this</c><00:17:54.920><c> particular</c><00:17:55.400><c> point</c><00:17:55.859><c> there</c><00:17:56.319><c> was</c><00:17:56.480><c> some</c><00:17:56.779><c> conflict</c>

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between<00:17:57.680><c> Abraham</c><00:17:58.240><c> and</c><00:17:59.359><c> Abimelech.</c>

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And<00:18:01.059><c> Abraham</c><00:18:01.579><c> accost</c><00:18:02.019><c> Abimelech</c><00:18:02.519><c> about</c><00:18:02.779><c> it,</c>

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the<00:18:04.700><c> violent</c><00:18:05.099><c> taking</c><00:18:05.420><c> away</c><00:18:05.680><c> of</c><00:18:05.799><c> the</c><00:18:05.960><c> wells.</c>

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And<00:18:07.480><c> verse</c><00:18:07.619><c> 26,</c><00:18:08.279><c> Abimelech</c><00:18:08.779><c> said,</c><00:18:09.079><c> I</c><00:18:09.079><c> will</c><00:18:09.339><c> not.</c>

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Who<00:18:10.359><c> hath</c><00:18:10.559><c> done</c><00:18:10.700><c> this</c><00:18:11.000><c> thing?</c>

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You<00:18:11.420><c> know,</c><00:18:11.500><c> who</c><00:18:11.740><c> has</c><00:18:12.019><c> treated</c><00:18:12.319><c> Abraham</c><00:18:12.680><c> in</c><00:18:12.859><c> this</c><00:18:13.039><c> fashion?</c>

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Neither<00:18:14.200><c> didst</c><00:18:14.579><c> thou</c><00:18:14.680><c> tell</c><00:18:14.980><c> me,</c><00:18:15.640><c> neither</c><00:18:15.900><c> yet</c><00:18:16.200><c> heard</c><00:18:16.460><c> I</c><00:18:16.720><c> of</c><00:18:16.880><c> it,</c>

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but<00:18:17.299><c> today.</c>

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And<00:18:18.440><c> Abraham</c><00:18:18.740><c> took</c><00:18:19.000><c> sheep</c><00:18:19.259><c> and</c><00:18:19.460><c> oxen</c><00:18:19.700><c> and</c><00:18:19.819><c> gave</c><00:18:20.099><c> them</c><00:18:20.259><c> unto</c><00:18:20.460><c> Abimelech</c>

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and<00:18:21.140><c> both</c><00:18:21.400><c> of</c><00:18:21.539><c> them</c><00:18:21.619><c> made</c><00:18:21.859><c> a</c><00:18:22.099><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:18:23.119><c> Abraham</c><00:18:24.359><c> set</c><00:18:24.680><c> seven</c><00:18:25.119><c> eulams</c><00:18:25.579><c> of</c><00:18:25.740><c> the</c><00:18:25.920><c> flock</c><00:18:26.039><c> by</c><00:18:26.240><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:18:27.480><c> Abimelech</c><00:18:27.880><c> said,</c><00:18:28.180><c> what</c><00:18:28.240><c> do</c><00:18:28.359><c> these</c><00:18:28.539><c> mean,</c><00:18:28.839><c> these</c><00:18:28.980><c> seven</c><00:18:29.200><c> eulams?</c>

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Abraham,<00:18:31.119><c> verse</c><00:18:31.339><c> 30,</c><00:18:31.720><c> for</c><00:18:31.900><c> these</c><00:18:32.220><c> seven</c><00:18:32.519><c> eulams</c>

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shalt<00:18:33.279><c> thou</c><00:18:33.420><c> take</c><00:18:33.660><c> of</c><00:18:33.819><c> my</c><00:18:34.039><c> hand,</c><00:18:34.740><c> that</c><00:18:34.819><c> they</c><00:18:35.319><c> may</c><00:18:35.519><c> be</c><00:18:35.740><c> a</c><00:18:35.819><c> witness</c><00:18:36.079><c> unto</c><00:18:36.299><c> me</c>

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that<00:18:36.680><c> I</c><00:18:36.839><c> have</c><00:18:36.980><c> digged</c><00:18:37.119><c> this</c><00:18:37.400><c> well,</c><00:18:38.079><c> wherefore</c><00:18:38.339><c> he</c><00:18:38.519><c> called</c><00:18:38.619><c> the</c><00:18:38.819><c> place</c>

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Beersheba,<00:18:40.019><c> because</c><00:18:40.420><c> there</c><00:18:40.700><c> they</c><00:18:40.960><c> swear</c><00:18:41.099><c> both</c><00:18:41.400><c> of</c><00:18:41.539><c> them,</c>

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which<00:18:42.039><c> was</c><00:18:42.400><c> one</c><00:18:42.599><c> association</c><00:18:43.359><c> with</c><00:18:44.539><c> the</c><00:18:44.940><c> well</c><00:18:45.099><c> of</c><00:18:45.339><c> the</c><00:18:45.519><c> oath.</c>

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It<00:18:46.960><c> takes</c><00:18:47.259><c> on</c><00:18:47.859><c> greater</c><00:18:48.119><c> and</c><00:18:48.359><c> fuller</c><00:18:48.660><c> meaning</c><00:18:48.839><c> as</c><00:18:49.039><c> time</c><00:18:49.240><c> goes</c><00:18:49.460><c> on.</c>

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Verse<00:18:50.240><c> 32,</c><00:18:50.759><c> thus</c><00:18:51.000><c> they</c><00:18:51.200><c> made</c><00:18:51.359><c> a</c><00:18:51.559><c> covenant</c><00:18:51.759><c> at</c><00:18:51.980><c> Beersheba.</c>

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Then<00:18:53.200><c> Abimelech</c><00:18:53.619><c> rose</c><00:18:53.859><c> up</c><00:18:54.059><c> in</c><00:18:54.279><c> Feikal,</c><00:18:54.700><c> the</c><00:18:54.880><c> chief</c><00:18:55.119><c> captain</c>

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of<00:18:55.519><c> his</c><00:18:55.740><c> hosts,</c>

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and<00:18:56.039><c> they</c><00:18:56.299><c> returned</c><00:18:57.079><c> into</c><00:18:57.819><c> the</c><00:18:57.960><c> land</c><00:18:58.099><c> of</c><00:18:58.240><c> the</c><00:18:58.380><c> Philistines,</c>

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and<00:18:59.500><c> Abraham</c><00:18:59.759><c> planted</c><00:19:00.059><c> a</c><00:19:00.220><c> grove</c><00:19:00.420><c> there.</c>

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And<00:19:01.259><c> he</c><00:19:01.319><c> sojourned</c><00:19:01.619><c> in</c><00:19:01.720><c> the</c><00:19:01.880><c> land</c><00:19:02.039><c> many,</c><00:19:02.380><c> many</c><00:19:02.900><c> days.</c>

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So<00:19:04.059><c> Abraham,</c><00:19:05.359><c> in</c><00:19:05.460><c> his</c><00:19:06.200><c> life</c><00:19:06.680><c> in</c><00:19:06.920><c> the</c><00:19:07.140><c> land,</c>

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was<00:19:08.720><c> not</c><00:19:09.000><c> able</c><00:19:09.220><c> to</c><00:19:09.460><c> avoid</c><00:19:09.819><c> contact</c><00:19:10.319><c> with</c><00:19:10.519><c> the</c><00:19:10.680><c> people.</c>

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He<00:19:11.119><c> was</c><00:19:11.319><c> not</c><00:19:11.539><c> able</c><00:19:11.740><c> to</c><00:19:12.660><c> completely</c><00:19:13.059><c> remove</c><00:19:13.559><c> himself</c><00:19:14.079><c> from</c><00:19:14.279><c> any</c><00:19:14.500><c> association</c>

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with<00:19:16.880><c> those</c><00:19:17.359><c> individuals</c><00:19:18.180><c> who</c><00:19:18.359><c> were</c><00:19:18.579><c> already</c><00:19:18.839><c> there.</c>

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He<00:19:19.519><c> had</c><00:19:19.680><c> to</c><00:19:19.839><c> come</c><00:19:19.980><c> to</c><00:19:20.119><c> terms</c><00:19:20.339><c> with</c><00:19:20.559><c> them.</c>

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He<00:19:21.319><c> made</c><00:19:21.660><c> confederacies</c><00:19:22.579><c> with</c><00:19:23.839><c> Mamre,</c><00:19:24.400><c> Eshkol,</c><00:19:24.640><c> and</c><00:19:24.819><c> Aner,</c>

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presumably<00:19:26.160><c> based</c><00:19:26.559><c> upon</c><00:19:26.799><c> a</c><00:19:26.920><c> very</c><00:19:27.279><c> sound</c><00:19:27.480><c> and</c><00:19:27.680><c> wholesome</c><00:19:27.940><c> basis.</c>

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When<00:19:28.940><c> it</c><00:19:29.059><c> came</c><00:19:29.220><c> to</c><00:19:29.380><c> Abimelech,</c><00:19:30.299><c> this</c><00:19:30.680><c> covenant</c><00:19:30.960><c> that</c><00:19:31.140><c> they</c><00:19:31.299><c> made</c>

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was<00:19:31.680><c> one</c><00:19:31.880><c> of</c><00:19:32.079><c> strict</c><00:19:32.220><c> convenience.</c>

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It<00:19:32.940><c> was</c><00:19:33.099><c> to</c><00:19:33.420><c> regularize</c><00:19:34.319><c> his</c><00:19:34.700><c> interaction</c><00:19:35.339><c> with</c><00:19:35.900><c> the</c><00:19:36.160><c> occupants</c><00:19:36.500><c> of</c><00:19:36.640><c> the</c><00:19:36.819><c> land.</c>

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And<00:19:38.400><c> again,</c><00:19:39.099><c> we</c><00:19:39.279><c> certainly</c><00:19:39.759><c> find</c><00:19:40.240><c> in</c><00:19:40.420><c> Abraham's</c><00:19:40.880><c> experience</c>

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echoes<00:19:41.720><c> of</c><00:19:41.960><c> our</c><00:19:42.180><c> own,</c><00:19:42.960><c> inasmuch</c><00:19:43.460><c> as,</c><00:19:43.960><c> as</c><00:19:44.319><c> Paul</c><00:19:44.539><c> says,</c>

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be<00:19:45.380><c> in</c><00:19:45.700><c> the</c><00:19:45.900><c> world</c><00:19:46.059><c> but</c><00:19:46.200><c> not</c><00:19:46.400><c> of</c><00:19:46.559><c> it.</c>

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Sometimes<00:19:48.160><c> we</c><00:19:48.440><c> bemoan</c><00:19:48.779><c> the</c><00:19:48.980><c> fact</c><00:19:49.240><c> that</c><00:19:49.500><c> we</c><00:19:49.680><c> have</c><00:19:49.920><c> to</c><00:19:50.240><c> rub</c><00:19:50.400><c> shoulders</c><00:19:50.819><c> with</c>

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the<00:19:51.200><c> ungodly.</c>

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We<00:19:52.220><c> have</c><00:19:52.460><c> to</c><00:19:52.960><c> come</c><00:19:53.319><c> to</c><00:19:53.579><c> terms</c><00:19:53.920><c> and</c><00:19:54.119><c> make</c><00:19:54.299><c> agreements</c><00:19:54.839><c> and</c><00:19:55.460><c> sign</c><00:19:55.779><c> contracts,</c>

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and<00:19:56.720><c> we</c><00:19:56.920><c> wonder</c><00:19:57.140><c> if</c><00:19:57.279><c> this</c><00:19:57.480><c> is</c><00:19:57.680><c> all</c><00:19:57.859><c> that</c><00:19:58.140><c> appropriate</c><00:19:58.619><c> or</c><00:19:59.220><c> proper</c><00:19:59.640><c> for</c>

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us<00:20:00.000><c> to</c><00:20:00.200><c> do.</c>

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And<00:20:01.039><c> the</c><00:20:01.160><c> simple</c><00:20:01.420><c> fact</c><00:20:01.759><c> is</c><00:20:02.119><c> that</c><00:20:02.500><c> it</c><00:20:02.920><c> was</c><00:20:03.099><c> a</c><00:20:03.220><c> necessity</c><00:20:03.660><c> of</c><00:20:03.960><c> life</c>

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as<00:20:04.420><c> it</c><00:20:04.579><c> was</c><00:20:04.819><c> then</c><00:20:05.140><c> constituted,</c><00:20:06.279><c> as</c><00:20:06.420><c> it</c><00:20:06.559><c> was</c><00:20:06.740><c> then</c><00:20:07.039><c> lived</c><00:20:07.400><c> in</c>

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Abraham's<00:20:08.299><c> time.</c>

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He<00:20:08.579><c> could</c><00:20:08.779><c> not</c><00:20:08.960><c> escape</c><00:20:09.339><c> it.</c><00:20:09.880><c> He</c><00:20:10.000><c> could</c><00:20:10.140><c> not</c><00:20:10.299><c> avoid</c><00:20:10.640><c> it.</c>

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In<00:20:11.440><c> like</c><00:20:11.599><c> manner,</c><00:20:11.839><c> we</c><00:20:12.039><c> can't</c><00:20:12.400><c> either.</c>

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And<00:20:13.440><c> if</c><00:20:14.019><c> we</c><00:20:14.220><c> feel</c><00:20:14.559><c> that</c><00:20:14.839><c> somehow</c><00:20:15.259><c> we're</c><00:20:16.140><c> living</c><00:20:16.500><c> less</c><00:20:16.980><c> than</c>

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the<00:20:17.759><c> pristine</c><00:20:18.200><c> existence</c>

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that<00:20:19.420><c> the</c><00:20:19.680><c> patriarchs</c><00:20:20.200><c> enjoyed,</c><00:20:20.619><c> we</c><00:20:20.819><c> really</c><00:20:21.099><c> need</c><00:20:21.359><c> to</c><00:20:21.599><c> change</c>

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our<00:20:22.119><c> thinking</c><00:20:22.359><c> in</c><00:20:22.599><c> that</c>

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because<00:20:23.460><c> they</c><00:20:23.759><c> certainly</c><00:20:24.299><c> were</c><00:20:24.900><c> not</c><00:20:25.099><c> able</c><00:20:25.299><c> to</c><00:20:25.539><c> live</c><00:20:25.880><c> in</c>

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enclosed<00:20:26.920><c> enclaves</c>

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that<00:20:27.740><c> were</c><00:20:28.299><c> utterly</c><00:20:28.619><c> cut</c><00:20:28.900><c> off</c><00:20:29.160><c> from</c><00:20:29.339><c> any</c><00:20:29.559><c> contact</c><00:20:30.140><c> with</c><00:20:30.960><c> the</c>

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people<00:20:31.579><c> around</c><00:20:31.920><c> them.</c>

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Matters<00:20:34.839><c> of</c><00:20:34.940><c> necessity</c><00:20:35.599><c> drove</c><00:20:36.079><c> them</c><00:20:36.259><c> to</c><00:20:36.519><c> it.</c>

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I<00:20:37.200><c> doubt</c><00:20:37.339><c> whether</c><00:20:37.660><c> Abraham,</c><00:20:38.160><c> you</c><00:20:38.519><c> know,</c><00:20:38.819><c> felt</c><00:20:38.960><c> particularly</c><00:20:39.539><c> good</c>

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about<00:20:40.960><c> having</c><00:20:41.220><c> to</c><00:20:41.619><c> work</c><00:20:41.799><c> with</c><00:20:42.000><c> Abimelech,</c>

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but<00:20:42.660><c> Abimelech</c><00:20:42.980><c> was</c><00:20:43.160><c> there.</c><00:20:43.400><c> He</c><00:20:43.460><c> wasn't</c><00:20:43.660><c> going</c><00:20:43.819><c> to</c><00:20:43.839><c> go</c><00:20:44.059><c> away.</c>

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Abraham<00:20:45.200><c> had</c><00:20:45.400><c> to</c><00:20:45.519><c> get</c><00:20:45.640><c> on</c><00:20:45.759><c> with</c><00:20:45.960><c> his</c><00:20:46.140><c> life,</c><00:20:46.740><c> and</c><00:20:46.880><c> he</c><00:20:47.000><c> did</c><00:20:47.200><c> so</c><00:20:47.460><c> the</c><00:20:47.599><c> best</c><00:20:47.779><c> he</c><00:20:47.980><c> could.</c>

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Now,<00:20:49.819><c> you</c><00:20:50.220><c> move</c><00:20:50.440><c> on</c><00:20:50.740><c> through</c><00:20:50.980><c> Isaac</c><00:20:51.339><c> and</c><00:20:51.519><c> Jacob,</c>

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and<00:20:52.559><c> you</c><00:20:52.759><c> find</c><00:20:53.059><c> that</c><00:20:53.519><c> the</c><00:20:54.480><c> same</c><00:20:54.720><c> things</c><00:20:55.140><c> occur.</c>

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Isaac,<00:20:56.980><c> again,</c><00:20:58.359><c> has</c><00:20:58.579><c> run</c><00:20:58.740><c>-ins</c><00:20:58.880><c> with</c><00:20:59.079><c> Abimelech,</c>

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also<00:21:00.500><c> of</c><00:21:00.700><c> a</c><00:21:00.799><c> somewhat</c><00:21:01.180><c> untoward</c><00:21:01.740><c> nature,</c>

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and<00:21:04.319><c> Isaac</c><00:21:04.799><c> as</c><00:21:05.180><c> well</c><00:21:05.700><c> has</c><00:21:06.180><c> to</c><00:21:06.339><c> come</c><00:21:06.480><c> to</c><00:21:06.660><c> terms.</c>

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Now,<00:21:08.480><c> the</c><00:21:08.839><c> Abimelech</c><00:21:09.319><c> that</c><00:21:09.559><c> Isaac</c><00:21:10.460><c> interacts</c><00:21:11.680><c> with,</c>

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probably<00:21:13.380><c> another</c><00:21:13.819><c> Abimelech,</c><00:21:14.720><c> actually</c><00:21:15.140><c> Abimelech</c><00:21:15.779><c> is</c><00:21:15.960><c> probably</c><00:21:16.380><c> a</c><00:21:16.619><c> title,</c>

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not<00:21:17.599><c> the</c><00:21:17.799><c> man's</c><00:21:18.180><c> proper</c><00:21:18.380><c> name.</c>

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It<00:21:19.460><c> literally</c><00:21:19.839><c> means</c><00:21:20.640><c> a</c><00:21:21.160><c> king's</c><00:21:21.619><c> father</c><00:21:21.839><c> or</c><00:21:22.039><c> father</c><00:21:22.359><c> of</c><00:21:22.539><c> the</c><00:21:22.720><c> king,</c>

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and<00:21:23.819><c> it</c><00:21:24.019><c> would</c><00:21:24.160><c> have</c><00:21:25.339><c> been</c><00:21:28.779><c> a</c><00:21:29.380><c> term</c><00:21:29.640><c> of</c><00:21:29.900><c> honor</c><00:21:30.579><c> applied</c>

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to<00:21:31.599><c> the</c><00:21:31.859><c> highest</c><00:21:32.259><c> ranking</c><00:21:32.599><c> man</c><00:21:33.099><c> of</c><00:21:33.640><c> the</c><00:21:33.839><c> land.</c>

