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haven't</c><00:18:46.839><c> committed</c><00:18:47.220><c> some</c><00:18:47.480><c> of</c><00:18:47.599><c> those</c><00:18:47.839><c> more</c><00:18:48.180><c> obvious</c><00:18:48.559><c> sins,</c> 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:52.819 but<00:18:50.500><c> to</c><00:18:50.680><c> miss</c><00:18:50.859><c> out</c><00:18:51.099><c> because</c><00:18:51.319><c> you</c><00:18:51.539><c> did</c><00:18:51.700><c> not</c><00:18:51.900><c> show</c><00:18:52.140><c> love</c> 00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:54.220 to<00:18:53.160><c> your</c><00:18:53.339><c> brethren.</c> 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:57.539 Technically,<00:18:56.019><c> you</c><00:18:56.140><c> may</c><00:18:56.359><c> be</c><00:18:56.579><c> right,</c> 00:18:57.660 --> 00:19:01.140 but<00:18:57.799><c> even</c><00:18:58.039><c> a</c><00:18:58.240><c> wrong</c><00:18:58.440><c> attitude</c><00:18:58.960><c> can</c><00:18:59.299><c> keep</c><00:18:59.480><c> you</c><00:18:59.799><c> out</c><00:18:59.980><c> of</c><00:19:00.099><c> the</c><00:19:00.279><c> kingdom.</c> 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:03.259 Okay,<00:19:01.819><c> let's</c><00:19:02.019><c> come</c><00:19:02.200><c> back</c><00:19:02.359><c> to</c><00:19:02.500><c> verse</c><00:19:02.759><c> 32.</c> 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:05.339 God<00:19:03.640><c> gives</c><00:19:03.920><c> her</c><00:19:04.160><c> the</c><00:19:04.359><c> only</c><00:19:04.599><c> source</c><00:19:04.859><c> of</c><00:19:05.119><c> comfort.</c> 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.920 She<00:19:05.539><c> conceives</c><00:19:06.019><c> and</c><00:19:06.220><c> bears</c><00:19:06.500><c> a</c><00:19:06.740><c> son,</c> 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:09.440 and<00:19:07.319><c> she</c><00:19:07.559><c> calls</c><00:19:07.799><c> his</c><00:19:08.019><c> name</c><00:19:08.279><c> Reuben,</c><00:19:08.799><c> see</c><00:19:09.019><c> a</c><00:19:09.259><c> son.</c> 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.039 Who's<00:19:09.940><c> she</c><00:19:10.180><c> concentrating</c><00:19:10.720><c> on?</c> 00:19:11.220 --> 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go</c><00:19:21.019><c> berserk,</c> 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:22.740 but<00:19:21.500><c> I</c><00:19:21.539><c> was</c><00:19:21.660><c> driving</c><00:19:21.980><c> all</c><00:19:22.240><c> over</c><00:19:22.420><c> the</c><00:19:22.619><c> road,</c> 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.859 I<00:19:22.880><c> was</c><00:19:23.119><c> shouting</c><00:19:23.339><c> for</c><00:19:23.660><c> joy.</c> 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:27.119 That's<00:19:24.400><c> what</c><00:19:24.599><c> this</c><00:19:24.980><c> sister</c><00:19:25.440><c> and</c><00:19:25.819><c> Jacob</c><00:19:26.240><c> is</c><00:19:26.619><c> experiencing</c> 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:32.079 at<00:19:27.359><c> this</c><00:19:27.559><c> time</c><00:19:27.799><c> as</c><00:19:28.059><c> she</c><00:19:28.259><c> says</c><00:19:28.460><c> to</c><00:19:28.700><c> God,</c><00:19:29.599><c> see</c><00:19:30.039><c> this</c><00:19:30.960><c> son.</c> 00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:34.740 As<00:19:32.539><c> she</c><00:19:32.799><c> realized</c><00:19:33.259><c> that</c><00:19:33.539><c> God</c><00:19:33.740><c> was</c><00:19:33.940><c> looking</c><00:19:34.200><c> after</c><00:19:34.559><c> her,</c> 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:38.279 doing<00:19:35.019><c> what</c><00:19:35.240><c> he</c><00:19:35.619><c> could</c><00:19:35.900><c> to</c><00:19:36.259><c> improve</c><00:19:36.759><c> her</c><00:19:37.000><c> situation.</c> 00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:43.059 She<00:19:40.559><c> was</c><00:19:40.720><c> also</c><00:19:40.980><c> saying</c><00:19:41.200><c> to</c><00:19:41.420><c> Jacob,</c><00:19:41.839><c> look</c><00:19:41.940><c> at</c><00:19:42.079><c> this</c><00:19:42.359><c> son.</c> 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:46.839 Look<00:19:43.319><c> at</c><00:19:43.460><c> this</c><00:19:43.779><c> son</c><00:19:44.140><c> I've</c><00:19:45.660><c> bought</c><00:19:45.900><c> for.</c> 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:49.180 I've<00:19:47.900><c> given</c><00:19:48.019><c> you</c><00:19:48.259><c> a</c><00:19:48.400><c> son.