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Abraham<00:15:28.299><c> heard</c><00:15:28.639><c> these</c><00:15:28.960><c> words</c><00:15:29.600><c> again</c><00:15:30.580><c> he</c><00:15:30.820><c> worshipped</c><00:15:31.220><c> Yahweh</c>

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genesis<00:25:21.839><c> 14</c><00:25:22.279><c> in</c><00:25:22.500><c> verse</c><00:25:22.680><c> 17</c><00:25:23.059><c> you</c><00:25:23.200><c> know</c><00:25:23.359><c> this</c><00:25:23.619><c> story</c><00:25:24.079><c> when</c><00:25:25.039><c> Abraham</c><00:25:25.420><c> came</c>

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king<00:25:28.299><c> of</c><00:25:28.579><c> Sodom</c><00:25:28.759><c> comes</c><00:25:29.059><c> out</c><00:25:29.319><c> to</c><00:25:29.519><c> meet</c><00:25:29.680><c> him</c><00:25:30.259><c> and</c><00:25:30.819><c> the</c><00:25:30.940><c> king</c><00:25:31.079><c> of</c>

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reverence<00:25:42.759><c> and</c><00:25:43.140><c> in</c><00:25:43.319><c> genesis</c><00:25:43.759><c> 14</c><00:25:44.200><c> in</c><00:25:44.420><c> verse</c><00:25:44.579><c> 17</c><00:25:45.259><c> it</c><00:25:45.839><c> says</c><00:25:46.019><c> Abraham</c><00:25:46.440><c> was</c>

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king<00:25:48.279><c> of</c><00:25:48.519><c> Sodom</c><00:25:48.640><c> went</c><00:25:48.799><c> out</c><00:25:49.019><c> to</c><00:25:49.200><c> meet</c><00:25:49.339><c> him</c><00:25:49.480><c> after</c><00:25:49.740><c> his</c><00:25:49.940><c> return</c>

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and<00:25:54.819><c> here's</c><00:25:55.059><c> the</c><00:25:55.160><c> king</c><00:25:55.259><c> of</c><00:25:55.480><c> Sodom</c><00:25:55.660><c> coming</c><00:25:55.920><c> out</c><00:25:56.119><c> with</c><00:25:56.299><c> all</c><00:25:56.460><c> his</c>

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importance<00:25:57.240><c> and</c><00:25:57.480><c> all</c><00:25:57.640><c> his</c><00:25:57.859><c> retinue</c>

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Abraham<00:25:59.539><c> and</c><00:26:00.359><c> Abraham</c><00:26:00.640><c> walked</c><00:26:00.880><c> straight</c><00:26:01.140><c> past</c><00:26:01.480><c> him</c><00:26:02.259><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:26:03.460><c> he</c><00:26:03.599><c> walked</c><00:26:03.779><c> straight</c><00:26:04.180><c> down</c><00:26:04.400><c> to</c><00:26:04.579><c> talk</c><00:26:04.700><c> to</c>

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Melchizedek<00:26:05.400><c> and</c><00:26:06.480><c> he</c><00:26:06.859><c> snubs</c><00:26:07.240><c> the</c><00:26:07.440><c> king</c><00:26:07.559><c> of</c><00:26:07.759><c> Sodom</c><00:26:07.960><c> dreadfully</c>

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and<00:26:09.180><c> eventually</c><00:26:09.519><c> after</c><00:26:09.819><c> he's</c><00:26:10.180><c> finished</c>

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Melchizedek<00:26:11.319><c> you</c><00:26:11.700><c> can</c><00:26:11.900><c> imagine</c><00:26:12.140><c> the</c><00:26:12.299><c> king</c><00:26:12.440><c> of</c><00:26:12.619><c> Sodom</c><00:26:12.779><c> standing</c><00:26:13.079><c> there</c>

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calling<00:26:14.000><c> his</c><00:26:14.319><c> heels</c><00:26:14.500><c> why</c><00:26:14.720><c> Abraham</c>

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has<00:26:15.200><c> a</c><00:26:15.359><c> memorial</c><00:26:15.640><c> meeting</c><00:26:15.900><c> with</c><00:26:16.079><c> Melchizedek</c><00:26:16.799><c> and</c><00:26:17.119><c> then</c><00:26:17.259><c> he</c>

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and<00:26:20.160><c> in</c><00:26:20.339><c> verse</c><00:26:20.920><c> 20</c><00:26:21.380><c> 21</c><00:26:22.039><c> here's</c><00:26:23.880><c> the</c><00:26:24.059><c> policy</c><00:26:24.420><c> of</c><00:26:24.579><c> the</c><00:26:24.700><c> king</c><00:26:24.799><c> of</c><00:26:25.079><c> Sodom</c><00:26:25.319><c> and</c><00:26:25.599><c> and</c><00:26:25.740><c> i</c>

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want<00:26:26.099><c> everyone</c><00:26:26.440><c> here</c><00:26:26.619><c> to</c><00:26:26.819><c> notice</c>

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this<00:26:27.680><c> the</c><00:26:28.319><c> king</c><00:26:28.519><c> of</c><00:26:28.720><c> Sodom</c><00:26:28.940><c> says</c><00:26:29.180><c> in</c><00:26:29.380><c> verse</c><00:26:29.539><c> 21</c><00:26:30.039><c> give</c><00:26:30.819><c> me</c><00:26:31.019><c> your</c>

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soul<00:26:31.960><c> and</c><00:26:33.440><c> i</c><00:26:33.619><c> will</c><00:26:33.779><c> give</c><00:26:33.940><c> you</c><00:26:34.099><c> all</c><00:26:34.319><c> the</c><00:26:34.480><c> goods</c><00:26:34.640><c> that</c>