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Hence,<00:21:35.359><c> we</c><00:21:35.960><c> were</c><00:21:36.180><c> probably</c><00:21:36.420><c> dealing</c><00:21:36.660><c> with</c><00:21:36.880><c> another</c><00:21:37.160><c> chap</c><00:21:37.559><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:21:38.460><c> 26,</c>

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and<00:21:39.940><c> yet</c><00:21:40.640><c> we</c><00:21:43.140><c> find</c><00:21:43.400><c> that</c><00:21:43.660><c> Isaac</c><00:21:44.039><c> has</c><00:21:44.599><c> to</c><00:21:44.819><c> come</c><00:21:44.980><c> to</c><00:21:45.180><c> terms</c><00:21:45.839><c> with</c>

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this<00:21:47.700><c> Abimelech</c><00:21:48.079><c> as</c><00:21:48.319><c> well.</c>

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Starting<00:21:50.680><c> at</c><00:21:50.880><c> verse</c><00:21:51.079><c> 26,</c>

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then<00:21:51.859><c> Abimelech</c><00:21:52.339><c> went</c><00:21:52.519><c> to</c><00:21:52.680><c> him</c><00:21:52.880><c> from</c><00:21:53.079><c> Gear.</c>

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This<00:21:54.400><c> was</c><00:21:54.599><c> after,</c><00:21:54.880><c> again,</c><00:21:56.420><c> a</c><00:21:56.880><c> great</c><00:21:57.059><c> big</c><00:21:57.240><c> issue</c><00:21:57.579><c> involving</c><00:21:57.960><c> the</c><00:21:58.259><c> wells</c><00:21:58.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:59.640><c> land.</c>

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Actually,<00:22:00.900><c> this</c><00:22:01.160><c> is</c><00:22:01.680><c> probably</c><00:22:01.980><c> one</c><00:22:02.160><c> of</c><00:22:02.240><c> the</c><00:22:02.299><c> most</c><00:22:02.539><c> fascinating</c><00:22:03.019><c> things</c>

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I've<00:22:03.579><c> ever</c><00:22:03.779><c> stumbled</c><00:22:04.059><c> across.</c>

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We<00:22:05.119><c> read</c><00:22:05.440><c> about</c><00:22:06.539><c> stories</c><00:22:07.200><c> like</c><00:22:07.579><c> this,</c>

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conflict<00:22:09.039><c> over</c><00:22:09.299><c> the</c><00:22:09.519><c> wells,</c>

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and<00:22:10.880><c> who</c><00:22:11.119><c> was</c><00:22:11.339><c> digging</c><00:22:11.539><c> wells</c><00:22:11.819><c> and</c><00:22:11.940><c> who</c><00:22:12.059><c> was</c><00:22:12.180><c> going</c><00:22:12.279><c> to</c><00:22:12.380><c> get</c><00:22:12.519><c> wells.</c>

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I<00:22:13.440><c> get</c><00:22:13.619><c> the</c><00:22:13.819><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:14.140><c> Post,</c>

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and<00:22:15.500><c> in</c><00:22:15.759><c> a</c><00:22:16.240><c> front</c><00:22:16.420><c>-page</c><00:22:16.599><c> article</c><00:22:17.079><c> quite</c><00:22:17.500><c> a</c><00:22:17.640><c> few</c><00:22:17.700><c> months</c><00:22:17.980><c> ago,</c>

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during<00:22:19.059><c> all</c><00:22:19.359><c> the</c><00:22:19.579><c> wranglings</c><00:22:19.960><c> between</c><00:22:20.579><c> the</c><00:22:21.359><c> Palestinians</c>

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and<00:22:22.200><c> the</c><00:22:22.480><c> Israelis,</c>

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they<00:22:24.039><c> made</c><00:22:24.279><c> mention</c><00:22:24.559><c> of</c><00:22:24.740><c> the</c><00:22:24.880><c> fact</c><00:22:25.059><c> that</c><00:22:25.240><c> part</c><00:22:25.440><c> of</c><00:22:25.599><c> the</c><00:22:25.779><c> agreements</c><00:22:26.319><c> involved</c><00:22:28.000><c> water</c><00:22:28.940><c> rights,</c>

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and<00:22:29.680><c> who</c><00:22:29.799><c> was</c><00:22:30.000><c> going</c><00:22:30.180><c> to</c><00:22:30.480><c> dig</c><00:22:30.720><c> new</c><00:22:31.119><c> wells.</c>

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It's<00:22:32.119><c> absolutely</c><00:22:32.700><c> incredible</c><00:22:33.359><c> that</c><00:22:34.299><c> really</c><00:22:35.059><c> what</c><00:22:35.200><c> we</c><00:22:35.480><c> have</c><00:22:35.660><c> here</c>

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in<00:22:36.700><c> the</c><00:22:36.980><c> interactions</c><00:22:37.400><c> of</c><00:22:37.819><c> the</c><00:22:38.000><c> patriarchs</c><00:22:38.660><c> with</c><00:22:39.099><c> the</c><00:22:39.599><c> inhabitants</c><00:22:39.960><c> of</c><00:22:40.160><c> the</c><00:22:40.299><c> land</c>

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is<00:22:41.640><c> really</c><00:22:42.000><c> a</c><00:22:42.279><c> mirror</c><00:22:42.539><c> image</c><00:22:42.819><c> of</c><00:22:42.920><c> what's</c><00:22:43.200><c> going</c><00:22:43.400><c> on</c><00:22:43.579><c> today.</c>

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It<00:22:45.460><c> really</c><00:22:46.059><c> does</c><00:22:46.400><c> not</c><00:22:46.559><c> speak</c><00:22:46.759><c> very</c><00:22:47.119><c> well</c><00:22:47.319><c> of</c><00:22:47.680><c> the</c><00:22:47.920><c> Israelis</c>

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in<00:22:48.440><c> as</c><00:22:48.579><c> much</c><00:22:48.740><c> as</c><00:22:48.920><c> they</c><00:22:49.640><c> are</c><00:22:49.740><c> acting</c><00:22:50.000><c> more</c><00:22:50.299><c> like</c><00:22:50.539><c> strangers</c><00:22:50.940><c> and</c>

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sojourners<00:22:51.660><c> in</c><00:22:51.799><c> the</c><00:22:52.000><c> land</c>

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than<00:22:52.799><c> they</c><00:22:53.039><c> are</c><00:22:53.599><c> the</c><00:22:53.839><c> rightful</c><00:22:54.200><c> owners</c><00:22:54.460><c> of</c><00:22:54.700><c> it,</c>

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having<00:22:55.680><c> to</c><00:22:55.980><c> accommodate</c><00:22:56.500><c> the</c><00:22:57.500><c> needs</c><00:22:57.920><c> of</c><00:22:58.640><c> the</c><00:22:58.900><c> Palestinians,</c>

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which<00:23:00.079><c> by</c><00:23:00.460><c> right</c><00:23:00.799><c> should</c><00:23:01.259><c> not</c><00:23:01.480><c> be</c><00:23:01.740><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:23:02.500><c> God's</c><00:23:02.980><c> land</c><00:23:03.200><c> who</c><00:23:03.440><c> gave</c><00:23:03.640><c> it</c><00:23:03.880><c> to</c><00:23:04.180><c> his</c><00:23:04.380><c> people,</c>

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the<00:23:05.200><c> descendants</c><00:23:05.640><c> of</c><00:23:05.900><c> Abraham,</c>

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and<00:23:06.920><c> yet</c><00:23:07.099><c> because</c><00:23:07.619><c> they</c><00:23:08.279><c> have</c><00:23:08.500><c> not,</c>

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the<00:23:09.500><c> Israelis</c><00:23:09.839><c> of</c><00:23:10.039><c> today</c><00:23:10.359><c> are</c><00:23:10.880><c> certainly</c><00:23:11.440><c> not</c><00:23:12.039><c> calling</c><00:23:12.259><c> upon</c><00:23:12.619><c> God</c>

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in<00:23:13.059><c> any</c><00:23:13.380><c> sense</c><00:23:13.779><c> of</c><00:23:15.180><c> sincerity</c><00:23:15.619><c> or</c><00:23:15.900><c> truth,</c>

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God<00:23:16.839><c> has</c><00:23:17.039><c> left</c><00:23:17.180><c> them</c><00:23:17.400><c> to</c><00:23:17.599><c> it,</c>

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and<00:23:17.920><c> they</c><00:23:18.059><c> are</c><00:23:18.160><c> having</c><00:23:18.359><c> to</c><00:23:18.519><c> come</c><00:23:18.640><c> to</c><00:23:18.799><c> the</c><00:23:18.940><c> same</c><00:23:19.180><c> accommodations</c>

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as<00:23:20.700><c> their</c><00:23:21.000><c> forefathers</c><00:23:21.519><c> did.</c>

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Really<00:23:22.039><c> quite</c><00:23:22.240><c> incredible.</c>

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At<00:23:24.460><c> any</c><00:23:24.779><c> rate,</c><00:23:25.740><c> Isaac</c><00:23:25.779><c> has</c><00:23:26.079><c> to</c><00:23:27.299><c> make</c><00:23:27.640><c> a</c><00:23:27.859><c> covenant.</c>

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Verse<00:23:28.660><c> 27,</c><00:23:29.420><c> Isaac</c><00:23:29.460><c> said</c><00:23:29.640><c> unto</c><00:23:29.819><c> them,</c>

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Wherefore<00:23:30.900><c> come</c><00:23:31.160><c> ye</c><00:23:31.400><c> to</c><00:23:31.539><c> me,</c><00:23:31.960><c> seeing</c><00:23:32.059><c> ye</c><00:23:32.380><c> hate</c><00:23:32.579><c> me,</c><00:23:32.779><c> and</c><00:23:32.859><c> have</c>

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sent<00:23:33.140><c> me</c><00:23:33.339><c> away</c><00:23:33.539><c> from</c><00:23:33.700><c> you?</c>

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And<00:23:34.519><c> they</c><00:23:34.720><c> said,</c><00:23:34.880><c> We</c><00:23:35.059><c> saw</c><00:23:35.339><c> certainly</c><00:23:35.700><c> that</c><00:23:35.920><c> the</c><00:23:36.079><c> Lord</c><00:23:36.279><c> was</c><00:23:36.500><c> with</c><00:23:36.740><c> thee,</c><00:23:36.940><c> and</c>

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we<00:23:37.299><c> said,</c>

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Let<00:23:38.039><c> there</c><00:23:38.220><c> be</c><00:23:38.359><c> now</c><00:23:38.559><c> an</c><00:23:38.819><c> oath</c><00:23:39.059><c> betwixt</c><00:23:39.559><c> us,</c><00:23:39.779><c> even</c><00:23:39.980><c> betwixt</c><00:23:40.400><c> us</c>

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and<00:23:40.839><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:23:41.579><c> let</c><00:23:41.740><c> us</c><00:23:41.900><c> make</c><00:23:42.079><c> a</c><00:23:42.319><c> covenant</c><00:23:42.559><c> with</c><00:23:42.859><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:23:43.839><c> thou</c><00:23:44.059><c> shalt</c><00:23:44.299><c> do</c><00:23:44.500><c> us</c><00:23:44.759><c> no</c><00:23:45.019><c> hurt,</c><00:23:45.640><c> as</c><00:23:45.799><c> we</c><00:23:45.980><c> have</c><00:23:46.140><c> not</c><00:23:46.339><c> touched</c><00:23:46.559><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:23:47.079><c> as</c><00:23:47.319><c> we</c><00:23:47.579><c> have</c><00:23:47.759><c> done</c><00:23:47.920><c> unto</c><00:23:48.180><c> thee</c><00:23:48.539><c> nothing</c><00:23:48.880><c> but</c><00:23:49.220><c> good,</c>

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which<00:23:49.920><c> was</c><00:23:50.440><c> a</c><00:23:50.559><c> bit</c><00:23:50.680><c> of</c><00:23:51.539><c> a</c><00:23:51.599><c> fudge</c><00:23:51.759><c> there,</c>

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and<00:23:52.619><c> have</c><00:23:52.819><c> sent</c><00:23:52.960><c> thee</c><00:23:53.160><c> away</c><00:23:53.339><c> in</c><00:23:53.619><c> peace,</c>

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which<00:23:54.559><c> sounds</c><00:23:54.839><c> like</c><00:23:55.140><c> the</c><00:23:55.519><c> Palestinian</c><00:23:56.019><c> negotiators</c><00:23:56.759><c> of</c><00:23:56.960><c> today,</c>

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thou<00:23:57.980><c> art</c><00:23:58.200><c> now</c><00:23:58.420><c> the</c><00:23:58.579><c> blessed</c><00:23:58.799><c> of</c><00:23:58.980><c> the</c><00:23:59.099><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:23:59.779><c> he</c><00:23:59.859><c> made</c><00:24:00.059><c> them</c><00:24:00.259><c> a</c><00:24:00.380><c> feast,</c><00:24:00.660><c> and</c><00:24:00.700><c> they</c><00:24:00.799><c> did</c><00:24:00.880><c> eat</c><00:24:01.099><c> and</c><00:24:01.259><c> drink,</c>

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and<00:24:01.880><c> they</c><00:24:02.059><c> rose</c><00:24:02.299><c> at</c><00:24:02.420><c> the</c><00:24:02.599><c> times</c><00:24:02.819><c> in</c><00:24:02.980><c> the</c><00:24:03.119><c> morning,</c><00:24:03.339><c> and</c><00:24:03.539><c> swear</c>

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one<00:24:03.900><c> to</c><00:24:04.059><c> another,</c>

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and<00:24:04.579><c> Isaac</c><00:24:04.799><c> sent</c><00:24:04.980><c> them</c><00:24:05.180><c> away,</c><00:24:05.480><c> and</c><00:24:05.579><c> they</c><00:24:05.759><c> departed</c><00:24:06.059><c> from</c><00:24:06.299><c> him</c>

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in<00:24:07.259><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:24:08.000><c> so</c><00:24:08.599><c> Isaac</c><00:24:09.000><c> was</c><00:24:09.599><c> able</c><00:24:10.960><c> to</c><00:24:11.279><c> carry</c><00:24:11.500><c> on</c><00:24:11.759><c> with</c><00:24:12.500><c> his</c><00:24:12.839><c> life</c><00:24:13.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:13.359><c> land.</c>

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So<00:24:13.980><c> we</c><00:24:14.200><c> find</c><00:24:14.440><c> the</c><00:24:14.660><c> same</c><00:24:14.880><c> thing</c><00:24:15.099><c> with</c><00:24:15.339><c> Abraham</c><00:24:15.799><c> as</c><00:24:16.220><c> well</c><00:24:16.539><c> as</c>

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with<00:24:17.380><c> Isaac,</c><00:24:18.400><c> same</c><00:24:18.779><c> characters.</c>

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Now<00:24:20.180><c> we</c><00:24:20.519><c> move</c><00:24:20.900><c> into</c><00:24:22.200><c> Jacob's</c><00:24:23.200><c> experience,</c>

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and<00:24:24.299><c> we</c><00:24:24.400><c> find</c><00:24:24.859><c> that,</c><00:24:25.339><c> well,</c><00:24:25.740><c> because</c><00:24:26.099><c> of</c><00:24:26.319><c> the</c><00:24:26.619><c> multiplicity</c>

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of<00:24:27.420><c> his</c><00:24:27.579><c> family,</c>

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the<00:24:28.480><c> number</c><00:24:28.759><c> of</c><00:24:28.960><c> sons</c><00:24:29.099><c> that</c><00:24:29.279><c> he</c><00:24:29.400><c> had,</c><00:24:29.759><c> the</c><00:24:29.880><c> contacts</c><00:24:30.299><c> with</c><00:24:30.500><c> the</c>

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land<00:24:30.920><c> become</c><00:24:31.480><c> many</c><00:24:31.859><c> and</c><00:24:32.140><c> varied,</c>

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some<00:24:33.140><c> of</c><00:24:33.279><c> them</c><00:24:33.440><c> with</c><00:24:33.960><c> mixed</c><00:24:34.259><c> results.</c>

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Jacob<00:24:36.339><c> seemed</c><00:24:36.640><c> to</c><00:24:36.819><c> be</c><00:24:37.119><c> establishing</c><00:24:37.559><c> a</c><00:24:37.819><c> somewhat</c><00:24:38.119><c> amicable</c><00:24:38.619><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:24:40.339><c> the</c><00:24:40.420><c> men</c><00:24:40.579><c> of</c><00:24:40.819><c> Shechem,</c><00:24:42.039><c> but</c><00:24:42.400><c> to</c><00:24:42.660><c> his</c><00:24:43.140><c> great</c><00:24:43.420><c> hurt</c><00:24:43.599><c> and</c><00:24:43.799><c> distress,</c>

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:48.019
that<00:24:45.240><c> quickly</c><00:24:45.640><c> went</c><00:24:45.940><c> sour,</c><00:24:46.299><c> and</c><00:24:46.460><c> as</c><00:24:46.559><c> much</c><00:24:46.759><c> as</c><00:24:47.000><c> Dinah</c><00:24:47.619><c> got</c><00:24:47.960><c> a</c>

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.119
little<00:24:48.240><c> bit</c><00:24:48.440><c> too</c><00:24:48.579><c> involved,</c>

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:51.660
and<00:24:49.700><c> then</c><00:24:49.900><c> Jacob's</c><00:24:50.319><c> sons</c><00:24:50.420><c> in</c><00:24:50.559><c> a</c><00:24:50.740><c> spirit</c><00:24:50.880><c> of</c><00:24:51.099><c> revenge</c><00:24:51.380><c> wiped</c>

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.539
out<00:24:51.859><c> the</c><00:24:52.019><c> whole</c><00:24:52.220><c> city,</c>

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:54.880
all<00:24:53.119><c> the</c><00:24:53.299><c> men</c><00:24:53.460><c> at</c><00:24:53.640><c> any</c><00:24:53.819><c> rate.</c>

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:57.539
We<00:24:55.220><c> know</c><00:24:55.559><c> Judah</c><00:24:55.819><c> and</c><00:24:56.000><c> Tamar's</c><00:24:56.619><c> experience.</c>

00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:00.940
Judah<00:24:57.720><c> regularly</c><00:24:58.799><c> associated</c><00:24:59.339><c> with</c><00:24:59.500><c> a</c><00:24:59.619><c> very</c><00:24:59.940><c> close</c><00:25:00.180><c> friend</c>

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.279
amongst<00:25:01.440><c> the</c><00:25:01.680><c> Canaanites,</c>

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:06.359
married<00:25:02.920><c> a</c><00:25:03.079><c> woman,</c><00:25:04.279><c> produced</c><00:25:04.440><c> sons,</c><00:25:05.140><c> lost</c><00:25:05.380><c> the</c><00:25:05.599><c> wife,</c>

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:09.700
ended<00:25:06.519><c> up</c><00:25:07.099><c> tangling</c><00:25:07.500><c> with</c><00:25:07.740><c> a</c><00:25:08.000><c> rather</c><00:25:08.299><c> strong</c><00:25:08.559><c>-minded</c><00:25:08.859><c> daughter</c><00:25:09.180><c>-in</c><00:25:09.420><c>-law,</c>