</c> 00:19:49.380 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love</c><00:20:35.420><c> and</c><00:20:35.640><c> attention.</c> 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:39.619 She<00:20:36.160><c> wants</c><00:20:36.539><c> all</c><00:20:37.140><c> his</c><00:20:37.420><c> love</c><00:20:38.140><c> and</c><00:20:38.559><c> attention.</c> 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:42.299 I<00:20:40.119><c> want</c><00:20:40.339><c> Rachel</c><00:20:40.740><c> out</c><00:20:40.960><c> of</c><00:20:41.079><c> your</c><00:20:41.339><c> affections</c><00:20:41.759><c> altogether.</c> 00:20:42.359 --> 00:20:42.640 Why? 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:45.859 Because<00:20:42.880><c> I've</c><00:20:43.259><c> given</c><00:20:43.400><c> you</c><00:20:43.799><c> three</c><00:20:44.660><c> sons.</c> 00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:50.420 But<00:20:46.920><c> tragically,</c><00:20:47.319><c> she's</c><00:20:47.599><c> going</c><00:20:47.799><c> to</c><00:20:48.059><c> find</c><00:20:48.200><c> it</c><00:20:48.400><c> makes</c><00:20:48.799><c> no</c><00:20:49.259><c> difference.</c> 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.460 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quite</c><00:21:04.539><c> some</c><00:21:04.839><c> time</c> 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:06.359 to<00:21:05.160><c> resolve</c><00:21:05.539><c> the</c><00:21:05.839><c> situation,</c> 00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:10.400 then<00:21:06.960><c> sometimes</c><00:21:07.779><c> you</c><00:21:08.680><c> need</c><00:21:08.900><c> to</c><00:21:09.140><c> accept</c><00:21:09.480><c> your</c><00:21:09.740><c> situation</c> 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:12.400 and<00:21:10.819><c> make</c><00:21:11.019><c> the</c><00:21:11.180><c> most</c><00:21:11.480><c> of</c><00:21:11.599><c> it.</c> 00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:15.640 And<00:21:13.400><c> I</c><00:21:13.500><c> think</c><00:21:13.599><c> she</c><00:21:13.900><c> starts</c><00:21:14.180><c> to</c><00:21:14.420><c> do</c><00:21:14.539><c> this</c><00:21:14.720><c> in</c><00:21:14.880><c> verse</c><00:21:15.119><c> 35.</c> 00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:18.259 She<00:21:15.859><c> conceives</c><00:21:16.359><c> again</c><00:21:16.700><c> and</c><00:21:17.000><c> bears</c><00:21:17.259><c> a</c><00:21:17.519><c> son.</c> 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:22.079 And<00:21:18.440><c> she</c><00:21:18.740><c> said,</c><00:21:19.619><c> now</c><00:21:19.980><c> will</c><00:21:20.319><c> I</c><00:21:20.559><c> praise</c><00:21:20.920><c> Yahweh?</c> 00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:24.200 Therefore<00:21:22.579><c> she</c><00:21:22.980><c> called</c><00:21:23.319><c> his</c><00:21:23.599><c> name</c><00:21:23.900><c> Judah,</c> 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:26.660 which<00:21:24.500><c> means</c><00:21:24.799><c> praise</c><00:21:25.220><c> and</c><00:21:25.619><c> left</c><00:21:25.839><c> bearing.</c> 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:31.160 She's<00:21:28.200><c> done</c><00:21:28.460><c> all</c><00:21:28.779><c> she</c><00:21:29.119><c> can</c><00:21:29.619><c> to</c><00:21:30.400><c> get</c><00:21:30.599><c> equal</c><00:21:30.960><c> love</c> 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.880 and<00:21:31.339><c> attention</c><00:21:31.680><c> from</c><00:21:31.920><c> her</c><00:21:32.099><c> husband.</c> 00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:35.599 She's<00:21:33.740><c> already</c><00:21:34.099><c> produced</c><00:21:34.559><c> three</c><00:21:34.940><c> beautiful</c><00:21:35.359><c> boys</c> 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:38.180 and<00:21:35.819><c> it's</c><00:21:36.119><c> made</c><00:21:36.440><c> no</c><00:21:37.000><c> difference.</c> 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:41.519 So<00:21:38.579><c> what</c><00:21:38.799><c> she</c><00:21:39.279><c> starts</c><00:21:39.660><c> to</c><00:21:39.920><c> do</c><00:21:40.039><c> here</c><00:21:40.359><c> is</c><00:21:40.660><c> accept</c><00:21:41.039><c> it</c> 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:44.599 and<00:21:42.039><c> concentrate</c><00:21:42.700><c> on</c><00:21:42.920><c> what</c><00:21:43.140><c> she</c><00:21:43.420><c> did</c><00:21:43.680><c> have,</c> 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:48.440 her<00:21:44.900><c> boys</c><00:21:45.319><c> and</c><00:21:45.880><c> her</c><00:21:46.180><c> relationship</c><00:21:46.880><c> with</c><00:21:47.400><c> God.