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you<00:26:41.759><c> can</c><00:26:41.920><c> have</c><00:26:42.119><c> all</c><00:26:42.279><c> the</c><00:26:42.500><c> spoil</c><00:26:42.660><c> but</c><00:26:42.819><c> i</c><00:26:42.960><c> want</c><00:26:43.160><c> your</c>

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souls<00:26:44.119><c> and</c><00:26:45.119><c> the</c><00:26:45.259><c> king</c><00:26:45.400><c> of</c><00:26:45.640><c> Sodom</c><00:26:45.799><c> brethren</c><00:26:46.019><c> and</c><00:26:46.299><c> sisters</c><00:26:46.500><c> is</c>

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still<00:26:47.039><c> around</c><00:26:47.319><c> today</c><00:26:47.859><c> there</c><00:26:49.460><c> are</c><00:26:49.640><c> many</c><00:26:49.880><c> employers</c>

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want<00:26:54.099><c> your</c><00:26:54.380><c> souls</c>

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and<00:26:57.500><c> Abraham</c><00:26:57.779><c> said</c><00:26:57.960><c> to</c><00:26:58.079><c> the</c><00:26:58.180><c> king</c><00:26:58.299><c> of</c><00:26:58.480><c> Sodom</c><00:26:58.700><c> i</c><00:26:59.000><c> have</c><00:26:59.200><c> lifted</c>

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he<00:27:02.440><c> knew</c><00:27:02.839><c> that</c><00:27:02.980><c> if</c><00:27:03.099><c> he</c><00:27:03.200><c> was</c><00:27:03.400><c> victorious</c><00:27:03.940><c> there</c><00:27:04.099><c> would</c><00:27:04.259><c> be</c><00:27:04.460><c> much</c>

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spoil<00:27:05.259><c> that</c><00:27:05.420><c> would</c><00:27:05.640><c> come</c><00:27:05.799><c> from</c><00:27:05.940><c> this</c><00:27:06.200><c> battle</c>

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he<00:27:07.420><c> knew</c><00:27:07.740><c> that</c><00:27:07.859><c> he</c><00:27:07.980><c> would</c><00:27:08.200><c> have</c><00:27:08.400><c> the</c><00:27:08.559><c> king</c><00:27:08.700><c> of</c><00:27:08.980><c> Sodom</c><00:27:09.160><c> wanting</c>

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to<00:27:09.619><c> reward</c><00:27:09.880><c> him</c><00:27:10.240><c> he</c><00:27:10.539><c> said</c><00:27:10.660><c> that</c><00:27:10.819><c> even</c><00:27:10.900><c> before</c>

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i<00:27:11.319><c> went</c><00:27:11.480><c> into</c><00:27:11.660><c> battle</c><00:27:11.940><c> i</c><00:27:12.140><c> made</c><00:27:12.380><c> this</c><00:27:12.660><c> promise</c><00:27:13.299><c> that</c><00:27:14.759><c> i</c><00:27:14.920><c> will</c><00:27:15.220><c> not</c><00:27:15.460><c> take</c><00:27:15.720><c> from</c><00:27:16.019><c> you</c><00:27:16.700><c> a</c>

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thread<00:27:18.119><c> or</c><00:27:18.440><c> a</c><00:27:18.779><c> shoelace</c>

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and<00:27:20.559><c> they</c><00:27:20.720><c> are</c><00:27:20.720><c> the</c><00:27:20.900><c> two</c><00:27:21.119><c> smallest</c><00:27:21.519><c> items</c><00:27:21.880><c> of</c><00:27:22.079><c> both</c><00:27:22.339><c> male</c><00:27:22.539><c> and</c>

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female<00:27:23.220><c> apparel</c><00:27:23.759><c> the</c><00:27:24.099><c> thread</c><00:27:24.259><c> means</c><00:27:24.500><c> a</c><00:27:24.720><c> ribbon</c>

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and<00:27:25.539><c> a</c><00:27:25.759><c> shoelace</c><00:27:26.220><c> is</c><00:27:26.599><c> just</c><00:27:27.019><c> what</c><00:27:27.119><c> it</c><00:27:27.259><c> is</c><00:27:27.339><c> a</c><00:27:27.440><c> shoelace</c><00:27:27.940><c> i</c><00:27:28.200><c> would</c>

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not<00:27:28.700><c> take</c><00:27:28.940><c> a</c><00:27:29.240><c> thread</c><00:27:29.519><c> or</c><00:27:30.019><c> a</c><00:27:30.160><c> ribbon</c><00:27:30.259><c> or</c><00:27:30.440><c> a</c><00:27:30.680><c> shoelace</c>

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from<00:27:31.160><c> you</c><00:27:32.180><c> lest</c><00:27:33.720><c> you</c><00:27:34.059><c> say</c><00:27:34.240><c> i've</c><00:27:34.420><c> made</c><00:27:34.599><c> Abraham</c><00:27:34.960><c> rich</c><00:27:35.579><c> i</c><00:27:36.960><c> refuse</c>

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to<00:27:37.640><c> be</c><00:27:37.740><c> in</c><00:27:37.839><c> the</c><00:27:38.000><c> obligation</c><00:27:38.440><c> of</c><00:27:38.599><c> the</c><00:27:38.680><c> king</c><00:27:38.819><c> of</c><00:27:39.039><c> Sodom</c>

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a<00:27:42.180><c> very</c><00:27:42.460><c> telling</c><00:27:42.680><c> incident</c>

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we<00:27:45.500><c> have</c><00:27:45.700><c> to</c><00:27:45.819><c> be</c><00:27:46.000><c> prepared</c><00:27:46.400><c> to</c><00:27:46.660><c> make</c><00:27:46.839><c> our</c><00:27:47.140><c> priorities</c><00:27:47.680><c> in</c><00:27:47.920><c> this</c><00:27:48.180><c> life</c>