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:14.740
and<00:25:10.380><c> in</c><00:25:10.680><c> the</c><00:25:10.880><c> end</c><00:25:11.059><c> moved</c><00:25:11.319><c> back</c><00:25:11.660><c> into</c><00:25:12.019><c> his</c><00:25:13.000><c> family</c><00:25:13.400><c> associations,</c>

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:19.380
but<00:25:15.359><c> not</c><00:25:15.640><c> without</c><00:25:16.420><c> a</c><00:25:17.579><c> great</c><00:25:17.700><c> deal</c><00:25:17.960><c> of</c><00:25:18.339><c> sorrow</c><00:25:18.579><c> and</c><00:25:18.799><c> pain,</c><00:25:19.059><c> no</c><00:25:19.119><c> doubt.</c>

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:22.339
But<00:25:20.019><c> nonetheless,</c><00:25:21.000><c> the</c><00:25:21.140><c> simple</c><00:25:21.480><c> fact</c><00:25:21.740><c> remains</c>

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:27.220
that<00:25:23.099><c> Jacob</c><00:25:23.599><c> was</c><00:25:24.240><c> not</c><00:25:24.660><c> able</c><00:25:25.039><c> to</c><00:25:26.059><c> corral</c><00:25:26.339><c> his</c><00:25:26.519><c> family</c><00:25:26.819><c> in</c><00:25:27.039><c> such</c>

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.700
a<00:25:27.420><c> fashion</c>

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:30.339
that<00:25:27.819><c> they</c><00:25:27.980><c> were</c><00:25:28.200><c> able</c><00:25:28.380><c> to</c><00:25:28.619><c> eliminate</c><00:25:29.000><c> from</c><00:25:29.160><c> their</c><00:25:29.420><c> lives</c>

00:25:30.309 --> 00:25:36.740
a<00:25:30.599><c> contact</c><00:25:30.960><c> of</c><00:25:31.599><c> very</c><00:25:31.960><c> mixed</c><00:25:34.000><c> types</c><00:25:34.920><c> and</c><00:25:35.759><c> with</c><00:25:36.160><c> mixed</c><00:25:36.380><c> results</c>

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.420
as<00:25:37.019><c> well.</c>

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:41.400
It<00:25:38.180><c> happened,</c><00:25:39.019><c> and</c><00:25:39.720><c> they</c><00:25:40.039><c> had</c><00:25:40.240><c> to</c><00:25:40.400><c> live</c><00:25:40.519><c> their</c><00:25:40.720><c> lives</c><00:25:41.039><c> as</c><00:25:41.240><c> best</c>

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:42.480
they<00:25:41.599><c> could.</c>

00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:44.920
In<00:25:43.019><c> the</c><00:25:43.160><c> case</c><00:25:43.480><c> of</c><00:25:43.880><c> the</c><00:25:44.099><c> sons</c><00:25:44.359><c> of</c><00:25:44.599><c> Jacob,</c>

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:48.079
they<00:25:45.559><c> had</c><00:25:45.759><c> to</c><00:25:45.980><c> eventually</c><00:25:46.279><c> come</c><00:25:46.500><c> to</c><00:25:46.660><c> terms</c><00:25:46.819><c> with</c><00:25:46.980><c> their</c><00:25:47.259><c> commitment</c><00:25:47.539><c> to</c><00:25:47.740><c> God</c>

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:51.160
and<00:25:48.680><c> do</c><00:25:48.819><c> what</c><00:25:48.940><c> was</c><00:25:49.140><c> right</c><00:25:49.380><c> in</c><00:25:49.500><c> their</c><00:25:49.680><c> own</c><00:25:49.839><c> individual</c><00:25:50.460><c> cases,</c>

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:53.779
as<00:25:51.700><c> it</c><00:25:51.799><c> would</c><00:25:51.960><c> appear</c><00:25:52.200><c> they</c><00:25:52.420><c> eventually</c><00:25:52.880><c> did.</c>

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:58.059
Now,<00:25:54.680><c> we</c><00:25:55.200><c> know</c><00:25:55.420><c> that</c><00:25:55.559><c> in</c><00:25:55.680><c> the</c><00:25:55.859><c> end,</c><00:25:56.079><c> God</c><00:25:56.299><c> saw</c><00:25:56.599><c> fit</c><00:25:56.960><c> to</c><00:25:57.400><c> remove</c>

00:25:58.059 --> 00:26:02.000
all<00:25:59.599><c> of</c><00:25:59.940><c> the</c><00:26:01.099><c> nascent</c><00:26:01.599><c> nation,</c>

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:06.339
the<00:26:02.400><c> family</c><00:26:02.799><c> of</c><00:26:02.980><c> Jacob,</c><00:26:03.299><c> from</c><00:26:03.539><c> the</c><00:26:03.799><c> land</c><00:26:04.140><c> into</c><00:26:04.819><c> the</c><00:26:04.940><c> land</c><00:26:05.160><c> of</c><00:26:05.380><c> Goshen.</c>

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:10.720
Now,<00:26:07.059><c> some</c><00:26:07.220><c> have</c><00:26:07.380><c> suggested</c><00:26:07.799><c> that</c><00:26:07.960><c> this</c><00:26:08.220><c> was</c><00:26:08.460><c> to</c><00:26:09.119><c> really</c><00:26:09.480><c> break</c><00:26:09.960><c> any</c><00:26:10.319><c> ties</c>

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:13.440
that<00:26:11.480><c> the</c><00:26:11.720><c> family</c><00:26:11.980><c> was</c><00:26:12.259><c> establishing</c><00:26:12.700><c> with</c><00:26:12.960><c> the</c><00:26:13.119><c> inhabitants</c>

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.039
of<00:26:13.619><c> the</c><00:26:13.779><c> land</c>

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:17.980
and<00:26:14.700><c> put</c><00:26:14.940><c> them</c><00:26:15.140><c> in</c><00:26:15.259><c> some</c><00:26:15.460><c> kind</c><00:26:15.680><c> of</c><00:26:15.859><c> isolation</c><00:26:16.380><c> in</c><00:26:16.660><c> the</c><00:26:16.779><c> land</c><00:26:16.920><c> of</c><00:26:17.160><c> Egypt.</c>

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:21.779
Now,<00:26:18.559><c> whether</c><00:26:18.740><c> that</c><00:26:18.900><c> was</c><00:26:19.099><c> God's</c><00:26:19.519><c> intent</c><00:26:19.740><c> or</c><00:26:19.960><c> not,</c><00:26:21.180><c> we</c><00:26:21.579><c> don't</c>

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.500
know<00:26:21.980><c> for</c><00:26:22.220><c> sure,</c>

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:24.359
but<00:26:22.680><c> we</c><00:26:22.819><c> do</c><00:26:23.059><c> know</c><00:26:23.220><c> that</c><00:26:23.279><c> once</c><00:26:23.500><c> they</c><00:26:23.619><c> did</c><00:26:23.779><c> get</c><00:26:23.920><c> into</c><00:26:24.079><c> the</c><00:26:24.160><c> land</c>

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.880
of<00:26:24.599><c> Egypt,</c>

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:28.299
they<00:26:25.579><c> once</c><00:26:25.839><c> again</c><00:26:26.119><c> struck</c><00:26:26.440><c> up</c><00:26:26.660><c> relationships</c><00:26:27.240><c> with</c><00:26:27.579><c> the</c><00:26:27.839><c> Egyptians</c>

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:32.039
to<00:26:29.019><c> the</c><00:26:29.240><c> point</c><00:26:29.480><c> that</c><00:26:30.099><c> many</c><00:26:30.559><c> of</c><00:26:30.720><c> the</c><00:26:30.960><c> Israelites</c><00:26:31.339><c> had</c><00:26:31.819><c> become</c>

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.960
quite<00:26:32.339><c> idolatrous.</c>

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:35.900
If<00:26:33.440><c> we</c><00:26:33.559><c> were</c><00:26:33.859><c> to</c><00:26:34.019><c> examine</c><00:26:34.259><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:34.720><c> 20,</c><00:26:35.099><c> we</c><00:26:35.220><c> would</c><00:26:35.480><c> find</c><00:26:35.720><c> that</c>

00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:37.640
that<00:26:36.099><c> was</c><00:26:36.259><c> very</c><00:26:36.500><c> much</c><00:26:36.660><c> the</c><00:26:36.859><c> case.</c>

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:42.799
So<00:26:39.140><c> the</c><00:26:39.779><c> patriarchs,</c><00:26:41.200><c> certainly</c><00:26:41.539><c> Abraham,</c><00:26:41.940><c> Isaac,</c><00:26:42.200><c> and</c><00:26:42.420><c> Jacob,</c>

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:46.099
had<00:26:43.440><c> a</c><00:26:43.640><c> fair</c><00:26:43.759><c> bit</c><00:26:43.940><c> to</c><00:26:44.119><c> do</c><00:26:44.200><c> with</c><00:26:44.400><c> the</c><00:26:44.579><c> inhabitants</c><00:26:44.880><c> of</c><00:26:45.059><c> the</c><00:26:45.220><c> land,</c>

00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:51.720
sometimes<00:26:46.980><c> out</c><00:26:47.160><c> of</c><00:26:47.299><c> necessity</c><00:26:47.819><c> and</c><00:26:48.359><c> sometimes</c><00:26:48.900><c> out</c><00:26:49.180><c> of</c><00:26:50.200><c> choosing</c><00:26:50.799><c> to</c><00:26:51.000><c> do</c><00:26:51.200><c> so</c>

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:54.819
and<00:26:52.660><c> reaped</c><00:26:53.140><c> varying</c><00:26:53.619><c> rewards.</c>

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:58.640
Okay,<00:26:55.980><c> let's</c><00:26:56.359><c> move</c><00:26:56.660><c> on</c><00:26:56.880><c> to</c><00:26:57.019><c> the</c><00:26:57.140><c> next</c><00:26:57.619><c> overhead.</c>

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:12.880
Okay,<00:27:08.240><c> now,</c><00:27:10.519><c> another</c><00:27:10.519><c> aspect</c><00:27:10.960><c> of</c><00:27:11.099><c> the</c><00:27:11.279><c> patriarchal</c><00:27:11.880><c> existence,</c>

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:15.400
which<00:27:13.900><c> would</c><00:27:14.460><c> be</c><00:27:14.599><c> worth</c><00:27:14.759><c> noting</c><00:27:15.019><c> briefly,</c>

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:19.700
is<00:27:15.599><c> the</c><00:27:15.779><c> fact</c><00:27:16.000><c> that</c><00:27:16.200><c> all</c><00:27:16.500><c> three</c><00:27:16.720><c> of</c><00:27:16.880><c> them</c><00:27:17.380><c> did</c><00:27:17.940><c> enjoy</c><00:27:18.220><c> great</c><00:27:18.500><c> prosperity.</c>

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:24.400
In<00:27:20.000><c> fact,</c><00:27:21.200><c> relative</c><00:27:21.579><c> to</c><00:27:21.819><c> ourselves,</c><00:27:23.220><c> the</c><00:27:23.380><c> patriarchs</c><00:27:23.819><c> were</c><00:27:24.019><c> probably</c>

00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:27.579
a<00:27:24.599><c> great</c><00:27:24.759><c> deal</c><00:27:25.000><c> more</c><00:27:25.359><c> prosperous</c><00:27:25.900><c> than</c><00:27:26.819><c> many</c><00:27:27.119><c> of</c><00:27:27.279><c> us</c><00:27:27.420><c> have</c>

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.940
ever<00:27:27.819><c> experienced.</c>

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:32.400
So<00:27:29.259><c> when</c><00:27:29.440><c> we</c><00:27:29.640><c> consider</c><00:27:30.240><c> their</c><00:27:31.059><c> lives,</c><00:27:31.640><c> the</c><00:27:31.799><c> rigors</c><00:27:32.079><c> that</c><00:27:32.240><c> they</c>

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.640
had<00:27:32.579><c> to</c><00:27:32.779><c> endure,</c>

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:37.440
those<00:27:34.720><c> rigors</c><00:27:35.200><c> were</c><00:27:35.440><c> maybe</c><00:27:35.680><c> not</c><00:27:35.940><c> quite</c><00:27:36.240><c> what</c><00:27:36.480><c> we</c><00:27:37.039><c> sometimes</c>

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.480
think<00:27:37.680><c> them</c><00:27:37.880><c> to</c><00:27:38.099><c> be.</c>

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:40.180
They<00:27:38.920><c> were</c><00:27:39.119><c> not</c><00:27:39.299><c> the</c><00:27:39.460><c> rigors</c><00:27:39.660><c> of</c><00:27:39.799><c> poverty.</c>

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:42.660
They<00:27:40.460><c> were</c><00:27:40.660><c> not</c><00:27:40.839><c> the</c><00:27:41.019><c> rigors</c><00:27:41.240><c> of</c><00:27:41.420><c> deprivation.</c>

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:46.900
They<00:27:42.920><c> were</c><00:27:43.119><c> not</c><00:27:43.339><c> the</c><00:27:43.559><c> rigors</c><00:27:44.700><c> of</c><00:27:45.200><c> having</c><00:27:45.500><c> to,</c><00:27:46.420><c> you</c><00:27:46.779><c> know,</c>

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:50.019
wonder<00:27:47.180><c> where</c><00:27:47.500><c> the</c><00:27:47.680><c> next</c><00:27:47.940><c> meal</c><00:27:48.119><c> was</c><00:27:48.299><c> coming</c><00:27:48.559><c> from,</c><00:27:48.839><c> so</c><00:27:49.059><c> to</c><00:27:49.259><c> speak.</c>

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:53.420
God<00:27:51.099><c> blessed</c><00:27:51.579><c> them</c><00:27:51.859><c> greatly</c><00:27:52.259><c> when</c><00:27:52.500><c> they</c><00:27:52.700><c> were</c><00:27:52.859><c> in</c><00:27:52.960><c> the</c><00:27:53.160><c> land.</c>

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:56.700
We<00:27:54.160><c> could</c><00:27:54.339><c> look</c><00:27:54.480><c> up</c><00:27:54.640><c> the</c><00:27:54.839><c> passages</c><00:27:55.279><c> in</c><00:27:56.220><c> their</c><00:27:56.420><c> entirety.</c>

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:58.420
We<00:27:56.920><c> won't.</c><00:27:57.240><c> We'll</c><00:27:57.339><c> just</c><00:27:57.579><c> touch</c><00:27:57.740><c> on</c><00:27:57.920><c> a</c><00:27:58.099><c> few.</c>

00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:03.180
The<00:27:59.400><c> reading</c><00:27:59.759><c> today,</c><00:28:00.799><c> verse</c><00:28:00.940><c> 6</c><00:28:01.940><c> of</c><00:28:02.460><c> chapter</c><00:28:02.700><c> 13,</c>

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:05.680
And<00:28:03.319><c> the</c><00:28:03.359><c> land</c><00:28:03.619><c> was</c><00:28:03.799><c> not</c><00:28:04.000><c> able</c><00:28:04.220><c> to</c><00:28:04.480><c> bear</c><00:28:04.680><c> them,</c><00:28:05.319><c> that</c><00:28:05.519><c> they</c>

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.460
might<00:28:05.900><c> dwell</c><00:28:06.099><c> together,</c>

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:08.680
for<00:28:06.640><c> their</c><00:28:06.839><c> substance</c><00:28:07.220><c> was</c><00:28:07.519><c> great,</c><00:28:07.880><c> so</c><00:28:08.119><c> that</c><00:28:08.200><c> they</c><00:28:08.319><c> could</c><00:28:08.519><c> not</c>

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.319
dwell<00:28:08.839><c> together.</c>

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:12.579
This<00:28:09.900><c> being,</c><00:28:10.099><c> of</c><00:28:10.220><c> course,</c><00:28:11.259><c> Abraham</c><00:28:11.500><c> and</c><00:28:11.779><c> Lot.</c>

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:16.460
Verse<00:28:12.900><c> 2,</c><00:28:13.299><c> Abram</c><00:28:13.680><c> was</c><00:28:14.079><c> very</c><00:28:14.599><c> rich</c><00:28:14.799><c> in</c><00:28:15.019><c> cattle</c><00:28:15.380><c> and</c><00:28:15.880><c> in</c><00:28:16.079><c> silver</c>

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.799
and<00:28:16.660><c> in</c><00:28:16.900><c> gold.</c>

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:22.319
And<00:28:18.619><c> we</c><00:28:19.160><c> already</c><00:28:19.579><c> read</c><00:28:19.819><c> the</c><00:28:20.019><c> passage</c><00:28:20.400><c> in</c><00:28:21.140><c> chapter</c><00:28:21.400><c> 26,</c>

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:27.140
appertaining<00:28:23.240><c> to</c><00:28:24.279><c> Isaac,</c><00:28:25.900><c> who,</c><00:28:25.940><c> verse</c><00:28:26.440><c> 13,</c>

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:29.859
The<00:28:27.640><c> man</c><00:28:27.960><c> waxed</c><00:28:28.400><c> great</c><00:28:28.559><c> and</c><00:28:28.720><c> went</c><00:28:28.900><c> forward</c><00:28:29.279><c> and</c><00:28:29.519><c> grew</c><00:28:29.640><c> until</c>

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:31.019
he<00:28:30.039><c> became</c><00:28:30.299><c> very</c><00:28:30.720><c> great,</c>

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:34.380
for<00:28:31.519><c> he</c><00:28:31.700><c> had</c><00:28:32.140><c> a</c><00:28:32.220><c> possession</c><00:28:32.700><c> of</c><00:28:32.980><c> flocks</c><00:28:33.240><c> and</c><00:28:33.359><c> possessions</c><00:28:33.759><c> of</c><00:28:34.000><c> herds,</c>

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:37.460
and<00:28:35.140><c> great</c><00:28:35.440><c> store</c><00:28:35.700><c> of</c><00:28:35.940><c> servants,</c><00:28:36.160><c> and</c><00:28:36.319><c> the</c><00:28:36.440><c> Philistines</c><00:28:36.819><c> envied</c><00:28:37.140><c> him.</c>

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:43.140
Even<00:28:37.980><c> the</c><00:28:38.200><c> locals</c><00:28:38.500><c> were</c><00:28:39.319><c> envious</c><00:28:39.720><c> of</c><00:28:39.940><c> the</c><00:28:40.119><c> prosperity</c><00:28:40.519><c> of</c><00:28:40.700><c> the</c><00:28:40.839><c> patriarchs.</c>

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.619
Thanks,<00:28:44.460><c> Tom.</c>

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:47.740
That<00:28:45.039><c> wasn't</c><00:28:45.180><c> the</c><00:28:45.380><c> cutoff</c><00:28:45.619><c> for</c><00:28:45.759><c> me</c><00:28:45.880><c> to</c><00:28:46.039><c> quit</c><00:28:46.319><c> speaking</c><00:28:46.819><c> in</c><00:28:47.420><c> its</c>

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:50.279
entirety,<00:28:49.000><c> just</c><00:28:49.140><c> a</c><00:28:49.279><c> tape</c><00:28:49.440><c> switch.</c>

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:53.279
So<00:28:51.220><c> you'll</c><00:28:51.400><c> have</c><00:28:51.500><c> to</c><00:28:51.559><c> bear</c><00:28:51.720><c> with</c><00:28:51.880><c> me</c><00:28:52.039><c> for</c><00:28:52.180><c> a</c><00:28:52.279><c> few</c><00:28:52.359><c> more</c><00:28:52.539><c> minutes.</c>