</c> 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:50.119 You<00:21:49.279><c> think,</c><00:21:49.480><c> isn't</c><00:21:49.599><c> that</c><00:21:49.799><c> wonderful?</c> 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:52.319 But<00:21:50.480><c> think</c><00:21:50.819><c> about</c><00:21:51.119><c> it,</c><00:21:51.380><c> sisters.</c> 00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:54.559 You've<00:21:53.099><c> just</c><00:21:53.380><c> had</c><00:21:53.740><c> three</c><00:21:54.200><c> children.</c> 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:57.140 You've<00:21:54.779><c> got</c><00:21:54.940><c> three</c><00:21:55.319><c> little</c><00:21:55.579><c> children</c><00:21:55.940><c> running</c><00:21:56.180><c> around.</c> 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:59.599 You've<00:21:57.579><c> gone</c><00:21:57.779><c> through</c><00:21:58.019><c> the</c><00:21:58.240><c> difficulty</c><00:21:58.619><c> of</c><00:21:59.140><c> pregnancy</c> 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:01.859 and<00:22:00.099><c> now</c><00:22:00.480><c> childbirth.</c> 00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:03.500 You've<00:22:02.099><c> got</c><00:22:02.319><c> the</c><00:22:02.640><c> fourth</c><00:22:03.000><c> child</c> 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:05.559 and<00:22:04.059><c> you</c><00:22:04.440><c> cuddle</c><00:22:04.759><c> this</c><00:22:05.000><c> little</c><00:22:05.259><c> baby.</c> 00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.900 What<00:22:05.819><c> are</c><00:22:06.000><c> you</c><00:22:06.099><c> going</c><00:22:06.299><c> to</c><00:22:06.519><c> do?</c> 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:11.519 She<00:22:07.579><c> says,</c><00:22:09.279><c> this</c><00:22:09.279><c> time</c><00:22:09.960><c> I'll</c><00:22:10.819><c> praise</c><00:22:11.099><c> God</c> 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:13.960 for<00:22:12.000><c> what</c><00:22:12.180><c> He</c><00:22:12.339><c> has</c><00:22:12.500><c> given</c><00:22:12.700><c> me.</c> 00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:17.220 I'll<00:22:14.400><c> concentrate</c><00:22:14.839><c> not</c><00:22:15.240><c> on</c><00:22:15.599><c> what</c><00:22:15.740><c> I</c><00:22:15.980><c> don't</c><00:22:16.240><c> have,</c> 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:19.660 but<00:22:17.480><c> I'll</c><00:22:17.859><c> concentrate</c><00:22:18.359><c> on</c><00:22:18.599><c> what</c><00:22:18.759><c> I</c><00:22:19.119><c> do</c><00:22:19.400><c> have</c> 00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:21.680 and<00:22:19.920><c> I'll</c><00:22:20.200><c> call</c><00:22:20.460><c> His</c><00:22:20.779><c> name</c><00:22:21.099><c> praise</c> 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:24.380 because<00:22:22.319><c> this</c><00:22:22.819><c> time</c><00:22:23.200><c> I'm</c><00:22:23.819><c> not</c><00:22:23.960><c> gonna</c><00:22:24.099><c> worry</c> 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:26.640 about<00:22:24.660><c> rivalry</c><00:22:25.240><c> and</c><00:22:25.680><c> ambition.</c> 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:28.940 I'm<00:22:27.039><c> going</c><00:22:27.240><c> to</c><00:22:27.539><c> praise</c><00:22:27.759><c> my</c><00:22:28.079><c> God.</c> 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.579 And<00:22:30.519><c> you</c><00:22:30.640><c> might</c><00:22:30.819><c> be</c><00:22:31.019><c> tempted</c><00:22:31.259><c> to</c><00:22:31.460><c> think,</c> 00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:33.440 well,<00:22:31.740><c> that's</c><00:22:32.019><c> the</c><00:22:32.119><c> end</c><00:22:32.220><c> of</c><00:22:32.460><c> the</c><00:22:32.559><c> story.</c> 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:35.400 She<00:22:33.700><c> leaves</c><00:22:34.140><c> bearing</c><00:22:34.440><c> and</c><00:22:34.640><c> she's</c><00:22:34.940><c> happy.</c> 00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:37.720 But<00:22:36.279><c> then</c><00:22:36.480><c> in</c><00:22:36.740><c> the</c><00:22:36.799><c> very</c><00:22:37.099><c> next</c><00:22:37.400><c> chapter,</c> 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.539 chapter<00:22:38.059><c> 30</c><00:22:38.500><c> and</c><00:22:38.720><c> at</c><00:22:38.900><c> verse</c><00:22:39.140><c> nine,</c> 00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:41.720 when<00:22:40.079><c> she</c><00:22:40.500><c> sees</c><00:22:40.720><c> that</c><00:22:40.960><c> she</c><00:22:41.220><c> stops</c><00:22:41.460><c> bearing,</c> 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:43.299 she's<00:22:42.200><c> desperate</c><00:22:42.480><c> to</c><00:22:42.700><c> have</c><00:22:42.859><c> children.