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known<00:27:49.359><c> to</c><00:27:49.680><c> all</c><00:27:50.059><c> yes</c><00:27:50.640><c> we</c><00:27:50.819><c> will</c><00:27:51.019><c> work</c><00:27:51.240><c> for</c><00:27:51.460><c> our</c><00:27:51.599><c> living</c><00:27:51.740><c> yes</c><00:27:52.059><c> we</c>

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will<00:27:52.400><c> happily</c><00:27:52.720><c> be</c><00:27:53.000><c> diligent</c><00:27:53.400><c> servants</c>

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but<00:27:56.500><c> the</c><00:27:56.720><c> souls</c><00:27:57.240><c> of</c><00:27:57.619><c> our</c><00:27:57.859><c> families</c><00:27:58.380><c> are</c><00:27:59.119><c> our</c><00:27:59.319><c> own</c><00:27:59.819><c> and</c><00:28:00.960><c> if</c><00:28:01.119><c> it</c><00:28:01.220><c> becomes</c><00:28:01.519><c> a</c>

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matter<00:28:01.880><c> between</c><00:28:02.640><c> selling</c><00:28:03.240><c> our</c><00:28:03.579><c> souls</c>

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to<00:28:04.059><c> Sodom</c><00:28:04.619><c> then</c><00:28:05.220><c> we've</c><00:28:05.579><c> promised</c><00:28:05.779><c> to</c><00:28:06.000><c> god</c><00:28:06.099><c> that</c><00:28:06.259><c> we</c><00:28:06.380><c> won't</c><00:28:06.599><c> do</c><00:28:06.839><c> it</c>

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it<00:28:15.279><c> says</c><00:28:15.279><c> in</c><00:28:15.440><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:15.599><c> 11</c><00:28:15.960><c> verse</c><00:28:16.259><c> 15</c><00:28:16.700><c> they</c><00:28:16.839><c> had</c><00:28:17.039><c> plenty</c><00:28:17.319><c> of</c><00:28:17.539><c> opportunity</c><00:28:18.000><c> to</c>

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go<00:28:18.400><c> back</c><00:28:18.720><c> to</c><00:28:22.099><c> earth</c>

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a<00:31:43.960><c> friend</c><00:31:44.180><c> of</c><00:31:44.359><c> ours</c><00:31:44.559><c> you</c><00:31:44.880><c> can</c><00:31:45.079><c> have</c><00:31:45.359><c> the</c><00:31:45.640><c> cave</c><00:31:45.900><c> and</c><00:31:46.220><c> here's</c><00:31:46.480><c> a</c>

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man<00:31:46.759><c> that's</c><00:31:47.099><c> mourning</c><00:31:47.319><c> the</c><00:31:47.539><c> loss</c><00:31:47.839><c> of</c><00:31:47.980><c> his</c><00:31:48.220><c> wife</c>

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but<00:31:49.440><c> he's</c><00:31:49.640><c> got</c><00:31:49.799><c> enough</c><00:31:50.079><c> spiritual</c><00:31:50.619><c> sense</c><00:31:50.880><c> to</c><00:31:51.160><c> say</c><00:31:51.339><c> i</c><00:31:51.619><c> will</c><00:31:51.980><c> not</c>

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take<00:31:52.559><c> it</c><00:31:52.660><c> as</c><00:31:52.819><c> a</c><00:31:52.920><c> gift</c>

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Genesis<00:31:54.279><c> 23</c><00:31:54.779><c> and</c><00:31:54.980><c> verse</c><00:31:55.180><c> 13</c><00:31:55.519><c> he</c><00:31:55.779><c> spake</c><00:31:56.019><c> to</c><00:31:56.180><c> Ephon</c><00:31:56.400><c> in</c><00:31:56.559><c> the</c><00:31:56.759><c> audience</c><00:31:56.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:57.299><c> people</c><00:31:58.059><c> saying</c><00:31:58.420><c> but</c><00:31:58.599><c> if</c><00:31:58.740><c> you</c><00:31:58.960><c> will</c><00:31:59.160><c> give</c>

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it<00:31:59.980><c> i</c><00:32:00.559><c> pray</c><00:32:00.799><c> thee</c><00:32:01.019><c> hear</c><00:32:01.140><c> me</c><00:32:01.279><c> i</c><00:32:01.480><c> will</c><00:32:01.680><c> give</c><00:32:01.900><c> thee</c><00:32:02.079><c> money</c><00:32:02.359><c> for</c><00:32:02.519><c> the</c>

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field<00:32:03.140><c> take</c><00:32:03.779><c> it</c><00:32:03.940><c> off</c><00:32:04.059><c> me</c><00:32:04.420><c> and</c><00:32:04.660><c> i</c><00:32:04.759><c> will</c><00:32:04.960><c> bury</c><00:32:05.140><c> my</c><00:32:05.519><c> dead</c>

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here<00:32:07.859><c> and</c><00:32:07.859><c> they</c><00:32:08.559><c> were</c><00:32:08.740><c> willing</c><00:32:08.940><c> to</c><00:32:09.019><c> give</c><00:32:09.160><c> him</c><00:32:09.359><c> this</c><00:32:09.640><c> cave</c><00:32:09.940><c> but</c>

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he<00:32:10.380><c> said</c><00:32:10.539><c> i</c><00:32:10.740><c> will</c><00:32:11.180><c> must</c><00:32:11.519><c> buy</c><00:32:11.960><c> it</c><00:32:12.680><c> why</c><00:32:13.019><c> brethren</c>

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why<00:32:13.559><c> was</c><00:32:13.980><c> he</c><00:32:14.220><c> so</c><00:32:14.380><c> insistent</c><00:32:14.859><c> on</c><00:32:15.019><c> not</c><00:32:15.299><c> taking</c><00:32:15.559><c> a</c><00:32:15.799><c> gift</c><00:32:16.180><c> from</c><00:32:17.380><c> the</c>