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.779
Alright,<00:28:54.279><c> so</c><00:28:54.539><c> Isaac</c><00:28:54.900><c> enjoyed</c><00:28:55.240><c> prosperity.</c>

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.460
We<00:28:55.980><c> know</c><00:28:56.180><c> that</c><00:28:56.400><c> Jacob</c><00:28:56.720><c> did.</c>

00:28:57.720 --> 00:29:00.660
After<00:28:58.180><c> his</c><00:28:58.519><c> sojourn</c><00:28:59.000><c> in</c><00:28:59.200><c> Heron,</c><00:28:59.500><c> he</c><00:28:59.559><c> came</c><00:28:59.779><c> back</c><00:29:00.019><c> into</c><00:29:00.180><c> the</c><00:29:00.339><c> land,</c><00:29:00.559><c> a</c>

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.160
very<00:29:01.019><c> wealthy</c><00:29:01.259><c> man,</c>

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:06.980
and<00:29:02.480><c> continued</c><00:29:02.839><c> to</c><00:29:03.059><c> be</c><00:29:03.259><c> so</c><00:29:04.079><c> throughout</c><00:29:05.140><c> the</c><00:29:05.500><c> rest</c><00:29:05.700><c> of</c><00:29:05.859><c> his</c><00:29:05.980><c> life</c><00:29:06.220><c> until</c><00:29:06.480><c> his</c>

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.339
move<00:29:07.259><c> down</c><00:29:07.579><c> into</c><00:29:07.920><c> Egypt.</c>

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:10.259
So<00:29:08.880><c> they</c><00:29:09.079><c> all</c><00:29:09.299><c> enjoyed</c><00:29:09.559><c> prosperity,</c>

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:13.940
and<00:29:10.880><c> they</c><00:29:11.640><c> actively</c><00:29:12.259><c> availed</c><00:29:12.920><c> themselves</c><00:29:13.259><c> of</c><00:29:13.400><c> what</c><00:29:13.599><c> the</c><00:29:13.799><c> land</c>

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.799
had<00:29:14.200><c> to</c><00:29:14.480><c> offer.</c>

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:19.799
They<00:29:15.640><c> certainly</c><00:29:16.099><c> did</c><00:29:16.380><c> not</c><00:29:16.660><c> in</c><00:29:16.759><c> any</c><00:29:17.059><c> way</c><00:29:18.519><c> eschew</c><00:29:19.079><c> that</c><00:29:19.380><c> which</c>

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.680
God<00:29:20.059><c> gave</c><00:29:20.380><c> them,</c>

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:25.700
or<00:29:21.059><c> they</c><00:29:21.200><c> did</c><00:29:21.440><c> not</c><00:29:22.059><c> sit</c><00:29:22.480><c> back</c><00:29:22.960><c> and</c><00:29:24.079><c> take</c><00:29:24.880><c> the</c><00:29:25.279><c> position.</c>

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:30.660
Well,<00:29:26.519><c> it</c><00:29:26.759><c> was</c><00:29:27.319><c> inherently</c><00:29:27.880><c> ungodly</c><00:29:28.940><c> to</c><00:29:29.579><c> enjoy</c><00:29:29.980><c> prosperity</c>

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:32.980
and<00:29:31.119><c> not</c><00:29:31.839><c> get</c><00:29:31.980><c> about</c><00:29:32.200><c> the</c><00:29:32.359><c> business</c><00:29:32.599><c> of</c><00:29:32.819><c> living.</c>

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.660
None<00:29:33.539><c> of</c><00:29:33.660><c> them</c><00:29:33.819><c> responded</c><00:29:34.200><c> that</c><00:29:34.519><c> way.</c>

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:37.630
They<00:29:34.779><c> were</c><00:29:34.980><c> all</c><00:29:35.119><c> very</c><00:29:35.440><c> hardworking,</c><00:29:36.420><c> very</c><00:29:36.779><c> active,</c>

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:42.680
very<00:29:38.839><c> much</c><00:29:39.339><c> involved</c><00:29:39.960><c> in</c><00:29:40.200><c> providing</c><00:29:40.700><c> for</c><00:29:41.180><c> very</c><00:29:41.599><c> large</c><00:29:41.859><c> households</c><00:29:42.359><c> on</c><00:29:42.579><c> a</c>

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.559
day<00:29:42.799><c>-to</c><00:29:42.900><c>-day</c><00:29:43.019><c> basis.</c>

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:46.940
And<00:29:44.240><c> if</c><00:29:44.940><c> we</c><00:29:45.140><c> think</c><00:29:45.359><c> that</c><00:29:45.519><c> the</c><00:29:45.779><c> patriarchs</c><00:29:46.200><c> were</c><00:29:46.359><c> able</c><00:29:46.539><c> to</c><00:29:46.720><c> sit</c>

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:49.019
down<00:29:47.420><c> in</c><00:29:47.700><c> the</c><00:29:47.920><c> land</c><00:29:48.180><c> throughout</c><00:29:48.480><c> their</c><00:29:48.700><c> lives</c>

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:51.880
and<00:29:49.599><c> contemplate</c><00:29:50.240><c> and</c><00:29:50.440><c> meditate</c><00:29:50.720><c> upon</c><00:29:51.079><c> the</c><00:29:51.279><c> loftier</c><00:29:51.660><c> things</c>

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:52.299
of<00:29:52.079><c> life,</c>

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:54.240
again,<00:29:53.079><c> that's</c><00:29:53.299><c> simply</c><00:29:53.579><c> not</c><00:29:53.880><c> valid.</c>

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:58.880
They<00:29:54.759><c> had</c><00:29:54.920><c> the</c><00:29:55.160><c> same</c><00:29:55.359><c> struggles,</c><00:29:55.940><c> the</c><00:29:56.180><c> same</c><00:29:56.519><c> day</c><00:29:56.759><c>-to</c><00:29:56.900><c>-day</c><00:29:58.220><c> work</c>

00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:01.759
to<00:29:59.339><c> be</c><00:29:59.640><c> engaged</c><00:30:00.019><c> in</c><00:30:00.200><c> as</c><00:30:00.339><c> each</c><00:30:00.519><c> one</c><00:30:00.640><c> of</c><00:30:00.799><c> us</c><00:30:01.000><c> do.</c>

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:07.660
Now,<00:30:02.420><c> another</c><00:30:03.119><c> aspect</c><00:30:03.839><c> of</c><00:30:04.000><c> the</c><00:30:04.240><c> patriarchs,</c><00:30:04.680><c> which</c><00:30:05.000><c> is</c><00:30:05.559><c> really</c><00:30:06.359><c> very</c>

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:09.200
much<00:30:07.900><c> in</c><00:30:08.160><c> parallel</c><00:30:08.380><c> with</c><00:30:08.619><c> our</c><00:30:08.859><c> own,</c>

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:12.640
is<00:30:10.000><c> the</c><00:30:10.200><c> fact</c><00:30:10.420><c> that</c><00:30:10.640><c> they</c><00:30:10.839><c> were</c><00:30:11.099><c> promised</c><00:30:11.440><c> the</c><00:30:11.720><c> land.</c>

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:15.599
The<00:30:13.339><c> land</c><00:30:13.700><c> that</c><00:30:13.880><c> they</c><00:30:14.059><c> walked</c><00:30:14.319><c> upon</c><00:30:14.599><c> we</c><00:30:14.839><c> know</c><00:30:14.980><c> was</c><00:30:15.240><c> promised</c>

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.039
to<00:30:15.779><c> them,</c>

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:19.819
and<00:30:16.359><c> yet</c><00:30:16.480><c> we</c><00:30:16.680><c> also</c><00:30:17.079><c> know</c><00:30:17.579><c> that</c><00:30:18.039><c> they</c><00:30:18.220><c> did</c><00:30:18.480><c> not</c><00:30:18.720><c> possess</c><00:30:19.160><c> so</c><00:30:19.400><c> much</c><00:30:19.619><c> as</c>

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:21.480
to<00:30:20.039><c> set</c><00:30:20.299><c> foot</c><00:30:20.519><c> on.</c>

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:24.859
If<00:30:22.140><c> we</c><00:30:22.319><c> were</c><00:30:22.460><c> to</c><00:30:22.579><c> refer</c><00:30:22.799><c> to</c><00:30:23.000><c> Acts</c><00:30:23.279><c> 7</c><00:30:23.700><c> and</c><00:30:23.779><c> 5,</c><00:30:24.200><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:24.400><c> 11</c><00:30:24.740><c> and</c>

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:27.059
13,<00:30:25.740><c> we</c><00:30:26.039><c> know</c><00:30:26.259><c> this</c><00:30:26.420><c> to</c><00:30:26.559><c> be</c><00:30:26.720><c> the</c><00:30:26.839><c> case.</c>

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:31.319
They<00:30:27.259><c> were</c><00:30:27.559><c> not</c><00:30:27.859><c> given</c><00:30:28.700><c> that</c><00:30:29.200><c> which</c><00:30:29.599><c> they</c><00:30:30.200><c> were</c><00:30:30.440><c> promised</c><00:30:30.839><c> yet</c>

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.579
while<00:30:31.819><c> they</c><00:30:32.019><c> were</c><00:30:32.259><c> alive.</c>

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:38.119
If<00:30:33.099><c> they</c><00:30:33.319><c> wanted</c><00:30:34.079><c> any</c><00:30:34.859><c> land</c><00:30:35.119><c> to</c><00:30:35.440><c> use</c><00:30:35.900><c> for</c><00:30:36.579><c> necessary</c><00:30:37.119><c> and</c><00:30:37.299><c> mundane</c><00:30:37.579><c> purposes,</c><00:30:38.019><c> they</c>

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:39.019
had<00:30:38.259><c> to</c><00:30:38.460><c> purchase</c><00:30:38.779><c> it.</c>

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:41.500
They<00:30:39.539><c> had</c><00:30:39.680><c> to</c><00:30:39.880><c> buy</c><00:30:40.039><c> it</c><00:30:40.180><c> from</c><00:30:40.359><c> those</c><00:30:40.660><c> individuals</c><00:30:41.140><c> who</c><00:30:41.380><c> owned</c>

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.059
it<00:30:41.680><c> already.</c>

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:44.319
At<00:30:42.599><c> no</c><00:30:42.880><c> point</c><00:30:43.059><c> did</c><00:30:43.200><c> they</c><00:30:43.420><c> waltz</c><00:30:43.779><c> in</c><00:30:43.980><c> and</c><00:30:44.180><c> say,</c>

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:48.460
look,<00:30:44.640><c> this</c><00:30:44.839><c> has</c><00:30:45.079><c> been</c><00:30:45.279><c> given</c><00:30:45.460><c> to</c><00:30:45.700><c> us,</c><00:30:46.079><c> move</c><00:30:46.339><c> over,</c><00:30:47.420><c> walk</c><00:30:47.779><c> away,</c><00:30:48.140><c> it's</c>

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.980
ours,<00:30:49.019><c> we</c><00:30:49.420><c> want</c><00:30:49.640><c> it.</c>

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:55.700
They<00:30:50.599><c> waited</c><00:30:50.980><c> for</c><00:30:53.480><c> God</c><00:30:53.799><c> in</c><00:30:53.900><c> His</c><00:30:54.079><c> own</c><00:30:54.240><c> good</c><00:30:54.460><c> time</c><00:30:54.900><c> to</c><00:30:55.339><c> provide</c>

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.400
them<00:30:56.140><c> what</c><00:30:56.519><c> He</c><00:30:56.720><c> had</c><00:30:56.940><c> promised</c><00:30:57.180><c> them,</c>

00:30:57.400 --> 00:31:00.019
and<00:30:57.559><c> of</c><00:30:57.700><c> course</c><00:30:57.839><c> they</c><00:30:58.019><c> knew</c><00:30:58.440><c> that</c><00:30:58.940><c> they</c><00:30:59.099><c> were</c><00:30:59.400><c> going</c><00:30:59.579><c> to</c><00:30:59.799><c> die</c>

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.980
and<00:31:00.180><c> eventually</c><00:31:00.539><c> be</c><00:31:01.000><c> resurrected.</c>

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:06.980
Now,<00:31:02.380><c> the</c><00:31:02.599><c> interesting</c><00:31:02.920><c> thing</c><00:31:03.099><c> in</c><00:31:03.259><c> our</c><00:31:03.440><c> own</c><00:31:03.720><c> cases</c><00:31:04.039><c> is</c><00:31:04.259><c> that</c><00:31:04.400><c> we</c><00:31:04.619><c> as</c><00:31:04.799><c> well</c><00:31:04.960><c> have</c><00:31:05.140><c> been</c><00:31:05.339><c> promised</c><00:31:05.700><c> the</c><00:31:05.980><c> earth</c><00:31:06.180><c> as</c><00:31:06.359><c> a</c><00:31:06.420><c> possession.</c>

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:11.940
The<00:31:07.619><c> land</c><00:31:08.200><c> has</c><00:31:08.480><c> been</c><00:31:08.799><c> given</c><00:31:09.220><c> to</c><00:31:09.500><c> us</c><00:31:09.799><c> in</c><00:31:10.160><c> prospect</c><00:31:10.740><c> if</c><00:31:11.599><c> we</c><00:31:11.779><c> are</c>

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.940
faithful<00:31:12.220><c> unto</c><00:31:12.400><c> the</c><00:31:12.619><c> end,</c>

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:16.119
as<00:31:13.619><c> was</c><00:31:13.799><c> the</c><00:31:14.000><c> case</c><00:31:14.259><c> with</c><00:31:14.740><c> the</c><00:31:15.200><c> patriarchs.</c>

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:19.440
If<00:31:16.339><c> we</c><00:31:16.480><c> were</c><00:31:16.619><c> to</c><00:31:16.720><c> turn</c><00:31:16.880><c> to</c><00:31:16.940><c> Matthew</c><00:31:17.279><c> 5</c><00:31:17.619><c> verse</c><00:31:17.839><c> 5,</c><00:31:18.900><c> what</c><00:31:19.140><c> does</c><00:31:19.319><c> it</c>

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.839
say<00:31:19.599><c> in</c><00:31:19.759><c> the</c><00:31:19.900><c> Beatitudes?</c>

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:23.680
But<00:31:20.900><c> blessed</c><00:31:21.220><c> are</c><00:31:21.380><c> they,</c><00:31:21.599><c> make</c><00:31:21.700><c> for</c><00:31:21.819><c> they</c><00:31:22.079><c> shall</c><00:31:22.299><c> inherit</c><00:31:22.680><c> the</c><00:31:22.940><c> earth.</c>

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:27.180
Why<00:31:24.420><c> don't</c><00:31:24.559><c> we</c><00:31:24.680><c> turn</c><00:31:24.900><c> to</c><00:31:25.019><c> Psalm</c><00:31:25.200><c> 37</c><00:31:25.819><c> because</c><00:31:26.200><c> it's</c><00:31:26.660><c> repeated</c><00:31:26.980><c> a</c>

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.339
few<00:31:27.319><c> times.</c>

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:31.200
Those<00:31:29.000><c> who</c><00:31:29.240><c> are</c><00:31:29.500><c> faithful</c><00:31:29.759><c> unto</c><00:31:29.960><c> the</c><00:31:30.200><c> end</c><00:31:30.339><c> and</c><00:31:30.579><c> manifest</c><00:31:30.960><c> the</c>

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.440
faith<00:31:31.319><c> of</c><00:31:31.460><c> the</c><00:31:31.619><c> patriarchs</c>

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:36.400
are<00:31:32.759><c> going</c><00:31:33.000><c> to</c><00:31:33.200><c> be</c><00:31:33.380><c> given</c><00:31:33.619><c> this</c><00:31:33.980><c> earth</c><00:31:34.420><c> as</c><00:31:35.180><c> a</c><00:31:35.319><c> possession</c><00:31:35.759><c> forever.</c>

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:39.240
Not<00:31:36.940><c> just</c><00:31:37.240><c> the</c><00:31:37.359><c> land</c><00:31:37.500><c> of</c><00:31:37.660><c> Israel,</c><00:31:37.980><c> but</c><00:31:38.059><c> the</c><00:31:38.259><c> earth</c><00:31:38.420><c> in</c><00:31:38.539><c> its</c><00:31:38.740><c> entirety.</c>

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:43.440
All<00:31:40.039><c> the</c><00:31:40.240><c> land</c><00:31:40.380><c> that</c><00:31:40.559><c> we</c><00:31:40.720><c> walk</c><00:31:40.960><c> upon</c><00:31:41.420><c> is</c><00:31:42.259><c> destined</c><00:31:42.700><c> to</c><00:31:42.900><c> be</c><00:31:43.059><c> given</c><00:31:43.259><c> to</c>

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.519
the<00:31:43.640><c> faithful.</c>

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:48.140
And<00:31:44.920><c> we</c><00:31:45.380><c> might</c><00:31:45.640><c> feel</c><00:31:45.980><c> that</c><00:31:46.440><c> the</c><00:31:46.799><c> patriarchal</c><00:31:47.500><c> experience</c><00:31:47.940><c> of</c>

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:49.400
walking<00:31:48.460><c> upon</c><00:31:48.779><c> the</c><00:31:49.000><c> land,</c>

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:54.420
never<00:31:50.559><c> able</c><00:31:51.160><c> to</c><00:31:51.680><c> take</c><00:31:52.039><c> it</c><00:31:52.180><c> as</c><00:31:52.299><c> their</c><00:31:52.519><c> possession</c><00:31:52.960><c> during</c><00:31:53.279><c> their</c><00:31:53.559><c> lives,</c><00:31:54.200><c> was</c>

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.460
uniquely<00:31:54.940><c> theirs.</c>

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:57.759
But<00:31:55.920><c> it</c><00:31:56.079><c> wasn't,</c><00:31:56.660><c> it's</c><00:31:56.920><c> ours</c><00:31:57.140><c> as</c><00:31:57.420><c> well.</c>

00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:02.859
We<00:31:58.599><c> also</c><00:31:59.440><c> look</c><00:31:59.940><c> upon</c><00:32:00.220><c> an</c><00:32:00.400><c> earth</c><00:32:00.599><c> created</c><00:32:01.039><c> by</c><00:32:01.319><c> God,</c><00:32:02.319><c> destined</c>

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:04.460
for<00:32:03.319><c> the</c><00:32:04.059><c> faithful,</c>

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:12.960
and<00:32:05.140><c> wait</c><00:32:05.559><c> in</c><00:32:07.019><c> our</c><00:32:07.380><c> respective</c><00:32:08.660><c> situations</c><00:32:09.980><c> for</c><00:32:10.559><c> God</c><00:32:10.839><c> to</c><00:32:11.240><c> fulfill</c><00:32:11.559><c> that</c><00:32:11.799><c> promise.</c>

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:16.460
Psalm<00:32:13.380><c> 37</c><00:32:13.940><c> verse</c><00:32:14.220><c> 9,</c><00:32:14.700><c> For</c><00:32:14.859><c> evildoers</c><00:32:15.480><c> shall</c><00:32:15.640><c> be</c><00:32:15.839><c> cut</c><00:32:16.039><c> off,</c>