</c> 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:46.339 I've<00:22:44.000><c> now</c><00:22:44.240><c> got</c><00:22:44.359><c> to</c><00:22:44.519><c> have</c><00:22:44.680><c> children</c><00:22:45.119><c> through</c><00:22:45.400><c> my</c><00:22:45.759><c> handmaid.</c> 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:47.680 Now<00:22:46.579><c> why?</c> 00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.839 At<00:22:48.539><c> the</c><00:22:48.619><c> end</c><00:22:48.720><c> of</c><00:22:48.859><c> chapter</c><00:22:49.099><c> 29,</c> 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:52.359 she<00:22:50.400><c> has</c><00:22:50.619><c> a</c><00:22:50.859><c> measure</c><00:22:51.059><c> of</c><00:22:51.400><c> happiness.</c> 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:54.299 Her<00:22:53.180><c> relationship</c><00:22:53.700><c> with</c><00:22:53.960><c> God</c> 00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:57.220 and<00:22:54.680><c> also</c><00:22:55.019><c> with</c><00:22:55.240><c> Rachel</c><00:22:55.559><c> is</c><00:22:55.920><c> quite</c><00:22:56.220><c> good.</c> 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:59.299 What's<00:22:58.200><c> happened?</c> 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:03.079 And<00:22:59.819><c> the</c><00:22:59.880><c> answer</c><00:23:00.180><c> is</c><00:23:00.680><c> Rachel</c><00:23:01.220><c> has</c><00:23:01.619><c> provoked</c><00:23:02.039><c> the</c><00:23:02.279><c> fight</c> 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:05.660 and<00:23:03.539><c> it</c><00:23:03.920><c> starts</c><00:23:04.200><c> all</c><00:23:04.519><c> over</c><00:23:04.799><c> again.</c> 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:08.380 And<00:23:06.559><c> again,</c><00:23:06.940><c> brethren</c><00:23:07.119><c> and</c><00:23:07.380><c> sisters,</c> 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.960 that<00:23:08.799><c> can</c><00:23:09.000><c> be</c><00:23:09.180><c> our</c><00:23:09.380><c> problem</c> 00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:13.019 when<00:23:10.460><c> we</c><00:23:10.680><c> have</c><00:23:10.819><c> a</c><00:23:11.000><c> difficulty</c><00:23:11.339><c> with</c><00:23:11.559><c> a</c><00:23:11.700><c> brother</c><00:23:11.859><c> or</c><00:23:12.079><c> sister.</c> 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:16.299 You<00:23:13.839><c> may</c><00:23:14.039><c> get</c><00:23:14.259><c> your</c><00:23:14.539><c> attitude</c><00:23:14.980><c> right</c><00:23:15.240><c> with</c><00:23:15.440><c> God.</c> 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:18.779 You<00:23:16.799><c> may</c><00:23:17.019><c> have</c><00:23:17.180><c> the</c><00:23:17.420><c> right</c><00:23:17.640><c> attitude</c><00:23:18.059><c> to</c><00:23:18.339><c> them,</c> 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:23.299 but<00:23:19.559><c> that</c><00:23:19.900><c> particular</c><00:23:20.420><c> person</c><00:23:20.940><c> continually</c><00:23:21.700><c> provokes</c><00:23:22.299><c> you.</c> 00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:27.940 The<00:23:23.759><c> old</c><00:23:24.180><c> wounds</c><00:23:24.500><c> are</c><00:23:24.779><c> open</c><00:23:25.140><c> and</c><00:23:25.480><c> the</c><00:23:25.779><c> fight</c><00:23:26.000><c> is</c><00:23:26.380><c> all</c><00:23:26.720><c> on</c><00:23:26.920><c> again.</c> 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.440 Now<00:23:28.200><c> why?</c> 00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:30.380 What<00:23:28.700><c> causes</c><00:23:29.140><c> this</c><00:23:29.500><c> fight?</c> 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:34.059 The<00:23:31.359><c> answer</c><00:23:31.839><c> is</c><00:23:32.220><c> in</c><00:23:32.380><c> verse</c><00:23:32.759><c> eight.</c> 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:36.980 Rachel<00:23:34.420><c> has</c><00:23:34.700><c> the</c><00:23:35.039><c> second</c><00:23:35.299><c> child</c><00:23:35.700><c> through</c><00:23:36.019><c> her</c><00:23:36.420><c> handmaid</c> 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.900 and<00:23:37.079><c> she</c><00:23:37.319><c> calls</c><00:23:37.599><c> his</c><00:23:37.900><c> name</c><00:23:38.240><c> Nathali,</c> 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:42.460 which<00:23:39.180><c> means</c><00:23:39.680><c> wrestling</c><00:23:40.480><c> or</c><00:23:41.559><c> fight.