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Canaanites<00:32:18.420><c> because</c><00:32:19.400><c> he</c><00:32:19.700><c> knew</c><00:32:20.000><c> that</c><00:32:20.160><c> the</c><00:32:20.400><c> gift</c><00:32:20.559><c> would</c>

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him<00:32:24.579><c> for</c><00:32:24.740><c> their</c><00:32:25.019><c> sons</c><00:32:25.500><c> to</c><00:32:26.160><c> marry</c><00:32:26.460><c> his</c>

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daughters<00:32:27.559><c> that</c><00:32:29.400><c> later</c><00:32:29.660><c> on</c><00:32:29.799><c> there</c><00:32:29.880><c> would</c><00:32:30.019><c> be</c><00:32:30.240><c> pressure</c><00:32:30.480><c> for</c>

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them<00:32:30.839><c> to</c><00:32:31.039><c> combine</c><00:32:31.500><c> because</c><00:32:32.059><c> well</c><00:32:32.359><c> we</c><00:32:32.539><c> gave</c><00:32:32.720><c> you</c><00:32:32.880><c> the</c>

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cave<00:32:33.660><c> and</c><00:32:34.960><c> you</c><00:32:35.119><c> see</c><00:32:35.180><c> he</c><00:32:35.420><c> refused</c><00:32:35.880><c> to</c><00:32:36.039><c> be</c><00:32:36.180><c> under</c><00:32:36.480><c> obligation</c><00:32:37.099><c> to</c>

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they<00:32:41.019><c> sold</c><00:32:41.319><c> him</c><00:32:41.539><c> that</c><00:32:41.660><c> he</c><00:32:41.920><c> weighed</c><00:32:42.140><c> to</c><00:32:42.259><c> them</c><00:32:42.319><c> the</c><00:32:42.619><c> silver</c><00:32:43.019><c> which</c><00:32:43.380><c> he'd</c>

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named<00:32:44.000><c> an</c><00:32:44.640><c> incredible</c><00:32:45.140><c> price</c><00:32:45.500><c> that</c><00:32:45.680><c> he</c><00:32:45.819><c> paid</c>

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they<00:32:46.160><c> ripped</c><00:32:46.359><c> him</c><00:32:46.559><c> off</c><00:32:46.759><c> unmercifully</c><00:32:47.500><c> but</c><00:32:48.359><c> he</c><00:32:48.480><c> was</c><00:32:48.720><c> happy</c><00:32:48.960><c> to</c>

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pay<00:32:49.299><c> the</c><00:32:49.539><c> price</c><00:32:49.880><c> because</c><00:32:50.500><c> it</c><00:32:51.220><c> meant</c><00:32:51.380><c> he</c><00:32:51.519><c> could</c><00:32:51.660><c> maintain</c>

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his<00:32:52.640><c> separation</c><00:32:53.279><c> and</c><00:32:55.259><c> whatever</c><00:32:55.519><c> the</c><00:32:55.839><c> cost</c><00:32:56.240><c> in</c><00:32:56.640><c> this</c><00:32:56.900><c> life</c><00:32:57.599><c> we</c>

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must<00:32:59.039><c> preserve</c><00:32:59.599><c> our</c><00:33:00.000><c> independence</c><00:33:00.599><c> to</c><00:33:00.880><c> do</c><00:33:01.000><c> what</c><00:33:01.119><c> our</c>

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conscience<00:33:01.799><c> dictates</c><00:33:02.940><c> and</c><00:33:03.380><c> not</c><00:33:03.680><c> be</c><00:33:03.859><c> under</c><00:33:04.099><c> obligation</c><00:33:04.640><c> to</c><00:33:04.920><c> others</c><00:33:05.559><c> Abraham</c><00:33:09.339><c> also</c><00:33:09.740><c> gave</c><00:33:10.019><c> to</c>

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his<00:33:10.400><c> family</c><00:33:10.700><c> an</c><00:33:10.980><c> example</c>

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of<00:33:11.619><c> facing</c><00:33:12.039><c> life</c><00:33:12.799><c> squarely</c><00:33:14.180><c> three</c><00:33:14.700><c> times</c><00:33:15.180><c> as</c><00:33:15.319><c> we've</c><00:33:15.539><c> got</c><00:33:15.619><c> there</c><00:33:15.759><c> on</c>

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the<00:33:16.140><c> overhead</c><00:33:16.380><c> three</c><00:33:16.740><c> times</c><00:33:17.140><c> when</c><00:33:17.339><c> Abraham</c>

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was<00:33:18.059><c> faced</c><00:33:18.299><c> with</c><00:33:18.559><c> difficult</c><00:33:18.920><c> situations</c><00:33:19.740><c> the</c><00:33:20.440><c> bible</c><00:33:20.799><c> says</c><00:33:21.099><c> he</c>

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got<00:33:21.539><c> up</c><00:33:21.799><c> early</c><00:33:22.859><c> there</c><00:33:24.259><c> was</c><00:33:24.400><c> the</c><00:33:24.640><c> time</c><00:33:24.859><c> when</c>

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solemn<00:33:25.799><c> was</c><00:33:25.920><c> to</c><00:33:26.039><c> be</c><00:33:26.180><c> destroyed</c><00:33:26.559><c> Abraham</c><00:33:27.099><c> arose</c><00:33:27.460><c> early</c><00:33:27.839><c> in</c><00:33:28.000><c> the</c>

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morning<00:33:28.640><c> when</c><00:33:29.539><c> Isaac</c><00:33:29.880><c> had</c><00:33:30.059><c> to</c><00:33:30.180><c> be</c><00:33:30.359><c> offered</c><00:33:30.500><c> he</c>