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:20.400
and<00:32:17.000><c> who</c><00:32:17.539><c> owns</c><00:32:17.819><c> the</c><00:32:18.019><c> land</c><00:32:18.220><c> today</c><00:32:18.599><c> but</c><00:32:19.000><c> the</c><00:32:19.579><c> evildoers,</c>

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:23.660
but<00:32:20.920><c> those</c><00:32:21.400><c> that</c><00:32:21.640><c> wait</c><00:32:21.759><c> upon</c><00:32:22.039><c> the</c><00:32:22.240><c> Lord,</c><00:32:22.859><c> they</c><00:32:23.079><c> shall</c><00:32:23.279><c> inherit</c>

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.640
the<00:32:23.900><c> earth,</c>

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:27.519
for<00:32:24.940><c> yet</c><00:32:25.140><c> a</c><00:32:25.579><c> little</c><00:32:25.680><c> while,</c><00:32:26.299><c> and</c><00:32:26.299><c> the</c><00:32:26.460><c> wicked</c><00:32:26.660><c> shall</c><00:32:26.900><c> not</c><00:32:27.180><c> be.</c>

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:31.740
Yea,<00:32:28.160><c> thou</c><00:32:28.299><c> shalt</c><00:32:28.519><c> diligently</c><00:32:29.000><c> consider,</c><00:32:30.079><c> but</c><00:32:30.319><c> the</c><00:32:30.619><c> meek</c><00:32:30.759><c> shall</c><00:32:31.000><c> inherit</c><00:32:31.339><c> the</c><00:32:31.559><c> earth,</c>

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:34.980
and<00:32:31.880><c> shall</c><00:32:32.119><c> delight</c><00:32:32.640><c> themselves</c><00:32:33.319><c> in</c><00:32:33.799><c> the</c><00:32:34.079><c> abundance</c><00:32:34.359><c> of</c><00:32:34.619><c> peace.</c>

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:38.200
And<00:32:35.619><c> again</c><00:32:35.779><c> in</c><00:32:35.920><c> verse</c><00:32:36.140><c> 29,</c><00:32:37.140><c> the</c><00:32:37.319><c> righteous</c><00:32:37.660><c> shall</c><00:32:37.900><c> inherit</c>

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:40.579
the<00:32:38.440><c> land</c><00:32:38.619><c> and</c><00:32:38.859><c> dwell</c><00:32:39.200><c> therein</c><00:32:39.619><c> forever.</c>

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:45.059
So<00:32:41.420><c> we</c><00:32:41.859><c> might</c><00:32:42.180><c> look</c><00:32:42.559><c> upon</c><00:32:42.819><c> the</c><00:32:43.079><c> patriarchs</c><00:32:43.720><c> and</c><00:32:43.980><c> consider</c><00:32:44.579><c> how</c>

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:46.519
that<00:32:45.200><c> they</c><00:32:45.339><c> must</c><00:32:45.579><c> have</c><00:32:45.700><c> looked</c><00:32:45.880><c> about</c><00:32:46.180><c> them,</c>

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:48.259
seen<00:32:46.900><c> this</c><00:32:47.180><c> land</c><00:32:47.319><c> which</c><00:32:47.519><c> God</c><00:32:47.720><c> had</c><00:32:47.940><c> promised,</c>

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:51.160
and<00:32:48.799><c> really</c><00:32:49.119><c> been</c><00:32:49.400><c> chafed</c><00:32:49.680><c> by</c><00:32:49.940><c> the</c><00:32:50.160><c> fact</c><00:32:50.380><c> that</c><00:32:50.500><c> it</c><00:32:50.640><c> was</c><00:32:50.839><c> filled</c>

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.200
with<00:32:51.380><c> the</c><00:32:51.579><c> ungodly,</c>

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:55.339
it<00:32:52.539><c> was</c><00:32:52.759><c> inhabited</c><00:32:53.180><c> by</c><00:32:53.599><c> unworthy</c><00:32:53.960><c> individuals</c><00:32:54.579><c> who</c><00:32:54.880><c> had</c><00:32:55.039><c> no</c>

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:59.220
time<00:32:55.720><c> for</c><00:32:56.480><c> the</c><00:32:57.420><c> God</c><00:32:57.740><c> of</c><00:32:58.400><c> the</c><00:32:58.599><c> heaven</c><00:32:58.779><c> and</c><00:32:58.980><c> earth,</c>

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:04.500
all<00:33:00.240><c> heavens</c><00:33:00.599><c> and</c><00:33:00.940><c> the</c><00:33:01.200><c> earth,</c><00:33:02.380><c> and</c><00:33:02.740><c> really</c><00:33:03.039><c> felt</c><00:33:03.220><c> quite</c><00:33:03.539><c> resentful</c><00:33:03.960><c> about</c><00:33:04.220><c> it.</c>

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:09.480
And<00:33:05.140><c> we</c><00:33:06.259><c> commend</c><00:33:06.619><c> them</c><00:33:06.880><c> for</c><00:33:07.059><c> their</c><00:33:07.319><c> patience</c><00:33:07.900><c> and</c><00:33:08.599><c> for</c><00:33:08.920><c> their</c>

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:12.720
endurance<00:33:09.960><c> in</c><00:33:10.160><c> the</c><00:33:10.339><c> face</c><00:33:10.680><c> of</c><00:33:11.480><c> that</c><00:33:11.900><c> irritant.</c>

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:16.660
Well<00:33:12.960><c> in</c><00:33:13.099><c> like</c><00:33:13.279><c> manner,</c><00:33:14.279><c> we</c><00:33:14.359><c> are</c><00:33:14.539><c> in</c><00:33:14.880><c> exactly</c><00:33:15.259><c> the</c><00:33:15.500><c> same</c><00:33:15.680><c> position.</c>

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:21.400
We<00:33:17.000><c> look</c><00:33:17.220><c> about</c><00:33:17.519><c> us,</c><00:33:17.799><c> we</c><00:33:18.019><c> see</c><00:33:18.319><c> what</c><00:33:19.140><c> men</c><00:33:19.519><c> do,</c><00:33:19.880><c> we</c><00:33:20.079><c> see</c><00:33:20.259><c> how</c><00:33:20.579><c> unworthy</c><00:33:20.819><c> they</c><00:33:21.039><c> are,</c>

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:24.960
in<00:33:21.940><c> fact</c><00:33:21.940><c> we</c><00:33:22.099><c> see</c><00:33:22.359><c> how</c><00:33:22.640><c> men</c><00:33:22.859><c> in</c><00:33:23.000><c> their</c><00:33:23.259><c> greed</c><00:33:23.420><c> and</c><00:33:23.619><c> avarice</c><00:33:24.160><c> rape</c><00:33:24.539><c> what</c><00:33:24.759><c> God</c>

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:26.859
has<00:33:25.180><c> given</c><00:33:25.339><c> them</c><00:33:25.619><c> in</c><00:33:26.079><c> terms</c><00:33:26.359><c> of</c><00:33:26.519><c> the</c><00:33:26.680><c> earth.</c>

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:30.640
And<00:33:27.700><c> that</c><00:33:28.099><c> at</c><00:33:28.359><c> times</c><00:33:28.640><c> causes</c><00:33:29.079><c> us</c><00:33:29.619><c> some</c><00:33:29.799><c> measure</c><00:33:30.079><c> of</c><00:33:30.319><c> distress.</c>

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:34.059
And<00:33:31.319><c> we</c><00:33:31.480><c> like</c><00:33:31.660><c> the</c><00:33:31.880><c> patriarchs</c><00:33:32.400><c> have</c><00:33:32.539><c> to</c><00:33:32.819><c> wait</c><00:33:33.180><c> for</c><00:33:33.660><c> God</c><00:33:33.859><c> to</c>

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.039
fulfill<00:33:34.359><c> those</c><00:33:34.660><c> promises,</c>

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:38.160
knowing<00:33:35.440><c> full</c><00:33:35.799><c> well</c><00:33:36.339><c> that</c><00:33:36.900><c> if</c><00:33:37.019><c> we</c><00:33:37.200><c> are</c><00:33:37.420><c> faithful</c><00:33:37.700><c> to</c><00:33:37.940><c> the</c><00:33:38.059><c> end</c>

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.420
it's<00:33:38.339><c> going</c><00:33:38.480><c> to</c><00:33:38.599><c> be</c><00:33:38.740><c> given</c><00:33:38.880><c> to</c><00:33:39.079><c> us.</c>

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:43.480
And<00:33:39.900><c> of</c><00:33:40.039><c> course</c><00:33:40.240><c> we</c><00:33:40.619><c> look</c><00:33:40.839><c> forward</c><00:33:41.119><c> to</c><00:33:41.480><c> a</c><00:33:41.680><c> very</c><00:33:41.900><c> much</c><00:33:42.119><c> rejuvenated</c><00:33:43.160><c> earth,</c>

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:47.200
but<00:33:43.720><c> nonetheless</c><00:33:44.259><c> this</c><00:33:45.000><c> earth</c><00:33:45.440><c> that</c><00:33:45.599><c> we</c><00:33:45.759><c> walk</c><00:33:45.980><c> upon</c><00:33:46.240><c> today.</c>

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:51.700
And<00:33:47.339><c> of</c><00:33:47.519><c> course</c><00:33:47.779><c> we</c><00:33:48.680><c> set</c><00:33:48.940><c> forward</c><00:33:49.319><c> this</c><00:33:49.599><c> very</c><00:33:49.859><c> thing</c><00:33:50.200><c> to</c><00:33:50.680><c> convince</c><00:33:51.099><c> our</c>

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:53.960
friends<00:33:52.019><c> that</c><00:33:52.519><c> this</c><00:33:52.740><c> earth</c><00:33:52.880><c> is</c><00:33:53.059><c> not</c><00:33:53.200><c> going</c><00:33:53.400><c> to</c><00:33:53.519><c> be</c><00:33:53.640><c> destroyed,</c>

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:56.759
it's<00:33:54.119><c> not</c><00:33:54.319><c> going</c><00:33:54.480><c> to</c><00:33:54.619><c> be</c><00:33:54.799><c> obliterated</c><00:33:55.339><c> in</c><00:33:55.579><c> some</c><00:33:56.000><c> horrible</c>

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:58.339
cosmic<00:33:57.519><c> holocaust,</c>

00:33:58.619 --> 00:34:02.220
but<00:33:58.759><c> rather</c><00:33:59.099><c> is</c><00:33:59.359><c> going</c><00:33:59.599><c> to</c><00:33:59.980><c> be</c><00:34:00.880><c> cleansed</c><00:34:01.460><c> and</c><00:34:01.619><c> given</c><00:34:01.779><c> over</c><00:34:02.079><c> to</c>

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:04.640
those<00:34:02.640><c> who</c><00:34:03.200><c> wait</c><00:34:03.339><c> upon</c><00:34:03.660><c> God.</c>

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:13.019
Now<00:34:05.819><c> continuing</c><00:34:06.380><c> on,</c><00:34:10.360><c> the</c><00:34:10.420><c> patriarchs</c><00:34:11.719><c> also</c><00:34:12.280><c> enjoyed</c><00:34:12.760><c> during</c>

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:15.719
their<00:34:13.260><c> lives</c><00:34:13.480><c> the</c><00:34:13.699><c> benefits</c><00:34:14.019><c> of</c><00:34:14.199><c> an</c><00:34:14.320><c> ecclesial</c><00:34:14.719><c> family.</c>

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:19.860
They<00:34:16.219><c> were</c><00:34:16.500><c> not</c><00:34:17.000><c> small</c><00:34:17.760><c> family</c><00:34:18.260><c> units</c><00:34:18.579><c> while</c><00:34:18.760><c> in</c><00:34:19.400><c> the</c><00:34:19.619><c> land,</c>

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.480
but<00:34:20.340><c> very</c><00:34:20.699><c> large</c><00:34:21.059><c> ones.</c>

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:27.599
If<00:34:22.300><c> we</c><00:34:23.019><c> consider</c><00:34:23.440><c> Abraham's</c><00:34:24.079><c> experience</c><00:34:24.659><c> in</c><00:34:25.139><c> 14</c><00:34:25.619><c> verse</c><00:34:26.400><c> 14,</c>

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:34.380
we<00:34:27.920><c> find</c><00:34:28.340><c> that</c><00:34:30.179><c> Abraham</c><00:34:31.000><c> must</c><00:34:32.780><c> have</c><00:34:32.940><c> been</c><00:34:33.039><c> a</c><00:34:33.179><c> very</c><00:34:33.599><c> large</c><00:34:33.820><c> household.</c>

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:38.480
Verse<00:34:34.699><c> 14,</c><00:34:35.840><c> when</c><00:34:36.000><c> Abraham</c><00:34:36.380><c> heard</c><00:34:36.760><c> that</c><00:34:36.960><c> his</c><00:34:37.099><c> brother</c><00:34:37.300><c> was</c><00:34:37.539><c> taken</c><00:34:37.780><c> captive,</c><00:34:38.300><c> or</c>

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.300
his<00:34:38.579><c> brother's</c><00:34:39.019><c> son,</c>

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:43.980
he<00:34:40.019><c> armed</c><00:34:40.340><c> his</c><00:34:40.760><c> trained</c><00:34:41.360><c> servants,</c><00:34:42.860><c> born</c><00:34:43.059><c> in</c><00:34:43.199><c> his</c><00:34:43.380><c> own</c><00:34:43.579><c> house,</c>

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:47.800
318,<00:34:45.559><c> and</c><00:34:45.760><c> pursued</c><00:34:46.119><c> them</c><00:34:46.860><c> unto</c><00:34:47.239><c> Dan.</c>

00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:55.559
Now<00:34:48.380><c> this</c><00:34:48.900><c> word</c><00:34:50.219><c> trained</c><00:34:50.940><c> really</c><00:34:51.960><c> conveys</c><00:34:52.340><c> the</c><00:34:52.599><c> idea</c><00:34:52.960><c> of</c><00:34:53.260><c> instructed</c><00:34:53.940><c> and</c><00:34:54.739><c> dedicated.</c>

00:34:56.059 --> 00:35:00.300
These<00:34:56.400><c> were</c><00:34:57.079><c> individuals</c><00:34:57.699><c> in</c><00:34:57.960><c> Abraham's</c><00:34:58.699><c> household</c><00:34:59.360><c> who</c><00:34:59.820><c> Abraham</c><00:35:00.099><c> had</c>

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:01.840
spent<00:35:00.460><c> a</c><00:35:00.699><c> great</c><00:35:00.880><c> deal</c><00:35:01.099><c> of</c><00:35:01.280><c> time</c><00:35:01.480><c> with.</c>

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:04.539
Not<00:35:02.480><c> simply</c><00:35:02.900><c> instructing</c><00:35:03.360><c> them</c><00:35:03.500><c> in</c><00:35:03.699><c> the</c><00:35:03.820><c> arts</c><00:35:03.980><c> of</c><00:35:04.219><c> warfare,</c>

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:06.800
in<00:35:04.760><c> fact</c><00:35:05.019><c> whether</c><00:35:05.300><c> they</c><00:35:05.500><c> were</c><00:35:05.679><c> even</c><00:35:05.940><c> instructed</c><00:35:06.280><c> in</c><00:35:06.460><c> the</c><00:35:06.579><c> arts</c>

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:10.920
of<00:35:07.019><c> warfare</c><00:35:07.460><c> is</c><00:35:09.480><c> somewhat</c><00:35:10.599><c> doubtful,</c>

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:14.539
but<00:35:11.900><c> nonetheless</c><00:35:12.380><c> Abraham</c><00:35:12.840><c> had</c><00:35:13.099><c> the</c><00:35:13.280><c> resources</c><00:35:13.739><c> to</c><00:35:13.960><c> arm</c><00:35:14.199><c> them</c>

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:18.079
and<00:35:15.239><c> to</c><00:35:15.539><c> form</c><00:35:15.800><c> of</c><00:35:16.000><c> them</c><00:35:16.239><c> a</c><00:35:16.920><c> cohesive</c><00:35:17.400><c> fighting</c><00:35:17.719><c> unit.</c>

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:22.460
But<00:35:18.619><c> most</c><00:35:18.920><c> assuredly</c><00:35:19.900><c> the</c><00:35:20.320><c> greatest</c><00:35:20.699><c> training</c><00:35:21.019><c> they</c><00:35:21.300><c> were</c><00:35:21.840><c> exposed</c><00:35:22.260><c> to</c>

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:23.579
was<00:35:22.619><c> that</c><00:35:22.860><c> in</c><00:35:23.039><c> godliness</c>

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:27.179
and<00:35:24.039><c> in</c><00:35:24.320><c> the</c><00:35:24.519><c> promises</c><00:35:24.940><c> that</c><00:35:25.219><c> Abraham</c><00:35:25.719><c> had</c><00:35:26.119><c> been</c><00:35:26.340><c> given</c><00:35:26.480><c> by</c><00:35:26.780><c> God.</c>

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:31.619
And<00:35:27.639><c> as</c><00:35:27.820><c> a</c><00:35:27.880><c> result</c><00:35:28.219><c> Abraham</c><00:35:28.760><c> presided</c><00:35:29.360><c> over</c><00:35:29.760><c> a</c><00:35:30.320><c> very</c><00:35:30.739><c> large</c>

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.519
ecclesial<00:35:32.219><c> unit</c>

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:36.039
numbering<00:35:33.539><c> probably</c><00:35:34.019><c> several</c><00:35:34.380><c> hundreds</c><00:35:34.840><c> of</c><00:35:35.199><c> people.</c>

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:38.239
Abraham<00:35:36.440><c> had</c><00:35:36.840><c> an</c><00:35:37.139><c> expansive</c><00:35:37.619><c> household.</c>

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:41.239
In<00:35:38.239><c> fact</c><00:35:38.780><c> that</c><00:35:39.000><c> might</c><00:35:39.219><c> be</c><00:35:39.400><c> one</c><00:35:39.619><c> reason</c><00:35:39.920><c> why</c><00:35:40.219><c> he</c><00:35:40.420><c> spent</c><00:35:40.619><c> some</c><00:35:40.920><c> time</c><00:35:41.079><c> in</c>

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:44.239
Hebron<00:35:41.539><c> and</c><00:35:41.739><c> some</c><00:35:41.920><c> time</c><00:35:42.199><c> in</c><00:35:43.440><c> Beersheba</c>

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:46.480
in<00:35:44.559><c> as</c><00:35:44.679><c> much</c><00:35:44.880><c> as</c><00:35:45.079><c> that</c><00:35:45.260><c> household</c><00:35:45.599><c> might</c><00:35:45.820><c> very</c><00:35:46.099><c> well</c><00:35:46.260><c> have</c><00:35:46.380><c> had</c>

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.960
to<00:35:46.659><c> have</c><00:35:46.719><c> been</c><00:35:46.960><c> split</c><00:35:47.099><c> into</c><00:35:47.300><c> two</c><00:35:47.539><c> camps.</c>

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:51.000
That<00:35:48.699><c> being</c><00:35:48.960><c> the</c><00:35:49.139><c> case,</c><00:35:49.619><c> you</c><00:35:49.820><c> have</c><00:35:50.059><c> at</c><00:35:50.179><c> least</c><00:35:50.340><c> two</c><00:35:50.559><c> ecclesias</c>