</c> 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:45.619 That's<00:23:43.160><c> very</c><00:23:43.460><c> important</c><00:23:44.000><c> because</c><00:23:44.380><c> up</c><00:23:44.640><c> until</c><00:23:44.960><c> this</c><00:23:45.339><c> stage,</c> 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:48.700 the<00:23:45.920><c> family</c><00:23:46.400><c> fight</c><00:23:46.740><c> was</c><00:23:47.099><c> contained</c><00:23:47.660><c> within</c><00:23:47.960><c> the</c><00:23:48.259><c> family,</c> 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.519 but<00:23:49.339><c> now</c><00:23:49.680><c> the</c><00:23:49.940><c> fight</c><00:23:50.140><c> goes</c><00:23:50.460><c> public.</c> 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:55.779 Little<00:23:52.680><c> Nathali</c><00:23:53.240><c> goes</c><00:23:53.539><c> to</c><00:23:53.759><c> the</c><00:23:53.839><c> candy</c><00:23:54.240><c> store</c><00:23:54.559><c> in</c><00:23:54.859><c> Heyron</c> 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:58.039 and<00:23:56.059><c> this</c><00:23:56.279><c> lady</c><00:23:56.519><c> says,</c><00:23:57.119><c> what's</c><00:23:57.319><c> your</c><00:23:57.460><c> name,</c><00:23:57.880><c> darling?</c> 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:00.599 My<00:23:58.779><c> name</c><00:23:59.059><c> is</c><00:23:59.359><c> Big</c><00:23:59.779><c> Fight.</c> 00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.900 What? 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:04.599 Why<00:24:02.740><c> are</c><00:24:03.000><c> you</c><00:24:03.059><c> called</c><00:24:03.279><c> Big</c><00:24:03.640><c> Fight?</c> 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:07.500 Oh,<00:24:05.599><c> mum</c><00:24:05.740><c> and</c><00:24:05.920><c> my</c><00:24:06.180><c> auntie</c><00:24:06.460><c> are</c><00:24:06.519><c> having</c><00:24:06.740><c> a</c><00:24:06.920><c> big</c><00:24:07.160><c> fight</c> 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:11.339 over<00:24:08.019><c> who</c><00:24:08.240><c> dad</c><00:24:08.480><c> loves</c><00:24:08.759><c> the</c><00:24:08.960><c> most</c><00:24:09.200><c> and</c><00:24:09.420><c> who's</c><00:24:09.680><c> got</c><00:24:09.859><c> the</c><00:24:10.019><c> most</c><00:24:10.259><c> children.</c> 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:16.079 Now<00:24:12.599><c> this</c><00:24:12.839><c> very</c><00:24:13.220><c> provocative</c><00:24:13.680><c> act</c><00:24:14.339><c> changes</c><00:24:15.079><c> Leah's</c><00:24:15.619><c> attitude</c> 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:19.859 and<00:24:16.759><c> the</c><00:24:16.960><c> rivalry</c><00:24:17.519><c> is</c><00:24:17.960><c> all</c><00:24:18.339><c> on</c><00:24:18.720><c> again.</c> 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:21.980 Up<00:24:20.279><c> until</c><00:24:20.559><c> this</c><00:24:20.880><c> stage,</c><00:24:21.259><c> it's</c><00:24:21.339><c> been</c><00:24:21.579><c> a</c><00:24:21.779><c> fight</c> 00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:24.000 over<00:24:22.480><c> who</c><00:24:22.799><c> Jacob</c><00:24:23.119><c> loves</c><00:24:23.420><c> the</c><00:24:23.640><c> most,</c> 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:26.420 but<00:24:24.519><c> now</c><00:24:24.740><c> we've</c><00:24:24.960><c> got</c><00:24:25.200><c> another</c><00:24:25.720><c> competition,</c> 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:28.880 who's<00:24:27.059><c> got</c><00:24:27.200><c> the</c><00:24:27.319><c> most</c><00:24:27.559><c> amount</c><00:24:27.779><c> of</c><00:24:27.980><c> children.</c> 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.900 Okay? 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:32.619 You<00:24:30.180><c> may</c><00:24:30.420><c> be</c><00:24:30.619><c> winning</c><00:24:30.839><c> on</c><00:24:31.240><c> who</c><00:24:31.420><c> Jacob</c><00:24:31.759><c> loves</c><00:24:32.019><c> the</c><00:24:32.240><c> most,</c> 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:36.240 but<00:24:32.980><c> when</c><00:24:33.140><c> it</c><00:24:33.299><c> comes</c><00:24:33.519><c> to</c><00:24:33.799><c> kids,</c><00:24:34.279><c> I</c><00:24:34.500><c> will</c><00:24:34.779><c> leave</c><00:24:35.000><c> you</c><00:24:35.279><c> for</c><00:24:35.500><c> dead.