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rose<00:33:30.880><c> early</c><00:33:31.299><c> in</c><00:33:31.460><c> the</c><00:33:31.579><c> morning</c><00:33:31.920><c> when</c><00:33:32.299><c> Ishmael</c><00:33:32.740><c> had</c><00:33:32.900><c> to</c><00:33:33.019><c> be</c><00:33:33.279><c> expelled</c><00:33:33.519><c> he</c>

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got<00:33:33.819><c> up</c><00:33:34.039><c> early</c><00:33:34.380><c> in</c><00:33:34.539><c> the</c><00:33:34.660><c> morning</c>

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why<00:33:35.880><c> does</c><00:33:36.079><c> the</c><00:33:36.220><c> bible</c><00:33:36.460><c> keep</c><00:33:36.740><c> telling</c><00:33:37.019><c> this</c><00:33:37.420><c> because</c><00:33:39.640><c> it</c><00:33:39.940><c> showed</c><00:33:40.160><c> that</c>

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when<00:33:40.500><c> Abraham</c><00:33:40.920><c> had</c><00:33:41.200><c> difficult</c><00:33:41.640><c> things</c>

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squarely<00:33:46.720><c> and</c><00:33:47.279><c> he</c><00:33:47.500><c> taught</c><00:33:47.700><c> his</c><00:33:48.000><c> children</c>

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responsibility<00:33:52.279><c> one</c><00:33:52.799><c> of</c><00:33:52.900><c> the</c><00:33:53.079><c> difficult</c><00:33:53.359><c> things</c><00:33:53.619><c> in</c><00:33:53.779><c> the</c><00:33:53.940><c> 20th</c><00:33:54.279><c> century</c><00:33:54.839><c> and</c>

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particularly<00:33:56.460><c> for</c><00:33:56.660><c> the</c><00:33:56.859><c> baby</c><00:33:57.180><c> boomer</c>

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generation<00:33:58.319><c> is</c><00:34:00.039><c> that</c><00:34:00.240><c> we've</c><00:34:00.819><c> some</c><00:34:01.299><c> people</c><00:34:01.740><c> some</c><00:34:02.059><c> people</c><00:34:02.279><c> older</c><00:34:02.440><c> than</c>

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me<00:34:02.839><c> perhaps</c><00:34:03.180><c> have</c><00:34:03.619><c> come</c><00:34:03.859><c> through</c><00:34:04.059><c> difficult</c>

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times<00:34:04.740><c> i</c><00:34:04.859><c> know</c><00:34:05.000><c> my</c><00:34:05.240><c> parents</c><00:34:05.539><c> did</c><00:34:05.720><c> they</c><00:34:05.920><c> came</c><00:34:06.119><c> through</c><00:34:06.299><c> such</c>

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difficult<00:34:06.859><c> times</c><00:34:07.240><c> after</c><00:34:07.559><c> the</c><00:34:07.779><c> war</c>

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and<00:34:10.360><c> they</c><00:34:10.539><c> were</c><00:34:10.719><c> determined</c><00:34:11.239><c> that</c><00:34:11.440><c> they</c><00:34:11.679><c> would</c><00:34:12.159><c> not</c><00:34:12.579><c> have</c><00:34:12.820><c> their</c><00:34:13.000><c> children</c><00:34:13.920><c> suffering</c><00:34:14.639><c> like</c><00:34:14.940><c> they</c><00:34:15.239><c> suffered</c><00:34:15.460><c> as</c>

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children<00:34:16.519><c> and</c><00:34:18.940><c> i</c><00:34:19.079><c> think</c><00:34:19.199><c> in</c><00:34:19.420><c> in</c><00:34:19.500><c> the</c><00:34:19.719><c> case</c><00:34:20.119><c> in</c><00:34:20.400><c> my</c><00:34:20.639><c> case</c><00:34:20.880><c> they</c>

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probably<00:34:21.440><c> indulged</c><00:34:21.920><c> us</c><00:34:22.139><c> too</c><00:34:22.440><c> much</c>

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and<00:34:24.119><c> i</c><00:34:24.219><c> think</c><00:34:24.340><c> as</c><00:34:24.500><c> we've</c><00:34:24.739><c> got</c><00:34:24.920><c> softer</c><00:34:25.239><c> as</c><00:34:25.460><c> years</c><00:34:25.619><c> go</c><00:34:25.880><c> by</c><00:34:26.139><c> we</c><00:34:26.340><c> tend</c><00:34:26.539><c> to</c>

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indulge<00:34:27.199><c> our</c><00:34:27.400><c> children</c><00:34:27.619><c> and</c><00:34:28.019><c> spoil</c><00:34:28.239><c> them</c>

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we<00:34:30.340><c> need</c><00:34:30.579><c> to</c><00:34:30.780><c> teach</c><00:34:30.980><c> children</c><00:34:31.360><c> responsibility</c><00:34:32.199><c> at</c><00:34:32.440><c> an</c><00:34:32.579><c> early</c>

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age<00:34:33.400><c> and</c><00:34:34.139><c> we're</c><00:34:34.300><c> going</c><00:34:34.300><c> to</c><00:34:34.460><c> see</c><00:34:34.519><c> later</c><00:34:34.760><c> in</c><00:34:34.940><c> the</c><00:34:35.059><c> week</c>

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that<00:34:35.320><c> by</c><00:34:35.579><c> 17</c><00:34:36.360><c> Joseph</c><00:34:37.019><c> could</c><00:34:37.280><c> accept</c><00:34:37.579><c> responsibility</c><00:34:38.340><c> for</c><00:34:38.579><c> himself</c><00:34:39.199><c> and</c>