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:54.579
in<00:35:51.159><c> the</c><00:35:51.320><c> land</c><00:35:51.599><c> that</c><00:35:52.519><c> individuals</c><00:35:53.059><c> could</c><00:35:53.260><c> have</c><00:35:53.400><c> moved</c><00:35:53.639><c> between.</c>

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:58.760
So<00:35:55.179><c> there</c><00:35:55.320><c> was</c><00:35:55.639><c> not</c><00:35:55.840><c> only</c><00:35:56.099><c> that</c><00:35:56.420><c> for</c><00:35:56.980><c> Abraham</c><00:35:57.440><c> to</c><00:35:57.860><c> avail</c><00:35:58.059><c> himself</c><00:35:58.440><c> of,</c>

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:03.119
but<00:35:59.239><c> we</c><00:35:59.420><c> also</c><00:35:59.840><c> know</c><00:36:00.239><c> that</c><00:36:00.460><c> there</c><00:36:00.659><c> were</c><00:36:00.980><c> some</c><00:36:01.360><c> righteous</c><00:36:01.739><c> individuals</c><00:36:02.599><c> that</c>

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:04.519
Abraham<00:36:03.500><c> could</c><00:36:03.780><c> associate</c><00:36:04.179><c> with,</c>

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:08.639
most<00:36:05.099><c> notably</c><00:36:05.579><c> Melchizedek,</c><00:36:06.920><c> and</c><00:36:07.639><c> suffice</c><00:36:07.980><c> it</c><00:36:08.079><c> to</c><00:36:08.239><c> say</c><00:36:08.460><c> that</c>

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:10.739
if<00:36:08.739><c> there</c><00:36:08.920><c> was</c><00:36:09.099><c> a</c><00:36:09.239><c> man</c><00:36:09.420><c> of</c><00:36:09.519><c> Melchizedek's</c><00:36:10.260><c> character</c>

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:15.960
ruling<00:36:11.380><c> over</c><00:36:11.780><c> the</c><00:36:11.900><c> city</c><00:36:12.219><c> of</c><00:36:12.840><c> Shalom,</c><00:36:13.920><c> eventually</c><00:36:14.619><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:19.179
that<00:36:16.559><c> there</c><00:36:16.900><c> must</c><00:36:17.179><c> have</c><00:36:17.340><c> been</c><00:36:17.519><c> others</c><00:36:17.840><c> as</c><00:36:18.139><c> well</c><00:36:18.559><c> who</c><00:36:18.980><c> called</c>

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:21.980
upon<00:36:19.519><c> God</c><00:36:19.940><c> in</c><00:36:20.440><c> truth</c><00:36:20.739><c> and</c><00:36:20.960><c> in</c><00:36:21.119><c> holiness.</c>

00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:31.179
Now<00:36:24.320><c> we</c><00:36:24.980><c> know</c><00:36:25.280><c> that</c><00:36:25.579><c> God</c><00:36:25.900><c> in</c><00:36:26.440><c> chapter</c><00:36:27.019><c> 17,</c><00:36:29.480><c> rather</c><00:36:29.699><c> chapter</c><00:36:30.019><c> 15,</c>

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:35.320
makes<00:36:32.900><c> Abraham</c><00:36:33.420><c> aware</c><00:36:34.039><c> of</c><00:36:34.239><c> the</c><00:36:34.420><c> fact</c><00:36:34.639><c> that</c><00:36:34.780><c> there</c><00:36:34.920><c> was</c><00:36:35.099><c> coming</c>

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.559
a<00:36:35.539><c> time</c>

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:43.119
when<00:36:40.019><c> the</c><00:36:40.679><c> iniquity</c><00:36:41.400><c> of</c><00:36:41.800><c> the</c><00:36:42.059><c> inhabitants,</c><00:36:42.579><c> the</c><00:36:42.719><c> iniquity</c><00:36:43.019><c> of</c>

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.440
the<00:36:43.320><c> Amorites,</c>

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:48.340
would<00:36:44.699><c> come</c><00:36:44.960><c> to</c><00:36:45.199><c> its</c><00:36:45.539><c> fullness</c><00:36:46.000><c> and</c><00:36:46.760><c> judgment</c><00:36:47.179><c> would</c><00:36:47.500><c> be</c><00:36:47.860><c> brought</c><00:36:48.099><c> to</c>

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:49.900
bear<00:36:48.699><c> upon</c><00:36:49.340><c> the</c><00:36:49.539><c> people.</c>

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:52.820
That<00:36:50.739><c> was</c><00:36:50.960><c> some</c><00:36:51.260><c> four</c><00:36:51.519><c> centuries</c><00:36:51.940><c> off,</c><00:36:52.599><c> however.</c>

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:58.699
At<00:36:53.320><c> this</c><00:36:53.639><c> point,</c><00:36:54.599><c> the</c><00:36:54.699><c> land</c><00:36:55.019><c> still</c><00:36:55.460><c> seemed</c><00:36:55.659><c> to</c><00:36:56.000><c> have</c><00:36:56.679><c> some</c><00:36:57.579><c> redeeming</c><00:36:58.179><c> qualities,</c><00:36:58.539><c> if</c>

00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.179
you<00:36:58.920><c> will,</c>

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:04.380
at<00:36:59.579><c> least</c><00:36:59.800><c> some</c><00:37:00.159><c> in</c><00:37:00.360><c> it</c><00:37:00.880><c> who</c><00:37:01.380><c> were</c><00:37:02.679><c> worthy</c><00:37:02.960><c> of</c><00:37:03.059><c> God's</c><00:37:03.400><c> attention,</c>

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:07.360
Melchizedek<00:37:05.099><c> and</c><00:37:05.239><c> his</c><00:37:05.480><c> associates</c><00:37:06.039><c> numbering</c><00:37:07.139><c> amongst</c>

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.639
those<00:37:07.619><c> individuals.</c>

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:12.940
Not<00:37:09.139><c> only</c><00:37:09.440><c> so,</c><00:37:09.800><c> but</c><00:37:10.280><c> we</c><00:37:10.659><c> know</c><00:37:10.920><c> that</c><00:37:11.340><c> at</c><00:37:11.679><c> least</c><00:37:12.000><c> for</c><00:37:12.539><c> the</c><00:37:12.719><c> period</c>

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:14.139
of<00:37:13.079><c> the</c><00:37:13.300><c> patriarchal</c><00:37:13.800><c> times,</c>

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:18.420
there<00:37:14.599><c> was</c><00:37:14.940><c> an</c><00:37:15.139><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:15.500><c> of</c><00:37:15.760><c> sorts</c><00:37:16.019><c> in</c><00:37:16.300><c> Heron</c><00:37:17.179><c> where</c><00:37:17.900><c> Abraham</c>

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:20.980
had<00:37:18.760><c> left</c><00:37:18.980><c> much</c><00:37:19.320><c> of</c><00:37:19.480><c> his</c><00:37:19.619><c> family.</c>

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:25.440
Laban,<00:37:22.039><c> of</c><00:37:22.119><c> course,</c><00:37:22.400><c> we</c><00:37:22.780><c> are</c><00:37:22.940><c> quite</c><00:37:23.159><c> familiar</c><00:37:23.519><c> with,</c><00:37:24.019><c> but</c><00:37:24.340><c> Bethuel</c>

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:33.840
and<00:37:26.820><c> those</c><00:37:27.340><c> associated</c><00:37:28.219><c> with</c><00:37:29.340><c> that</c><00:37:29.639><c> group</c><00:37:29.840><c> up</c><00:37:30.039><c> there</c><00:37:30.579><c> who</c><00:37:31.260><c> were,</c><00:37:32.199><c> we</c><00:37:32.599><c> know,</c>

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:39.320
cognizant<00:37:34.159><c> of</c><00:37:34.300><c> the</c><00:37:34.500><c> promises</c><00:37:34.920><c> and,</c><00:37:37.059><c> at</c><00:37:37.139><c> least</c><00:37:37.460><c> for</c><00:37:37.679><c> a</c><00:37:37.840><c> time</c><00:37:38.000><c> being,</c><00:37:38.599><c> believers</c><00:37:38.739><c> in</c><00:37:39.000><c> them.</c>

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:44.780
By<00:37:39.679><c> the</c><00:37:39.920><c> time</c><00:37:40.119><c> we</c><00:37:40.300><c> become</c><00:37:40.980><c> fairly</c><00:37:41.480><c> familiar</c><00:37:42.320><c> with</c><00:37:43.739><c> Laban,</c><00:37:44.239><c> we're</c><00:37:44.420><c> not</c>

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:46.380
too<00:37:45.059><c> taken</c><00:37:45.300><c> with</c><00:37:45.539><c> his</c><00:37:45.760><c> character,</c>

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:50.260
yet<00:37:47.139><c> nonetheless,</c><00:37:47.900><c> he</c><00:37:48.179><c> seemed</c><00:37:48.440><c> to</c><00:37:48.699><c> be</c><00:37:48.860><c> a</c><00:37:49.000><c> man</c><00:37:49.420><c> who</c><00:37:49.860><c> associated</c>

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:53.559
himself<00:37:50.780><c> with</c><00:37:51.300><c> the</c><00:37:52.059><c> God</c><00:37:52.300><c> of</c><00:37:52.559><c> Abraham</c>

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:57.579
and<00:37:54.420><c> the</c><00:37:54.980><c> God,</c><00:37:56.000><c> well,</c><00:37:56.280><c> in</c><00:37:56.400><c> fact,</c><00:37:56.619><c> he</c><00:37:56.780><c> described</c><00:37:57.139><c> him</c><00:37:57.340><c> as</c><00:37:57.480><c> the</c>

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:59.199
God<00:37:57.760><c> of</c><00:37:57.980><c> Nahor</c><00:37:58.239><c> as</c><00:37:58.460><c> well.</c>

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:12.639
If<00:38:00.440><c> we</c><00:38:03.019><c> go</c><00:38:03.300><c> over</c><00:38:03.619><c> to</c><00:38:07.019><c> Eliezer's</c><00:38:07.920><c> trip</c><00:38:08.139><c> to,</c><00:38:09.260><c> in</c><00:38:09.460><c> chapter</c><00:38:09.619><c> 24,</c><00:38:11.039><c> Eliezer's</c><00:38:11.500><c> trip</c><00:38:11.739><c> to</c>

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:15.900
Heron<00:38:12.920><c> to</c><00:38:13.440><c> take</c><00:38:14.360><c> Rebekah</c><00:38:14.699><c> for</c><00:38:14.920><c> a</c><00:38:15.079><c> wife,</c>

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:24.820
when<00:38:16.840><c> they</c><00:38:17.059><c> send</c><00:38:17.260><c> her</c><00:38:17.480><c> away,</c><00:38:19.280><c> they</c><00:38:23.559><c> do</c><00:38:23.900><c> give</c><00:38:24.099><c> to</c><00:38:24.340><c> Rebekah</c><00:38:24.719><c> a</c>

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:27.159
blessing<00:38:25.199><c> that</c><00:38:25.539><c> very</c><00:38:25.860><c> much</c><00:38:26.420><c> parallels</c>

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:30.780
the<00:38:27.880><c> blessings</c><00:38:28.340><c> given</c><00:38:28.619><c> unto</c><00:38:28.840><c> Abraham.</c><00:38:29.940><c> In</c><00:38:30.059><c> verse</c><00:38:30.260><c> 60,</c><00:38:30.639><c> they</c>

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:32.300
blessed<00:38:31.079><c> Rebekah.</c>

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:36.079
This<00:38:32.840><c> is</c><00:38:33.099><c> Laban</c><00:38:33.780><c> and</c><00:38:34.559><c> her</c><00:38:35.219><c> mother.</c>

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.619
They<00:38:37.019><c> blessed</c><00:38:37.460><c> her,</c><00:38:37.820><c> thou</c><00:38:37.820><c> art</c><00:38:38.000><c> our</c><00:38:38.280><c> sister,</c><00:38:38.719><c> be</c><00:38:38.840><c> thou</c><00:38:39.000><c> the</c><00:38:39.179><c> mother</c><00:38:39.420><c> of</c>

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:40.619
thousands<00:38:40.039><c> of</c><00:38:40.300><c> millions,</c>

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:43.280
and<00:38:40.860><c> let</c><00:38:41.000><c> thy</c><00:38:41.280><c> seed</c><00:38:41.420><c> possess</c><00:38:41.780><c> the</c><00:38:42.000><c> gate</c><00:38:42.139><c> of</c><00:38:42.260><c> those</c><00:38:42.519><c> which</c><00:38:42.780><c> hate</c><00:38:42.960><c> them.</c>

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:48.420
So<00:38:43.920><c> it</c><00:38:44.119><c> certainly</c><00:38:44.500><c> is</c><00:38:44.800><c> a</c><00:38:45.059><c> blessing</c><00:38:45.500><c> that</c><00:38:46.360><c> reflected</c><00:38:46.920><c> a</c><00:38:48.300><c> fair</c>

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:51.679
degree<00:38:48.679><c> of</c><00:38:48.880><c> knowledge</c><00:38:49.139><c> concerning</c><00:38:49.679><c> the</c><00:38:50.460><c> gospel</c><00:38:50.780><c> of</c><00:38:51.019><c> hope.</c>

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:54.519
So<00:38:52.059><c> not</c><00:38:52.280><c> only</c><00:38:52.559><c> Abraham,</c><00:38:52.900><c> of</c><00:38:53.099><c> course,</c><00:38:53.420><c> but</c><00:38:53.599><c> Isaac</c><00:38:53.940><c> and</c><00:38:54.139><c> Jacob</c>

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:56.280
would<00:38:54.820><c> have</c><00:38:55.039><c> reaped</c><00:38:55.219><c> those</c><00:38:55.500><c> same</c><00:38:55.780><c> benefits.</c>

00:38:56.280 --> 00:39:00.519
They<00:38:56.880><c> would</c><00:38:57.059><c> have</c><00:38:57.219><c> had</c><00:38:57.360><c> those</c><00:38:57.659><c> same</c><00:38:58.500><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:59.400><c> associations</c>

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:03.460
appertaining<00:39:02.340><c> to</c><00:39:02.480><c> their</c><00:39:02.659><c> own</c><00:39:02.880><c> households</c>

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:07.980
and<00:39:04.480><c> whatever</c><00:39:05.039><c> inhabitants</c><00:39:05.480><c> of</c><00:39:05.679><c> the</c><00:39:05.820><c> land</c><00:39:06.500><c> were</c><00:39:07.119><c> calling</c><00:39:07.360><c> upon</c><00:39:07.719><c> God</c>

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:08.619
in<00:39:08.260><c> truth,</c>

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:12.139
whatever<00:39:09.320><c> remnants</c><00:39:09.820><c> of</c><00:39:10.139><c> Melchizedek's</c><00:39:11.239><c> followers.</c>

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:18.019
So,<00:39:14.039><c> again,</c><00:39:14.639><c> we</c><00:39:14.699><c> find</c><00:39:15.039><c> that</c><00:39:15.619><c> the</c><00:39:16.039><c> experience</c><00:39:16.340><c> of</c><00:39:16.519><c> the</c><00:39:16.699><c> patriarchs</c><00:39:17.840><c> should</c>

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:20.119
not<00:39:18.300><c> be</c><00:39:18.619><c> seen</c><00:39:18.820><c> as</c><00:39:19.099><c> removed</c><00:39:19.400><c> from</c><00:39:19.679><c> her</c><00:39:19.840><c> own,</c>

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:22.420
but<00:39:20.480><c> really</c><00:39:20.699><c> very</c><00:39:20.960><c> much</c><00:39:21.360><c> parallel</c><00:39:21.840><c> with</c><00:39:22.139><c> ours.</c>

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:43.380
Okay,<00:39:23.659><c> and</c><00:39:23.880><c> lastly,</c><00:39:33.800><c> this</c><00:39:37.500><c> aspect</c><00:39:37.960><c> of</c><00:39:38.119><c> the</c><00:39:38.260><c> patriarchal</c><00:39:38.860><c> experience</c><00:39:39.420><c> is</c><00:39:41.380><c> one</c><00:39:41.760><c> that</c><00:39:42.599><c> I</c>

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:46.099
think<00:39:43.659><c> we</c><00:39:44.239><c> need</c><00:39:44.599><c> to</c><00:39:45.260><c> fully</c><00:39:45.480><c> appreciate,</c>

00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:49.739
the<00:39:46.300><c> fact</c><00:39:46.519><c> that</c><00:39:46.679><c> they</c><00:39:46.920><c> all</c><00:39:47.179><c> had</c><00:39:47.360><c> to</c><00:39:47.599><c> cope</c><00:39:47.900><c> with</c><00:39:48.739><c> exposure</c><00:39:49.199><c> to</c><00:39:49.480><c> a</c>

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:51.519
very<00:39:50.119><c> decadent</c><00:39:50.519><c> world.</c>

00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:54.079
We<00:39:52.280><c> might</c><00:39:52.500><c> very</c><00:39:52.800><c> well</c><00:39:53.019><c> think</c><00:39:53.239><c> that</c><00:39:53.400><c> if</c><00:39:53.519><c> we</c><00:39:53.659><c> had</c><00:39:53.760><c> lived</c><00:39:53.860><c> in</c>

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.960
patriarchal<00:39:54.659><c> times,</c>

00:39:55.019 --> 00:39:58.519
so<00:39:55.199><c> many</c><00:39:55.380><c> of</c><00:39:55.539><c> the</c><00:39:55.639><c> vices,</c><00:39:56.679><c> so</c><00:39:56.900><c> many</c><00:39:57.119><c> of</c><00:39:57.260><c> the</c><00:39:57.460><c> wrong</c><00:39:57.780><c> things</c><00:39:58.199><c> that</c><00:39:58.380><c> we</c>

00:39:58.519 --> 00:40:00.199
feel<00:39:58.739><c> our</c><00:39:58.900><c> children</c><00:39:59.199><c> are</c><00:39:59.500><c> exposed</c><00:39:59.840><c> to</c>

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:03.099
and<00:40:00.559><c> we</c><00:40:00.739><c> ourselves</c><00:40:01.099><c> are</c><00:40:01.340><c> exposed</c><00:40:01.639><c> to</c><00:40:01.860><c> simply</c><00:40:02.179><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:02.400><c> have</c><00:40:02.619><c> existed.</c>

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:09.659
It<00:40:03.659><c> would</c><00:40:03.800><c> have</c><00:40:03.940><c> been</c><00:40:04.079><c> a</c><00:40:04.440><c> pure</c><00:40:04.739><c> time</c><00:40:05.739><c> when</c><00:40:07.059><c> sinful</c><00:40:08.699><c> men</c><00:40:09.039><c> were</c>

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:12.559
simpler<00:40:10.119><c> and</c><00:40:10.739><c> less</c><00:40:10.960><c> sophisticated</c><00:40:11.619><c> in</c><00:40:11.840><c> their</c><00:40:12.019><c> ungodliness,</c>

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:15.179
and<00:40:12.800><c> it</c><00:40:12.840><c> would</c><00:40:13.039><c> have</c><00:40:13.159><c> been</c><00:40:13.599><c> somehow</c><00:40:14.000><c> easier</c><00:40:14.380><c> to</c><00:40:14.599><c> cope</c><00:40:14.800><c> with.</c>