</c> 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:39.180 I'm<00:24:36.920><c> going</c><00:24:37.059><c> to</c><00:24:37.299><c> start</c><00:24:37.460><c> having</c><00:24:37.700><c> children</c><00:24:38.039><c> through</c><00:24:38.259><c> my</c><00:24:38.619><c> handmaid</c> 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:40.359 and<00:24:39.299><c> that's</c><00:24:39.579><c> exactly</c><00:24:39.900><c> what</c><00:24:40.160><c> happens</c> 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:42.099 and<00:24:40.599><c> look</c><00:24:40.779><c> what</c><00:24:40.960><c> she</c><00:24:41.259><c> calls</c><00:24:41.599><c> her</c><00:24:41.859><c> child.</c> 00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:47.440 At<00:24:42.299><c> the</c><00:24:42.500><c> end</c><00:24:42.680><c> of</c><00:24:42.819><c> verse</c><00:24:43.039><c> 11,</c><00:24:44.319><c> gad</c><00:24:44.559><c> and</c><00:24:45.500><c> gad</c><00:24:45.900><c> means</c><00:24:46.400><c> troop</c><00:24:46.799><c> or</c><00:24:47.200><c> crowd.</c> 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:49.339 Okay,<00:24:47.839><c> you</c><00:24:48.299><c> want</c><00:24:48.500><c> to</c><00:24:48.700><c> fight</c><00:24:48.980><c> over</c> 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:51.380 who's<00:24:49.599><c> got</c><00:24:49.779><c> the</c><00:24:49.880><c> most</c><00:24:50.119><c> amount</c><00:24:50.380><c> of</c><00:24:50.579><c> children?</c> 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:55.000 I've<00:24:51.900><c> got</c><00:24:52.059><c> that</c><00:24:52.279><c> many</c><00:24:52.519><c> kids,</c><00:24:52.900><c> they're</c><00:24:53.119><c> a</c><00:24:53.339><c> crowd</c><00:24:53.660><c> or</c><00:24:53.900><c> an</c><00:24:54.140><c> army.</c> 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:57.440 How<00:24:55.740><c> many</c><00:24:55.920><c> children</c><00:24:56.160><c> have</c><00:24:56.259><c> you</c><00:24:56.400><c> got,</c><00:24:56.640><c> Rachel?</c> 00:24:58.220 --> 00:25:01.579 Two,<00:24:59.140><c> and</c><00:24:59.380><c> they're</c><00:24:59.519><c> not</c><00:24:59.680><c> really</c><00:24:59.960><c> yours,</c><00:25:00.400><c> are</c><00:25:00.539><c> they?</c> 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:03.480 Poor<00:25:02.500><c> Rachel.</c> 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:07.660 Verse<00:25:05.359><c> 14,</c><00:25:05.980><c> the</c><00:25:06.119><c> fight</c><00:25:06.400><c> continues.</c> 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:11.400 Reuben<00:25:08.500><c> goes</c><00:25:08.779><c> out</c><00:25:09.039><c> into</c><00:25:09.200><c> the</c><00:25:09.460><c> field</c><00:25:09.779><c> and</c><00:25:10.019><c> he</c><00:25:10.299><c> finds</c><00:25:10.539><c> some</c><00:25:10.880><c> mandrakes</c> 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:13.880 which,<00:25:11.920><c> according</c><00:25:12.180><c> to</c><00:25:12.319><c> what</c><00:25:12.480><c> they</c><00:25:12.700><c> used</c><00:25:12.880><c> to</c><00:25:13.119><c> believe,</c> 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:16.240 would<00:25:14.160><c> help</c><00:25:14.440><c> a</c><00:25:14.640><c> woman</c><00:25:14.819><c> have</c><00:25:15.039><c> a</c><00:25:15.240><c> child.</c> 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:19.279 It<00:25:16.880><c> excitedly</c><00:25:17.319><c> brings</c><00:25:17.599><c> him</c><00:25:17.920><c> to</c><00:25:18.099><c> his</c><00:25:18.299><c> mother.</c> 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:21.319 Rachel<00:25:19.920><c> sees</c><00:25:20.240><c> what's</c><00:25:20.579><c> going</c><00:25:20.740><c> on</c><00:25:20.980><c> and</c><00:25:21.039><c> says,</c> 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:24.420 give<00:25:21.579><c> me,</c><00:25:22.019><c> I</c><00:25:22.079><c> pray</c><00:25:22.299><c> thee,</c><00:25:22.579><c> of</c><00:25:22.880><c> thy</c><00:25:23.099><c> son's</c><00:25:23.599><c> mandrakes.</c> 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:27.519 And<00:25:25.039><c> Leah's</c><00:25:25.359><c> desperate,</c><00:25:25.940><c> doesn't</c><00:25:26.180><c> mean</c><00:25:26.539><c> nothing</c><00:25:26.960><c> to</c><00:25:27.279><c> you</c> 00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.859 in<00:25:27.799><c> taking</c><00:25:28.039><c> away</c><00:25:28.319><c> my</c><00:25:28.559><c> husband.