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we<00:34:40.639><c> need</c><00:34:40.820><c> to</c><00:34:41.019><c> encourage</c><00:34:41.380><c> them</c><00:34:41.500><c> to</c><00:34:41.739><c> accept</c>

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responsibility<00:34:43.940><c> and</c><00:34:44.380><c> Abraham</c><00:34:44.679><c> was</c><00:34:44.860><c> an</c><00:34:45.059><c> example</c><00:34:45.360><c> of</c><00:34:45.500><c> that</c><00:34:45.639><c> to</c>

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his<00:34:46.000><c> family</c><00:34:46.260><c> when</c><00:34:46.500><c> things</c><00:34:46.800><c> had</c><00:34:46.980><c> to</c><00:34:47.119><c> be</c><00:34:47.260><c> done</c><00:34:47.420><c> they</c><00:34:47.679><c> got</c>

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up<00:34:48.039><c> and</c><00:34:48.099><c> did</c><00:34:48.280><c> them</c><00:34:49.119><c> we</c><00:34:50.099><c> need</c><00:34:50.340><c> to</c><00:34:50.420><c> encourage</c><00:34:50.840><c> our</c><00:34:51.079><c> children</c><00:34:51.280><c> to</c>

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take<00:34:51.699><c> responsibility</c>

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amongst<00:38:11.599><c> his</c><00:38:11.800><c> relatives</c><00:38:12.340><c> to</c><00:38:13.079><c> find</c><00:38:13.340><c> a</c><00:38:13.480><c> wife</c><00:38:13.840><c> for</c><00:38:14.179><c> Isaac</c><00:38:14.679><c> and</c><00:38:16.400><c> those</c><00:38:16.719><c> principles</c><00:38:17.199><c> of</c>

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family<00:38:17.739><c> life</c>

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came<00:38:19.480><c> through</c><00:38:20.039><c> to</c><00:38:20.460><c> Isaac</c><00:38:21.699><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:22.239><c> 11</c><00:38:22.579><c> makes</c><00:38:22.800><c> it</c><00:38:23.000><c> very</c><00:38:23.260><c> clear</c>

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by<00:38:23.760><c> faith</c><00:38:24.159><c> Abraham</c><00:38:24.719><c> sojourn</c><00:38:25.199><c> in</c><00:38:25.300><c> the</c><00:38:25.420><c> land</c><00:38:25.559><c> of</c>

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promises<00:38:26.059><c> in</c><00:38:26.260><c> a</c><00:38:26.500><c> strange</c><00:38:26.719><c> country</c><00:38:27.320><c> dwelling</c><00:38:27.880><c> in</c><00:38:28.239><c> tents</c><00:38:28.400><c> with</c>

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Isaac<00:38:29.079><c> and</c><00:38:29.360><c> with</c><00:38:29.659><c> Jacob</c><00:38:30.019><c> the</c><00:38:30.659><c> heirs</c><00:38:31.000><c> with</c><00:38:31.400><c> him</c><00:38:31.639><c> of</c>

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the<00:38:32.039><c> same</c><00:38:32.340><c> promises</c><00:38:32.800><c> and</c><00:38:33.539><c> there's</c><00:38:33.880><c> the</c><00:38:34.019><c> scripture</c><00:38:34.219><c> telling</c>

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us<00:38:34.719><c> that</c><00:38:34.800><c> they</c><00:38:35.019><c> were</c><00:38:35.139><c> of</c><00:38:35.420><c> one</c><00:38:35.659><c> mind</c><00:38:36.099><c> in</c><00:38:36.800><c> these</c>

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family<00:38:37.500><c> principles</c><00:38:38.099><c> of</c><00:38:38.400><c> Abraham</c><00:38:38.980><c> they</c><00:38:40.079><c> which</c><00:38:40.460><c> say</c><00:38:40.760><c> such</c><00:38:40.980><c> things</c><00:38:41.360><c> declare</c><00:38:41.719><c> plainly</c><00:38:42.179><c> they</c>

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seek<00:38:42.659><c> a</c><00:38:42.920><c> country</c>

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Isaac<00:38:45.179><c> accepted</c><00:38:45.719><c> later</c><00:38:46.039><c> on</c><00:38:46.579><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:47.300><c> choice</c><00:38:47.679><c> of</c><00:38:47.980><c> a</c><00:38:48.119><c> bride</c>

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let's<00:38:49.579><c> look</c><00:38:49.739><c> at</c><00:38:49.880><c> briefly</c><00:38:50.119><c> at</c><00:38:50.340><c> Genesis</c><00:38:50.579><c> 22</c><00:38:51.139><c> and</c>

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of<00:38:54.619><c> Isaac</c><00:38:55.579><c> here</c><00:38:57.400><c> was</c><00:38:57.619><c> the</c><00:38:57.860><c> pinnacle</c><00:38:58.119><c> of</c><00:38:58.320><c> faith</c><00:38:58.500><c> for</c>

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son<00:39:02.840><c> what</c><00:39:03.139><c> of</c><00:39:03.300><c> Ishmael</c><00:39:03.699><c> well</c><00:39:04.340><c> God</c><00:39:04.619><c> accepted</c><00:39:05.079><c> Sarah's</c>

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opinion<00:39:05.840><c> that</c><00:39:05.980><c> Ishmael</c><00:39:06.320><c> was</c><00:39:06.599><c> not</c><00:39:07.119><c> a</c><00:39:07.380><c> son</c><00:39:07.619><c> of</c><00:39:07.820><c> Abraham</c><00:39:08.239><c> it</c><00:39:09.980><c> grieved</c><00:39:10.380><c> Abraham</c><00:39:10.820><c> concerning</c><00:39:11.199><c> Ishmael</c><00:39:11.699><c> but</c>

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God<00:39:12.199><c> said</c>