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:18.739
The<00:40:15.860><c> simple</c><00:40:16.119><c> fact</c><00:40:16.480><c> is</c><00:40:16.960><c> that</c><00:40:17.079><c> that</c><00:40:17.360><c> is</c><00:40:17.699><c> utterly</c><00:40:18.119><c> untrue.</c>

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:22.920
The<00:40:19.659><c> age</c><00:40:20.219><c> and</c><00:40:20.619><c> the</c><00:40:21.059><c> world</c><00:40:21.480><c> that</c><00:40:21.699><c> the</c><00:40:21.920><c> patriarchs</c><00:40:22.360><c> moved</c><00:40:22.559><c> in</c>

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:26.699
was<00:40:23.539><c> very</c><00:40:24.420><c> sophisticated</c><00:40:25.119><c> and</c><00:40:25.559><c> exceedingly</c><00:40:26.119><c> decadent.</c>

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:29.920
In<00:40:27.199><c> fact,</c><00:40:27.460><c> I</c><00:40:27.619><c> would</c><00:40:27.780><c> suggest</c><00:40:28.099><c> that</c><00:40:28.219><c> it</c><00:40:28.320><c> was</c><00:40:28.500><c> more</c><00:40:28.840><c> so</c><00:40:29.280><c> than</c><00:40:29.739><c> the</c>

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.480
world<00:40:30.059><c> we</c><00:40:30.280><c> live</c><00:40:30.400><c> in</c><00:40:30.559><c> today.</c>

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:34.280
It<00:40:31.800><c> was</c><00:40:32.039><c> a</c><00:40:32.159><c> group</c><00:40:32.300><c> of</c><00:40:32.579><c> people,</c><00:40:32.980><c> the</c><00:40:33.099><c> Canaanite</c><00:40:33.519><c>-ish</c><00:40:33.679><c> people,</c>

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:37.119
even<00:40:35.019><c> amongst</c><00:40:35.599><c> archaeologists</c><00:40:36.480><c> and</c><00:40:36.739><c> scholars</c>

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:41.639
who<00:40:37.639><c> specialize</c><00:40:38.239><c> in</c><00:40:40.119><c> this</c><00:40:40.300><c> area</c><00:40:40.659><c> and</c><00:40:40.840><c> this</c><00:40:41.059><c> time</c><00:40:41.260><c> period,</c>

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:51.179
are<00:40:42.440><c> absolutely</c><00:40:42.900><c> taken</c><00:40:43.219><c> aback</c><00:40:43.659><c> by</c><00:40:44.179><c> the</c><00:40:45.780><c> immoral</c><00:40:47.639><c> and</c><00:40:49.159><c> absolutely</c><00:40:49.920><c> decadent</c><00:40:50.860><c> state</c>

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:53.340
into<00:40:51.400><c> which</c><00:40:51.599><c> that</c><00:40:51.840><c> society</c><00:40:52.219><c> had</c><00:40:52.519><c> fallen.</c>

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:57.280
It<00:40:53.480><c> was</c><00:40:53.719><c> a</c><00:40:53.920><c> society</c><00:40:54.340><c> given</c><00:40:54.599><c> over</c><00:40:54.840><c> to</c><00:40:55.099><c> every</c><00:40:55.420><c> pursuit</c><00:40:55.739><c> of</c><00:40:55.960><c> pleasure,</c><00:40:57.059><c> every</c>

00:40:57.280 --> 00:41:01.079
form<00:40:57.860><c> of</c><00:40:58.940><c> self</c><00:40:59.260><c>-service</c><00:40:59.719><c> and</c><00:41:00.139><c> enjoyment.</c>

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:03.880
It<00:41:01.320><c> was</c><00:41:01.699><c> absolutely</c><00:41:02.119><c> a</c><00:41:02.340><c> no</c><00:41:02.539><c>-hold</c><00:41:02.760><c> barred</c><00:41:03.179><c> society.</c>

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:12.079
In<00:41:04.699><c> contrast</c><00:41:05.539><c> to</c><00:41:05.760><c> our</c><00:41:05.960><c> own,</c><00:41:07.320><c> there</c><00:41:07.519><c> was</c><00:41:07.880><c> no</c><00:41:08.340><c> mitigating</c><00:41:09.460><c> Christian</c><00:41:10.360><c> influence,</c><00:41:10.920><c> as</c><00:41:11.039><c> it</c><00:41:11.239><c> were.</c>

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:16.860
I<00:41:12.519><c> doubt</c><00:41:12.719><c> whether</c><00:41:12.940><c> you</c><00:41:13.099><c> would</c><00:41:13.320><c> have</c><00:41:13.719><c> stumbled</c><00:41:14.039><c> across</c><00:41:14.500><c> a</c><00:41:14.800><c> moral</c><00:41:15.119><c> majority</c><00:41:15.719><c> in</c>

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:20.179
the<00:41:17.000><c> land</c><00:41:17.519><c> of</c><00:41:18.019><c> Canaan</c><00:41:18.300><c> during</c><00:41:18.619><c> the</c><00:41:18.800><c> time</c><00:41:18.960><c> of</c><00:41:19.119><c> the</c><00:41:19.320><c> patriarchs.</c>

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:22.360
It<00:41:20.679><c> simply</c><00:41:21.019><c> wasn't</c><00:41:21.320><c> there.</c>

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:27.860
In<00:41:23.360><c> fact,</c><00:41:24.400><c> the</c><00:41:24.619><c> one</c><00:41:24.780><c> area</c><00:41:25.079><c> of</c><00:41:25.219><c> the</c><00:41:25.380><c> land,</c><00:41:26.519><c> the</c><00:41:27.000><c> vale</c><00:41:27.239><c> where</c><00:41:27.519><c> the</c>

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:31.880
five<00:41:28.079><c> cities</c><00:41:28.360><c> of</c><00:41:28.539><c> the</c><00:41:28.719><c> plains</c><00:41:29.059><c> existed,</c><00:41:30.280><c> was</c><00:41:30.380><c> so</c><00:41:30.659><c> absolutely</c><00:41:31.260><c> horrendous,</c>

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:38.639
was<00:41:32.820><c> so</c><00:41:33.139><c> absolutely</c><00:41:33.860><c> rotten</c><00:41:34.760><c> and</c><00:41:36.239><c> driven</c><00:41:36.480><c> through</c><00:41:36.900><c> with</c><00:41:38.280><c> such</c>

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:40.199
hideous<00:41:39.000><c> corruption</c><00:41:39.460><c> that</c><00:41:39.719><c> God</c><00:41:39.980><c> said,</c>

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:42.679
look,<00:41:40.739><c> clear</c><00:41:40.860><c> out,</c><00:41:41.420><c> this</c><00:41:41.800><c> place</c><00:41:42.079><c> is</c><00:41:42.360><c> going.</c>

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:48.960
And<00:41:43.199><c> he</c><00:41:43.420><c> obliterated</c><00:41:43.920><c> it</c><00:41:44.159><c> in</c><00:41:44.860><c> a</c><00:41:45.000><c> great</c><00:41:45.719><c> explosion</c><00:41:46.579><c> of</c><00:41:47.219><c> volcanic</c><00:41:47.679><c> activity</c><00:41:48.239><c> and</c><00:41:48.539><c> fire</c><00:41:48.780><c> and</c>

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:50.440
brimstone<00:41:49.340><c> from</c><00:41:49.579><c> heaven.</c>

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.460
I<00:41:51.719><c> guess</c><00:41:51.900><c> we</c><00:41:52.019><c> could</c><00:41:52.179><c> pick</c><00:41:52.360><c> out</c><00:41:52.539><c> cities</c><00:41:52.739><c> in</c><00:41:52.920><c> our</c><00:41:53.039><c> own</c><00:41:53.239><c> day</c><00:41:53.380><c> and</c>

00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:57.139
age<00:41:53.679><c> who</c><00:41:54.699><c> would</c><00:41:54.900><c> like</c><00:41:55.079><c> to</c><00:41:55.320><c> have</c><00:41:55.440><c> the</c><00:41:55.619><c> same</c><00:41:55.840><c> thing</c><00:41:56.019><c> happen</c><00:41:56.340><c> to.</c>

00:41:57.300 --> 00:42:00.320
But<00:41:57.539><c> God</c><00:41:57.780><c> saw</c><00:41:58.059><c> fit</c><00:41:58.380><c> to</c><00:41:58.980><c> hold</c><00:41:59.219><c> that</c><00:41:59.500><c> judgment</c><00:41:59.760><c> off</c><00:42:00.000><c> until</c><00:42:00.159><c> the</c>

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.920
time<00:42:00.440><c> of</c><00:42:00.579><c> the</c><00:42:00.719><c> end.</c>

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:06.860
But<00:42:01.380><c> it's</c><00:42:01.639><c> significant</c><00:42:02.300><c> that</c><00:42:02.940><c> in</c><00:42:03.139><c> that</c><00:42:03.500><c> day</c><00:42:03.739><c> and</c><00:42:03.880><c> age,</c><00:42:04.920><c> God</c><00:42:04.920><c> could</c><00:42:05.300><c> not</c><00:42:06.519><c> bear</c><00:42:06.719><c> it</c>

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:07.900
any<00:42:07.059><c> longer.</c>

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:12.460
The<00:42:08.099><c> forbearance</c><00:42:08.619><c> of</c><00:42:08.719><c> God,</c><00:42:08.960><c> which</c><00:42:09.119><c> is</c><00:42:09.380><c> great,</c><00:42:10.860><c> had</c><00:42:11.099><c> been</c><00:42:11.340><c> exhausted,</c><00:42:12.260><c> such</c>

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:15.659
that<00:42:12.639><c> God</c><00:42:12.860><c> intervened</c><00:42:13.480><c> and</c><00:42:13.639><c> obliterated</c><00:42:14.519><c> this</c><00:42:14.800><c> place.</c>

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:24.500
So<00:42:17.039><c> I</c><00:42:17.260><c> think</c><00:42:17.500><c> that</c><00:42:18.000><c> has</c><00:42:18.460><c> to</c><00:42:18.659><c> be</c><00:42:19.280><c> a</c><00:42:20.139><c> commentary</c><00:42:20.760><c> on</c><00:42:21.760><c> the</c><00:42:22.000><c> conditions</c><00:42:22.679><c> in</c><00:42:23.360><c> which</c><00:42:24.039><c> the</c>

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.860
patriarchs<00:42:24.980><c> lived.</c>

00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:28.559
And<00:42:26.320><c> in</c><00:42:26.460><c> fact,</c><00:42:26.800><c> it</c><00:42:27.039><c> might</c><00:42:27.159><c> cause</c><00:42:27.579><c> us</c><00:42:27.780><c> to</c><00:42:27.920><c> question,</c><00:42:28.199><c> why</c><00:42:28.340><c> would</c>

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:30.260
God<00:42:28.679><c> have</c><00:42:28.860><c> even</c><00:42:29.059><c> brought</c><00:42:29.360><c> them</c><00:42:29.519><c> into</c><00:42:29.739><c> this</c><00:42:30.019><c> land?</c>

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:35.139
Why<00:42:30.800><c> would</c><00:42:30.960><c> he</c><00:42:31.079><c> have</c><00:42:31.340><c> exposed</c><00:42:31.699><c> them</c><00:42:32.000><c> to</c><00:42:32.320><c> such</c><00:42:32.639><c> a</c><00:42:34.039><c> hideous</c><00:42:34.400><c> state</c><00:42:34.599><c> of</c><00:42:34.820><c> affairs?</c>

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:38.300
Why<00:42:35.539><c> not</c><00:42:35.760><c> move</c><00:42:36.000><c> them</c><00:42:36.139><c> into</c><00:42:36.320><c> the</c><00:42:36.500><c> Arabian</c><00:42:36.980><c> desert,</c><00:42:37.699><c> maintain</c>

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:41.360
them<00:42:38.559><c> miraculously</c><00:42:39.280><c> on</c><00:42:40.199><c> food</c><00:42:40.440><c> that</c><00:42:40.599><c> God</c><00:42:40.820><c> supplied,</c>

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:46.199
and<00:42:41.900><c> let</c><00:42:42.039><c> them</c><00:42:42.239><c> develop</c><00:42:42.659><c> in</c><00:42:43.239><c> a</c><00:42:43.380><c> truly</c><00:42:44.159><c> deserted</c><00:42:44.880><c> and</c><00:42:45.280><c> pristine</c><00:42:45.659><c> environment?</c>

00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.940
God<00:42:46.739><c> does</c><00:42:46.940><c> not</c><00:42:47.079><c> choose</c><00:42:47.300><c> to</c><00:42:47.480><c> do</c><00:42:47.599><c> that.</c>

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:53.380
He<00:42:48.579><c> sends</c><00:42:48.860><c> them</c><00:42:49.099><c> into</c><00:42:49.840><c> a</c><00:42:50.059><c> land</c><00:42:50.380><c> which</c><00:42:51.519><c> became</c><00:42:51.900><c> renowned</c><00:42:52.579><c> for</c>

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:57.360
its<00:42:53.639><c> decadence</c><00:42:54.179><c> and</c><00:42:55.639><c> its</c><00:42:56.099><c> ungodliness.</c>

00:42:57.480 --> 00:43:02.440
I<00:42:58.079><c> think</c><00:42:58.420><c> that</c><00:42:59.079><c> really</c><00:43:00.159><c> ought</c><00:43:00.719><c> to</c><00:43:00.860><c> be</c><00:43:01.219><c> very</c><00:43:01.820><c> much</c><00:43:02.039><c> encouraging</c>

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.900
to<00:43:02.659><c> ourselves,</c><00:43:03.280><c> brothers</c><00:43:03.360><c> and</c><00:43:03.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:09.099
that<00:43:04.199><c> we</c><00:43:04.659><c> need</c><00:43:05.019><c> not</c><00:43:05.280><c> look</c><00:43:05.599><c> at</c><00:43:06.179><c> the</c><00:43:06.360><c> world</c><00:43:06.599><c> about</c><00:43:06.900><c> us</c><00:43:07.059><c> and</c><00:43:07.219><c> consider</c><00:43:07.599><c> it</c><00:43:07.880><c> too</c><00:43:08.159><c> ungodly</c><00:43:08.800><c> to</c>

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:11.420
carry<00:43:09.420><c> on</c><00:43:09.659><c> a</c><00:43:09.780><c> godly</c><00:43:10.059><c> life</c><00:43:10.360><c> in.</c>

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:18.079
If<00:43:12.639><c> sometimes</c><00:43:13.659><c> husbands</c><00:43:15.719><c> and</c><00:43:15.920><c> wives</c><00:43:16.480><c> consider</c><00:43:17.139><c> whether</c><00:43:17.300><c> to</c>

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:21.760
have<00:43:18.260><c> children,</c><00:43:19.420><c> lest</c><00:43:19.579><c> they</c><00:43:19.760><c> bring</c><00:43:19.960><c> them</c><00:43:20.119><c> into</c><00:43:20.340><c> this</c><00:43:20.960><c> awful</c><00:43:21.320><c> world.</c>

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:24.380
That<00:43:22.199><c> was</c><00:43:22.400><c> certainly</c><00:43:22.699><c> not</c><00:43:23.039><c> the</c><00:43:23.400><c> patriarchal</c><00:43:24.079><c> reaction.</c>

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:26.579
They<00:43:24.539><c> had</c><00:43:25.059><c> child</c><00:43:25.400><c> after</c><00:43:25.679><c> child</c><00:43:25.920><c> after</c><00:43:26.179><c> child.</c>

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:28.139
At<00:43:26.880><c> least</c><00:43:27.000><c> Jacob</c><00:43:27.320><c> did.</c>

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:31.579
Abraham<00:43:28.699><c> and</c><00:43:28.960><c> Isaac</c><00:43:29.199><c> were</c><00:43:29.480><c> hampered</c><00:43:29.840><c> somewhat</c><00:43:30.280><c> by</c><00:43:30.880><c> barren</c><00:43:31.239><c> wives.</c>

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:35.340
But<00:43:32.280><c> nonetheless,</c><00:43:33.320><c> they</c><00:43:33.400><c> maintained</c><00:43:33.920><c> large</c><00:43:34.300><c> households</c><00:43:34.880><c> and</c>

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:38.239
were<00:43:35.559><c> able</c><00:43:35.860><c> to</c><00:43:36.539><c> bring</c><00:43:36.760><c> to</c><00:43:36.900><c> bear</c><00:43:37.099><c> upon</c><00:43:37.360><c> these</c><00:43:37.659><c> households</c>

00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:41.380
godly<00:43:39.079><c> instruction</c><00:43:39.679><c> despite</c><00:43:40.280><c> what</c><00:43:40.460><c> was</c><00:43:40.739><c> around</c><00:43:40.980><c> them.</c>

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:47.019
They<00:43:42.139><c> certainly</c><00:43:42.559><c> were</c><00:43:42.840><c> not</c><00:43:43.059><c> intimidated</c><00:43:43.500><c> or</c><00:43:43.760><c> fearful</c><00:43:44.320><c> of</c><00:43:45.980><c> the</c>

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:48.000
things<00:43:47.280><c> that</c><00:43:47.420><c> could</c><00:43:47.559><c> have</c><00:43:47.739><c> happened.</c>

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:50.260
They<00:43:48.119><c> were</c><00:43:48.340><c> certainly</c><00:43:48.579><c> aware</c><00:43:48.960><c> of</c><00:43:49.079><c> them.</c>

00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:53.360
Jacob<00:43:51.079><c> was</c><00:43:51.539><c> fearful</c><00:43:51.900><c> when</c><00:43:52.079><c> he</c><00:43:52.219><c> thought</c><00:43:52.420><c> the</c><00:43:52.619><c> Shechemites</c><00:43:53.099><c> and</c>

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:55.519
the<00:43:53.500><c> other</c><00:43:53.699><c> Canaanites</c><00:43:54.059><c> might</c><00:43:54.239><c> take</c><00:43:54.480><c> revenge</c><00:43:54.800><c> on</c><00:43:55.019><c> him.</c>

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:57.820
God<00:43:56.059><c> prevented</c><00:43:56.400><c> that</c><00:43:56.659><c> from</c><00:43:56.880><c> happening.</c>

00:43:58.139 --> 00:44:02.139
But<00:43:58.300><c> nonetheless,</c><00:43:59.360><c> there</c><00:43:59.760><c> was</c><00:44:00.019><c> certainly</c><00:44:00.320><c> no</c><00:44:00.679><c> question</c><00:44:01.179><c> in</c>

00:44:02.139 --> 00:44:03.320
the<00:44:02.360><c> patriarch's</c><00:44:02.980><c> minds</c>

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:06.320
that<00:44:03.539><c> they</c><00:44:03.800><c> were</c><00:44:04.079><c> going</c><00:44:04.320><c> to</c><00:44:04.599><c> live</c><00:44:05.000><c> a</c><00:44:05.340><c> life</c><00:44:05.579><c> dedicated</c><00:44:06.099><c> under</c>

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.420
their<00:44:06.559><c> god.</c>