</c> 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:31.259 Do<00:25:29.299><c> you</c><00:25:29.380><c> want</c><00:25:29.480><c> to</c><00:25:29.640><c> take</c><00:25:29.779><c> away</c><00:25:29.980><c> my</c><00:25:30.220><c> son's</c><00:25:30.519><c> mandrakes</c><00:25:30.960><c> as</c><00:25:31.160><c> well?</c> 00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.500 And<00:25:31.420><c> Rachel</c><00:25:31.640><c> says,</c><00:25:31.859><c> I'll</c><00:25:32.039><c> make</c><00:25:32.160><c> a</c><00:25:32.319><c> deal.</c> 00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.599 She's<00:25:32.920><c> just</c><00:25:33.079><c> like</c><00:25:33.279><c> her</c><00:25:33.420><c> dad.</c> 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.960 I'll<00:25:34.299><c> make</c><00:25:34.460><c> a</c><00:25:34.619><c> deal,</c><00:25:35.319><c> mandrakes,</c> 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:39.759 and<00:25:36.319><c> you</c><00:25:36.440><c> can</c><00:25:37.160><c> lay</c><00:25:37.460><c> with</c><00:25:37.960><c> Jacob</c><00:25:38.579><c> tonight.</c> 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.599 Now<00:25:41.079><c> look,</c><00:25:41.299><c> verse</c><00:25:41.539><c> 16,</c><00:25:42.000><c> to</c><00:25:42.200><c> me,</c> 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:44.859 I<00:25:42.960><c> mean,</c><00:25:43.019><c> I</c><00:25:43.180><c> might</c><00:25:43.319><c> be</c><00:25:43.460><c> reading</c><00:25:43.720><c> too</c><00:25:43.980><c> much</c><00:25:44.180><c> into</c><00:25:44.400><c> it,</c> 00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:48.799 but<00:25:45.220><c> to</c><00:25:45.500><c> me,</c><00:25:46.059><c> explains</c><00:25:46.420><c> what's</c><00:25:46.900><c> going</c><00:25:47.099><c> on</c><00:25:47.279><c> in</c><00:25:47.420><c> this</c><00:25:47.640><c> house.</c> 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:53.960 Jacob<00:25:50.259><c> came</c><00:25:50.640><c> out</c><00:25:50.920><c> of</c><00:25:51.079><c> the</c><00:25:51.339><c> field</c><00:25:51.680><c> in</c><00:25:52.599><c> the</c><00:25:52.900><c> evening.</c> 00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:58.039 I<00:25:55.319><c> think</c><00:25:55.680><c> he</c><00:25:56.079><c> spent</c><00:25:56.200><c> a</c><00:25:56.420><c> lot</c><00:25:56.599><c> of</c><00:25:56.880><c> time</c><00:25:57.119><c> out</c><00:25:57.380><c> in</c><00:25:57.559><c> the</c><00:25:57.759><c> field</c> 00:25:58.039 --> 00:26:00.579 till<00:25:58.420><c> late</c><00:25:58.980><c> at</c><00:25:59.400><c> evening.</c> 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.559 Love,<00:26:01.140><c> I've</c><00:26:01.359><c> got</c><00:26:01.440><c> to</c><00:26:01.539><c> go</c><00:26:01.640><c> and</c><00:26:01.779><c> check</c><00:26:01.880><c> the</c><00:26:02.079><c> sheep</c><00:26:02.220><c> again.</c> 00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:04.980 What,<00:26:02.859><c> that's</c><00:26:03.180><c> the</c><00:26:03.359><c> fourth</c><00:26:03.660><c> time</c><00:26:03.880><c> tonight.</c> 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:07.420 If<00:26:05.660><c> I</c><00:26:05.920><c> was</c><00:26:06.079><c> him,</c><00:26:06.240><c> I'd</c><00:26:06.579><c> spend</c><00:26:06.779><c> as</c><00:26:07.019><c> much</c><00:26:07.200><c> time</c> 00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:09.359 as<00:26:07.539><c> I</c><00:26:07.700><c> could</c><00:26:07.880><c> out</c><00:26:08.119><c> in</c><00:26:08.279><c> the</c><00:26:08.519><c> field.</c> 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:12.220 At<00:26:09.740><c> least</c><00:26:10.059><c> the</c><00:26:10.380><c> sheep</c><00:26:10.599><c> don't</c><00:26:10.960><c> talk</c><00:26:11.299><c> back.</c> 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:17.019 But<00:26:15.559><c> it's</c><00:26:15.920><c> serious,</c><00:26:16.420><c> brothers</c><00:26:16.519><c> and</c><00:26:16.779><c> sisters.</c> 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:21.900 Verse<00:26:17.299><c> 16,</c><00:26:19.440><c> Leah</c><00:26:19.940><c> went</c><00:26:20.299><c> out</c><00:26:20.640><c> to</c><00:26:20.900><c> meet</c><00:26:21.140><c> him.</c> 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.960 Isn't<00:26:23.440><c> that</c><00:26:23.740><c> sad?</c> 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:26.039 Here's<00:26:24.240><c> a</c><00:26:24.400><c> sister,</c><00:26:25.579><c> starved,</c> 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:29.839 absolutely<00:26:26.799><c> starved</c><00:26:27.700><c> of</c><00:26:27.980><c> affection</c><00:26:28.519><c> and</c><00:26:28.960><c> love.