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cast<00:39:13.639><c> him</c><00:39:13.860><c> out</c><00:39:14.019><c> he's</c><00:39:14.219><c> not</c><00:39:14.420><c> an</c><00:39:14.579><c> heir</c><00:39:14.719><c> with</c><00:39:15.000><c> Isaac</c>

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Abraham<00:39:20.039><c> was</c><00:39:20.320><c> told</c><00:39:20.619><c> to</c><00:39:20.840><c> take</c><00:39:20.980><c> Isaac</c><00:39:21.320><c> and</c><00:39:21.420><c> to</c><00:39:21.619><c> offer</c><00:39:21.739><c> him</c><00:39:21.940><c> upon</c>

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cooperation<00:39:25.000><c> let's</c><00:39:27.199><c> be</c><00:39:27.400><c> aware</c><00:39:27.619><c> of</c><00:39:27.780><c> the</c><00:39:27.980><c> fact</c><00:39:28.099><c> that</c><00:39:28.300><c> Isaac</c><00:39:28.619><c> was</c>

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a<00:39:29.059><c> grown</c><00:39:29.260><c> man</c><00:39:29.599><c> at</c><00:39:29.800><c> the</c><00:39:29.920><c> time</c><00:39:30.039><c> of</c><00:39:30.179><c> this</c><00:39:30.320><c> incident</c><00:39:30.639><c> he</c>

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was<00:39:31.059><c> very</c><00:39:31.179><c> likely</c><00:39:31.659><c> 33</c><00:39:32.260><c> and</c><00:39:32.380><c> you</c><00:39:32.500><c> can</c><00:39:32.739><c> support</c><00:39:32.980><c> that</c><00:39:33.179><c> from</c><00:39:33.340><c> the</c>

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chronology<00:39:34.019><c> he</c><00:39:35.760><c> was</c><00:39:36.019><c> certainly</c><00:39:36.539><c> a</c><00:39:37.079><c> mature</c><00:39:37.380><c> man</c>

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enough<00:39:38.119><c> to</c><00:39:38.440><c> carry</c><00:39:38.639><c> wood</c><00:39:39.019><c> to</c><00:39:39.300><c> burn</c><00:39:39.519><c> a</c><00:39:39.699><c> body</c><00:39:40.000><c> it</c><00:39:40.960><c> says</c><00:39:41.179><c> that</c><00:39:41.360><c> they</c>

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carried<00:39:41.880><c> the</c><00:39:42.199><c> wood</c><00:39:42.360><c> up</c><00:39:42.639><c> the</c><00:39:42.840><c> mountain</c><00:39:43.139><c> on</c><00:39:43.760><c> his</c><00:39:44.019><c> back</c>

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he<00:39:45.559><c> carried</c><00:39:45.760><c> enough</c><00:39:46.139><c> wood</c><00:39:46.320><c> to</c><00:39:46.519><c> burn</c><00:39:46.659><c> a</c><00:39:46.840><c> body</c><00:39:47.079><c> so</c><00:39:47.300><c> he</c><00:39:47.400><c> was</c><00:39:47.619><c> certainly</c><00:39:47.920><c> a</c><00:39:48.199><c> grown</c><00:39:48.360><c> man</c>

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Abraham<00:39:50.639><c> was</c><00:39:50.900><c> 133</c><00:39:51.900><c> years</c><00:39:52.179><c> old</c><00:39:52.300><c> he</c><00:39:52.440><c> was</c><00:39:52.800><c> frail</c><00:39:53.920><c> he</c><00:39:54.500><c> could</c><00:39:54.699><c> not</c>

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bind<00:39:55.280><c> Isaac</c><00:39:55.619><c> and</c><00:39:55.780><c> put</c><00:39:55.900><c> him</c><00:39:56.039><c> on</c><00:39:56.139><c> the</c><00:39:56.320><c> altar</c><00:39:56.480><c> without</c>

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Isaac's<00:39:57.480><c> cooperation</c><00:39:58.079><c> and</c><00:39:59.539><c> Isaac</c><00:39:59.900><c> had</c><00:40:00.119><c> watched</c><00:40:00.340><c> his</c><00:40:00.619><c> father</c>

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for<00:40:01.099><c> three</c><00:40:01.400><c> days</c><00:40:01.719><c> not</c><00:40:01.940><c> understanding</c><00:40:02.559><c> what</c><00:40:02.719><c> was</c>

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of<00:40:06.659><c> the</c><00:40:06.800><c> burnt</c><00:40:06.920><c> offering</c><00:40:07.159><c> laid</c><00:40:07.420><c> it</c><00:40:07.559><c> upon</c><00:40:07.719><c> Isaac</c><00:40:08.079><c> his</c>

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son<00:40:08.480><c> and</c><00:40:08.659><c> took</c><00:40:08.820><c> the</c><00:40:09.099><c> fire</c><00:40:09.300><c> in</c><00:40:09.400><c> his</c><00:40:09.619><c> hand</c><00:40:09.719><c> and</c><00:40:09.880><c> the</c><00:40:10.019><c> knife</c><00:40:10.360><c> and</c>

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they<00:40:11.579><c> went</c><00:40:11.840><c> both</c><00:40:12.219><c> of</c><00:40:12.400><c> them</c><00:40:12.820><c> together</c><00:40:13.300><c> and</c><00:40:14.539><c> the</c><00:40:14.780><c> theme</c>

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here<00:40:15.179><c> is</c><00:40:15.380><c> cooperation</c><00:40:16.059><c> the</c><00:40:17.239><c> explanation</c><00:40:17.679><c> is</c><00:40:17.920><c> given</c><00:40:18.079><c> in</c><00:40:18.320><c> verse</c>