00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:12.139
Now<00:44:08.039><c> there</c><00:44:08.199><c> were</c><00:44:09.000><c> tragic</c><00:44:09.420><c> exceptions</c><00:44:10.099><c> such</c><00:44:10.500><c> as</c><00:44:10.699><c> Esau</c><00:44:11.019><c> and</c><00:44:11.159><c> Ishmael</c><00:44:11.780><c> who</c>

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:13.780
saw<00:44:12.420><c> fit</c><00:44:12.619><c> to</c><00:44:12.920><c> remove</c><00:44:13.179><c> themselves</c>

00:44:13.780 --> 00:44:16.659
from<00:44:14.219><c> the</c><00:44:14.559><c> influence</c><00:44:14.900><c> of</c><00:44:15.099><c> the</c><00:44:15.239><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:15.639><c> and</c><00:44:16.139><c> go</c><00:44:16.320><c> out</c><00:44:16.500><c> into</c>

00:44:16.659 --> 00:44:17.260
the<00:44:16.880><c> world.</c>

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:23.840
And<00:44:17.920><c> that</c><00:44:18.340><c> brought</c><00:44:18.639><c> great</c><00:44:18.980><c> grief</c><00:44:19.219><c> of</c><00:44:19.500><c> mind</c><00:44:19.880><c> to</c><00:44:20.320><c> the</c><00:44:20.480><c> likes</c><00:44:20.739><c> of</c>

00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:25.420
Abraham<00:44:24.139><c> when</c><00:44:24.360><c> Ishmael</c><00:44:24.780><c> departed</c>

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:29.260
at<00:44:26.159><c> the</c><00:44:26.460><c> behest</c><00:44:26.820><c> of</c><00:44:27.400><c> Sarah</c><00:44:27.639><c> and</c><00:44:27.780><c> of</c><00:44:28.019><c> God,</c><00:44:28.179><c> we</c><00:44:28.380><c> know.</c>

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:33.960
And<00:44:29.659><c> of</c><00:44:29.820><c> course</c><00:44:29.980><c> in</c><00:44:30.159><c> Isaac's</c><00:44:30.500><c> case,</c><00:44:31.579><c> grieved</c><00:44:32.139><c> by</c><00:44:32.539><c> the</c><00:44:32.820><c> daughters</c><00:44:33.199><c> of</c><00:44:33.480><c> Heth</c>

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:35.659
that<00:44:34.239><c> Esau</c><00:44:34.639><c> had</c><00:44:34.800><c> married.</c>

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:40.619
That<00:44:36.219><c> experience</c><00:44:36.920><c> is</c><00:44:37.500><c> paralleled</c><00:44:38.420><c> in</c><00:44:39.139><c> our</c><00:44:39.500><c> day</c><00:44:39.699><c> and</c><00:44:39.820><c> age</c><00:44:40.239><c> all</c>

00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:41.719
too<00:44:40.840><c> often,</c><00:44:41.119><c> we</c><00:44:41.340><c> know.</c>

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:44.719
But<00:44:42.280><c> the</c><00:44:42.639><c> fact</c><00:44:42.860><c> remains</c><00:44:43.360><c> that</c><00:44:43.519><c> they</c><00:44:43.679><c> were</c><00:44:43.960><c> exposed</c><00:44:44.360><c> to</c><00:44:44.579><c> a</c>

00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:45.380
decadent<00:44:45.019><c> world.</c>

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:49.000
They<00:44:45.780><c> came</c><00:44:46.079><c> to</c><00:44:46.239><c> terms</c><00:44:46.500><c> with</c><00:44:46.760><c> it</c><00:44:47.260><c> with</c><00:44:47.679><c> a</c><00:44:47.860><c> large</c><00:44:48.099><c> degree</c><00:44:48.380><c> of</c><00:44:48.559><c> success.</c>

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:54.519
And<00:44:49.219><c> it</c><00:44:49.440><c> certainly</c><00:44:49.940><c> is</c><00:44:51.780><c> a</c><00:44:52.059><c> powerful</c><00:44:52.880><c> message</c><00:44:53.679><c> to</c><00:44:53.920><c> ourselves</c>

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:56.719
that<00:44:55.019><c> we</c><00:44:55.380><c> should</c><00:44:55.559><c> be</c><00:44:55.739><c> able</c><00:44:55.860><c> to</c><00:44:55.980><c> do</c><00:44:56.119><c> likewise.</c>

00:44:57.119 --> 00:45:01.039
We<00:44:57.300><c> need</c><00:44:57.619><c> not</c><00:44:57.940><c> fear</c><00:44:58.599><c> what</c><00:44:59.059><c> men</c><00:44:59.440><c> can</c><00:44:59.659><c> do</c><00:44:59.800><c> unto</c><00:45:00.039><c> us.</c>

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:03.639
It's<00:45:01.699><c> a</c><00:45:01.800><c> very</c><00:45:02.159><c> straightforward</c><00:45:02.639><c> premise</c><00:45:03.039><c> of</c><00:45:03.260><c> scripture.</c>

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:06.980
When<00:45:04.260><c> Joshua</c><00:45:04.679><c> was</c><00:45:04.900><c> sent</c><00:45:05.019><c> into</c><00:45:05.199><c> the</c><00:45:05.380><c> land</c><00:45:05.619><c> repeatedly,</c><00:45:06.300><c> God</c><00:45:06.539><c> said</c><00:45:06.719><c> be</c>

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:08.900
strong<00:45:07.320><c> and</c><00:45:07.460><c> of</c><00:45:07.559><c> good</c><00:45:07.800><c> courage.</c>

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:11.800
Do<00:45:09.460><c> not</c><00:45:09.820><c> be</c><00:45:10.139><c> fearful</c><00:45:10.500><c> in</c><00:45:10.699><c> what</c><00:45:10.880><c> you</c><00:45:11.059><c> are</c><00:45:11.219><c> about</c><00:45:11.440><c> to</c><00:45:11.639><c> do.</c>

00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:14.920
Go<00:45:12.079><c> out</c><00:45:12.360><c> and</c><00:45:12.579><c> do</c><00:45:12.860><c> the</c><00:45:13.099><c> job</c><00:45:13.400><c> and</c><00:45:13.920><c> I</c><00:45:14.059><c> will</c><00:45:14.219><c> be</c><00:45:14.380><c> with</c><00:45:14.639><c> you.</c>

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.420
Now<00:45:15.719><c> we</c><00:45:16.059><c> aren't</c><00:45:16.300><c> putting</c><00:45:16.619><c> the</c><00:45:16.880><c> gentile</c><00:45:17.260><c> to</c><00:45:17.380><c> the</c><00:45:17.639><c> sword</c><00:45:17.800><c> as</c><00:45:17.980><c> it</c><00:45:18.179><c> were,</c>

00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:21.400
but<00:45:18.860><c> nonetheless</c><00:45:19.219><c> we</c><00:45:19.559><c> yield</c><00:45:19.760><c> the</c><00:45:20.039><c> sword</c><00:45:20.159><c> of</c><00:45:20.320><c> the</c><00:45:20.539><c> spirit.</c>

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:27.460
And<00:45:21.980><c> that</c><00:45:22.559><c> sword</c><00:45:23.039><c> has</c><00:45:23.460><c> to</c><00:45:23.719><c> be</c><00:45:24.519><c> applied</c><00:45:24.840><c> internally</c><00:45:25.539><c> and</c><00:45:26.139><c> at</c><00:45:26.199><c> times</c><00:45:26.579><c> externally</c><00:45:27.019><c> as</c><00:45:27.320><c> well</c>

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:33.380
as<00:45:27.639><c> we</c><00:45:27.780><c> defend</c><00:45:28.099><c> those</c><00:45:28.380><c> things</c><00:45:28.599><c> which</c><00:45:28.840><c> we</c><00:45:29.500><c> hold</c><00:45:30.840><c> dear</c><00:45:32.199><c> to</c><00:45:32.400><c> our</c><00:45:32.559><c> hearts.</c>

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:36.380
So<00:45:34.139><c> a</c><00:45:35.099><c> lesson</c><00:45:35.400><c> there</c><00:45:35.639><c> for</c><00:45:35.820><c> each</c><00:45:35.980><c> one</c><00:45:36.099><c> of</c><00:45:36.239><c> us.</c>

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:39.800
And<00:45:36.639><c> lastly,</c><00:45:37.880><c> the</c><00:45:38.039><c> relationship</c><00:45:38.579><c> of</c><00:45:38.719><c> the</c><00:45:38.880><c> patriarchs</c><00:45:39.380><c> with</c>

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:42.980
God<00:45:40.320><c> was</c><00:45:41.800><c> very</c><00:45:42.320><c> much</c><00:45:42.559><c> predicated</c>

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:45.360
on<00:45:43.119><c> their</c><00:45:43.420><c> steadfastness</c><00:45:44.219><c> and</c><00:45:44.380><c> endurance.</c>

00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:48.900
Abraham,<00:45:46.099><c> Isaac,</c><00:45:46.320><c> and</c><00:45:46.500><c> Jacob</c><00:45:46.699><c> were</c><00:45:46.900><c> not</c><00:45:47.159><c> shoe</c><00:45:47.440><c>-ins</c><00:45:47.780><c> into</c><00:45:48.340><c> the</c><00:45:48.539><c> kingdom.</c>

00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:51.579
They<00:45:49.360><c> were</c><00:45:49.559><c> not</c><00:45:49.739><c> guaranteed</c><00:45:50.380><c> anything</c><00:45:50.880><c> by</c><00:45:51.219><c> God.</c>

00:45:51.900 --> 00:45:56.800
God<00:45:52.139><c> had</c><00:45:52.360><c> given</c><00:45:52.480><c> them</c><00:45:52.739><c> promises,</c><00:45:53.699><c> but</c><00:45:53.900><c> certainly</c><00:45:54.460><c> when</c><00:45:54.860><c> we</c><00:45:55.019><c> consider</c><00:45:55.480><c> what</c><00:45:55.699><c> was</c><00:45:55.920><c> said</c><00:45:56.039><c> to</c><00:45:56.320><c> Abraham,</c>

00:45:57.219 --> 00:46:02.280
God<00:45:57.480><c> made</c><00:45:57.760><c> it</c><00:45:58.260><c> repeatedly</c><00:45:58.780><c> clear</c><00:45:59.480><c> that</c><00:46:00.139><c> Abraham</c><00:46:00.780><c> was</c><00:46:01.380><c> expected</c><00:46:01.880><c> to</c><00:46:02.099><c> walk</c>

00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:04.539
before<00:46:02.619><c> God</c><00:46:02.940><c> and</c><00:46:03.179><c> be</c><00:46:03.440><c> whole</c><00:46:03.860><c> or</c><00:46:04.159><c> perfect.</c>

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17<00:46:05.360><c> verse</c><00:46:05.679><c> 1,</c><00:46:06.059><c> I</c><00:46:06.199><c> am</c><00:46:06.400><c> the</c><00:46:06.579><c> Almighty</c><00:46:06.900><c> God,</c><00:46:07.719><c> walk</c><00:46:07.920><c> before</c><00:46:08.300><c> me</c><00:46:08.559><c> and</c>

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be<00:46:09.260><c> thou</c><00:46:09.559><c> perfect.</c>

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Over<00:46:11.059><c> in</c><00:46:11.320><c> 18</c><00:46:11.539><c> verse</c><00:46:12.000><c> 19,</c><00:46:12.940><c> for</c><00:46:13.179><c> I</c><00:46:13.460><c> know</c><00:46:13.659><c> him</c><00:46:13.920><c> that</c><00:46:14.059><c> he</c><00:46:14.199><c> will</c><00:46:14.360><c> command</c><00:46:14.800><c> his</c>

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children<00:46:15.380><c> and</c><00:46:15.559><c> his</c><00:46:15.739><c> household</c><00:46:16.039><c> after</c><00:46:16.360><c> him,</c>

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and<00:46:17.340><c> they</c><00:46:17.760><c> shall</c><00:46:17.940><c> keep</c><00:46:18.179><c> the</c><00:46:18.320><c> way</c><00:46:18.460><c> of</c><00:46:18.619><c> the</c><00:46:18.719><c> Lord</c><00:46:18.880><c> to</c><00:46:19.059><c> do</c><00:46:19.219><c> justice</c>

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and<00:46:19.760><c> judgment,</c>

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that<00:46:21.199><c> the</c><00:46:21.860><c> Lord</c><00:46:22.119><c> may</c><00:46:22.360><c> bring</c><00:46:22.500><c> upon</c><00:46:22.760><c> Abraham</c><00:46:23.199><c> that</c><00:46:23.460><c> which</c><00:46:23.639><c> he</c><00:46:23.780><c> has</c><00:46:23.920><c> spoken</c><00:46:24.179><c> of</c><00:46:24.380><c> him.</c>

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And<00:46:25.480><c> we</c><00:46:26.079><c> could</c><00:46:26.460><c> pick</c><00:46:26.739><c> up</c><00:46:27.019><c> on</c><00:46:27.480><c> the</c><00:46:27.659><c> other</c><00:46:27.860><c> passages,</c><00:46:28.820><c> verse</c><00:46:29.739><c> 18</c>

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of<00:46:30.300><c> chapter</c><00:46:30.579><c> 22,</c>

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because<00:46:32.380><c> thou</c><00:46:32.780><c> hast</c><00:46:33.079><c> obeyed</c><00:46:33.340><c> my</c><00:46:33.599><c> voice.</c>

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And<00:46:34.380><c> by</c><00:46:34.639><c> extension,</c><00:46:35.440><c> these</c><00:46:35.519><c> conditions</c><00:46:35.920><c> apply</c><00:46:36.559><c> to</c><00:46:37.699><c> Isaac</c><00:46:38.019><c> and</c>

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to<00:46:38.480><c> Jacob.</c>

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They<00:46:39.599><c> reflected</c><00:46:40.119><c> the</c><00:46:40.300><c> faith</c><00:46:40.519><c> of</c><00:46:40.760><c> Abraham,</c><00:46:41.079><c> hence</c><00:46:41.300><c> they</c><00:46:41.559><c> were</c>

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participants<00:46:42.300><c> in</c><00:46:42.480><c> the</c><00:46:42.679><c> promises.</c>

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Ishmael<00:46:44.159><c> and</c><00:46:44.280><c> Esau</c><00:46:44.920><c> chose</c><00:46:45.460><c> not</c><00:46:45.800><c> to</c><00:46:46.019><c> participate,</c><00:46:46.579><c> hence</c><00:46:46.780><c> were</c><00:46:47.039><c> excluded.</c>

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Not<00:46:48.039><c> by</c><00:46:48.360><c> any</c><00:46:49.719><c> standard</c><00:46:50.239><c> of</c><00:46:51.780><c> divine</c><00:46:53.300><c> choosing,</c><00:46:53.679><c> as</c><00:46:53.840><c> it</c><00:46:54.039><c> were.</c>

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It<00:46:54.539><c> wasn't</c><00:46:54.820><c> a</c><00:46:54.920><c> case</c><00:46:55.179><c> of</c><00:46:55.760><c> Isaac</c><00:46:56.139><c> and</c><00:46:56.320><c> Jacob</c><00:46:56.619><c> called</c><00:46:57.139><c> and</c><00:46:57.340><c> Ishmael</c><00:46:57.760><c> and</c><00:46:57.780><c> Esau,</c><00:46:58.199><c> no</c>

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matter<00:46:58.500><c> what</c><00:46:58.679><c> they</c><00:46:58.920><c> did,</c>

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were<00:46:59.300><c> going</c><00:46:59.480><c> to</c><00:47:00.219><c> be</c><00:47:00.460><c> given</c><00:47:00.639><c> the</c><00:47:00.860><c> boot.</c>

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That<00:47:01.780><c> was</c><00:47:02.139><c> certainly</c><00:47:02.519><c> not</c><00:47:02.860><c> the</c><00:47:02.980><c> case.</c>

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They<00:47:03.820><c> chose</c><00:47:04.320><c> not</c><00:47:04.579><c> to</c><00:47:04.800><c> participate.</c>

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They<00:47:05.860><c> very</c><00:47:06.179><c> well</c><00:47:06.440><c> could</c><00:47:06.679><c> have,</c><00:47:07.239><c> had</c><00:47:07.400><c> they</c><00:47:07.599><c> been</c><00:47:08.119><c> prepared</c><00:47:08.719><c> to</c>

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acknowledge<00:47:09.480><c> God's</c><00:47:10.099><c> choice</c><00:47:10.400><c> and</c><00:47:10.659><c> selection</c><00:47:11.039><c> in</c><00:47:11.199><c> the</c><00:47:11.340><c> matter,</c>

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that<00:47:12.239><c> the</c><00:47:12.500><c> elder</c><00:47:12.679><c> would</c><00:47:12.860><c> serve</c><00:47:13.039><c> the</c><00:47:13.199><c> younger.</c>

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In<00:47:14.159><c> their</c><00:47:14.400><c> pride</c><00:47:14.619><c> and</c><00:47:14.820><c> arrogance,</c><00:47:15.099><c> they</c><00:47:15.239><c> would</c><00:47:15.420><c> have</c><00:47:15.599><c> none</c><00:47:15.780><c> of</c>

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it,<00:47:16.420><c> so</c><00:47:16.639><c> they</c><00:47:16.820><c> went</c><00:47:16.980><c> on</c><00:47:17.199><c> their</c><00:47:17.400><c> way.</c>

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Isaac<00:47:18.340><c> and</c><00:47:18.559><c> Jacob</c><00:47:18.760><c> remained</c><00:47:19.139><c> faithful,</c><00:47:19.820><c> walked</c><00:47:20.039><c> in</c><00:47:20.219><c> the</c><00:47:20.300><c> ways</c>

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of<00:47:20.639><c> Abraham,</c><00:47:21.260><c> and</c><00:47:21.500><c> were</c><00:47:21.699><c> participants.</c>

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So,<00:47:24.039><c> we</c><00:47:24.300><c> have</c><00:47:24.599><c> in</c><00:47:24.880><c> the</c><00:47:25.159><c> patriarchal</c><00:47:25.840><c> experience,</c><00:47:26.659><c> in</c><00:47:26.840><c> conclusion,</c><00:47:28.099><c> many,</c>

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many<00:47:28.599><c> parallels,</c>

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such<00:47:29.300><c> that</c><00:47:29.480><c> when</c><00:47:29.679><c> we</c><00:47:30.400><c> consider</c><00:47:30.780><c> their</c><00:47:31.039><c> lives,</c><00:47:31.380><c> we</c><00:47:31.420><c> certainly</c>

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do<00:47:31.940><c> not</c><00:47:32.139><c> need</c><00:47:32.320><c> to</c><00:47:32.500><c> feel</c><00:47:32.639><c> removed,</c>

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or<00:47:34.179><c> that</c><00:47:34.460><c> we</c><00:47:34.920><c> are</c><00:47:35.000><c> dealing</c><00:47:35.260><c> with</c><00:47:35.559><c> a</c><00:47:35.900><c> foreign</c><00:47:36.199><c> situation,</c>

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but<00:47:37.139><c> one</c><00:47:37.860><c> which</c><00:47:38.300><c> we</c><00:47:39.219><c> should</c><00:47:39.480><c> see</c><00:47:40.099><c> as</c><00:47:41.039><c> very</c><00:47:41.460><c> close</c><00:47:41.920><c> to</c><00:47:42.119><c> our</c><00:47:42.320><c> own.</c>