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seven<00:40:18.760><c> when</c><00:40:18.920><c> Isaac</c><00:40:19.239><c> inquires</c><00:40:19.820><c> of</c><00:40:19.960><c> his</c><00:40:20.179><c> father</c>

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where<00:40:21.619><c> is</c><00:40:21.840><c> the</c><00:40:22.039><c> lamb</c><00:40:22.159><c> for</c><00:40:22.340><c> a</c><00:40:22.420><c> burnt</c><00:40:22.519><c> offering</c><00:40:22.900><c> Abraham's</c><00:40:23.880><c> answer</c><00:40:24.139><c> in</c>

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verse<00:40:24.559><c> eight</c>

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my<00:40:26.539><c> son</c><00:40:27.079><c> God</c><00:40:28.300><c> will</c><00:40:28.579><c> provide</c><00:40:28.900><c> himself</c><00:40:29.400><c> a</c><00:40:29.599><c> lamb</c><00:40:30.059><c> for</c><00:40:31.179><c> a</c><00:40:31.380><c> burnt</c><00:40:31.519><c> offering</c><00:40:31.860><c> now</c><00:40:32.000><c> you</c><00:40:32.059><c> can</c><00:40:32.320><c> find</c><00:40:32.639><c> a</c>

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number<00:40:33.079><c> of</c>

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forms<00:40:33.500><c> of</c><00:40:33.760><c> Hebrew</c><00:40:34.039><c> of</c><00:40:34.800><c> that</c><00:40:35.000><c> particular</c><00:40:35.519><c> phrase</c><00:40:36.239><c> one</c><00:40:37.260><c> of</c><00:40:37.380><c> them</c>

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is<00:40:38.739><c> God</c><00:40:39.780><c> will</c><00:40:40.019><c> provide</c><00:40:40.360><c> for</c><00:40:40.579><c> himself</c><00:40:41.000><c> a</c><00:40:41.260><c> lamb</c>

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my<00:40:42.059><c> son</c><00:40:42.800><c> for</c><00:40:43.760><c> a</c><00:40:43.920><c> burnt</c><00:40:44.079><c> offering</c>

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whatever<00:40:47.059><c> it</c><00:40:47.360><c> was</c><00:40:47.699><c> that</c><00:40:47.920><c> Isaac</c><00:40:48.280><c> read</c><00:40:48.440><c> in</c><00:40:48.579><c> his</c><00:40:48.820><c> father's</c><00:40:49.340><c> eyes</c>

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that<00:40:51.780><c> he</c><00:40:51.940><c> was</c><00:40:52.119><c> the</c><00:40:52.340><c> sacrifice</c><00:40:53.300><c> and</c><00:40:54.760><c> you</c><00:40:54.840><c> can</c><00:40:54.940><c> imagine</c><00:40:55.239><c> as</c><00:40:55.400><c> he</c>

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walked<00:40:55.719><c> up</c><00:40:55.900><c> that</c><00:40:56.139><c> mountain</c>

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Isaac<00:40:57.079><c> watching</c><00:40:57.480><c> that</c><00:40:57.840><c> knife</c><00:40:58.219><c> in</c><00:40:58.579><c> his</c><00:40:58.820><c> father's</c><00:40:59.300><c> hand</c>

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just<00:41:03.159><c> like</c><00:41:03.440><c> Jesus</c><00:41:04.099><c> who</c><00:41:04.679><c> saw</c><00:41:04.860><c> the</c><00:41:05.119><c> cross</c><00:41:05.619><c> and</c><00:41:06.920><c> set</c><00:41:07.079><c> his</c><00:41:07.320><c> face</c>

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toward<00:41:07.960><c> Jerusalem</c>

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as<00:41:10.179><c> his</c><00:41:10.440><c> father</c><00:41:10.760><c> bound</c><00:41:11.039><c> his</c><00:41:11.360><c> hands</c><00:41:11.719><c> and</c><00:41:11.940><c> laid</c><00:41:12.099><c> him</c><00:41:12.380><c> on</c><00:41:12.579><c> the</c><00:41:12.780><c> altar</c><00:41:13.059><c> we</c>

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notice<00:41:14.400><c> at</c><00:41:14.559><c> the</c><00:41:14.639><c> end</c><00:41:14.800><c> of</c><00:41:14.900><c> verse</c><00:41:15.119><c> eight</c><00:41:15.280><c> it</c><00:41:15.579><c> says</c>

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even<00:41:17.980><c> now</c><00:41:18.340><c> understanding</c><00:41:19.280><c> they</c><00:41:20.659><c> went</c><00:41:20.920><c> both</c><00:41:21.219><c> of</c><00:41:21.420><c> them</c><00:41:22.059><c> together</c><00:41:23.059><c> an</c>

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incredible<00:41:25.039><c> cooperation</c><00:41:25.739><c> between</c><00:41:26.199><c> father</c>

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and<00:41:26.820><c> son</c><00:41:28.019><c> Isaac</c><00:41:29.420><c> was</c><00:41:29.679><c> quite</c><00:41:29.940><c> able</c><00:41:30.159><c> to</c><00:41:30.360><c> resist</c><00:41:30.699><c> and</c><00:41:30.880><c> to</c><00:41:31.119><c> struggle</c><00:41:31.599><c> and</c><00:41:32.719><c> even</c><00:41:32.920><c> if</c>

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Abraham<00:41:33.460><c> did</c><00:41:33.719><c> explain</c><00:41:34.099><c> to</c><00:41:34.280><c> him</c>

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his<00:41:35.300><c> conviction</c><00:41:35.780><c> of</c><00:41:35.960><c> the</c><00:41:36.139><c> resurrection</c><00:41:36.559><c> that</c><00:41:36.820><c> had</c><00:41:36.960><c> to</c><00:41:37.099><c> be</c><00:41:37.280><c> necessary</c><00:41:37.880><c> you</c>

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