</c> 00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:32.279 She<00:26:30.660><c> can't</c><00:26:30.920><c> wait</c><00:26:31.180><c> for</c><00:26:31.279><c> him</c><00:26:31.460><c> to</c><00:26:31.660><c> come</c><00:26:31.819><c> to</c><00:26:32.000><c> her.</c> 00:26:32.339 --> 00:26:34.900 She's<00:26:32.740><c> got</c><00:26:32.819><c> to</c><00:26:32.940><c> go</c><00:26:33.180><c> out</c><00:26:33.640><c> to</c><00:26:33.920><c> him.</c> 00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:38.460 And<00:26:35.400><c> she</c><00:26:35.680><c> says,</c><00:26:36.839><c> thou</c><00:26:36.980><c> must</c><00:26:37.279><c> come</c><00:26:37.599><c> in</c><00:26:37.839><c> unto</c><00:26:38.079><c> me.</c> 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:40.839 I<00:26:38.799><c> have</c><00:26:39.019><c> hired</c><00:26:39.279><c> thee</c><00:26:39.539><c> with</c><00:26:39.740><c> my</c><00:26:40.059><c> son's</c><00:26:40.460><c> mandrakes,</c> 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:43.700 and<00:26:41.519><c> he</c><00:26:41.839><c> lay</c><00:26:42.000><c> with</c><00:26:42.200><c> her</c><00:26:42.420><c> that</c><00:26:42.720><c> night.</c> 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:47.940 He<00:26:44.880><c> doesn't</c><00:26:45.099><c> say,</c><00:26:45.819><c> well,</c><00:26:45.900><c> do</c><00:26:46.140><c> I</c><00:26:46.279><c> have</c><00:26:46.400><c> anything</c><00:26:46.680><c> to</c><00:26:46.799><c> do</c><00:26:46.859><c> with</c><00:26:47.079><c> this?</c> 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:50.460 He<00:26:48.559><c> just</c><00:26:48.839><c> accepts</c><00:26:49.279><c> what's</c><00:26:49.640><c> happening.</c> 00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:52.940 He<00:26:50.799><c> cannot</c><00:26:51.259><c> do</c><00:26:51.680><c> anything</c><00:26:52.119><c> at</c><00:26:52.339><c> this</c><00:26:52.640><c> stage</c> 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:56.039 about<00:26:53.240><c> the</c><00:26:53.559><c> rivalry</c><00:26:54.099><c> in</c><00:26:54.759><c> the</c><00:26:54.980><c> household.</c> 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.740 But<00:26:56.759><c> look</c><00:26:56.960><c> at</c><00:26:57.119><c> verse</c><00:26:57.319><c> 17.</c> 00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.019 Remember<00:26:58.099><c> what</c><00:26:58.259><c> we</c><00:26:58.480><c> said</c><00:26:58.619><c> earlier.</c> 00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:02.579 This<00:26:59.660><c> series</c><00:27:00.039><c> is</c><00:27:00.380><c> emphasizing</c><00:27:00.759><c> how</c><00:27:01.180><c> good</c><00:27:01.500><c> God</c><00:27:01.779><c> is.</c> 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:06.279 Verse<00:27:03.160><c> 17,</c><00:27:04.160><c> and</c><00:27:04.319><c> God</c><00:27:04.900><c> listened</c><00:27:05.480><c> unto</c><00:27:05.960><c> Leah,</c> 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:09.819 and<00:27:06.599><c> she</c><00:27:06.900><c> conceived</c><00:27:07.480><c> and</c><00:27:07.859><c> bare</c><00:27:08.039><c> Jacob</c><00:27:08.420><c> the</c><00:27:08.660><c> fifth</c><00:27:08.880><c> son.</c> 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:12.279 Brothers<00:27:10.619><c> and</c><00:27:10.720><c> sisters,</c><00:27:11.380><c> pretty</c><00:27:11.380><c> obviously,</c> 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:14.480 Leah<00:27:12.819><c> has</c><00:27:13.180><c> been</c><00:27:13.539><c> neglecting</c><00:27:14.220><c> prayer,</c> 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:17.680 and<00:27:14.720><c> she's</c><00:27:15.140><c> neglected</c><00:27:15.539><c> prayer</c><00:27:15.980><c> and</c><00:27:16.319><c> her</c><00:27:16.579><c> relationship</c><00:27:17.140><c> with</c><00:27:17.420><c> God</c> 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:20.319 for<00:27:18.039><c> quite</c><00:27:18.559><c> some</c><00:27:19.119><c> time.</c> 00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:23.880 God<00:27:21.359><c> is</c><00:27:21.759><c> so</c><00:27:22.140><c> unbelievably</c><00:27:22.819><c> good.</c> 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:29.180 Leah<00:27:25.000><c> has</c><00:27:25.259><c> neglected</c><00:27:25.680><c> God,</c><00:27:27.079><c> but</c><00:27:27.279><c> when</c><00:27:27.720><c> she</c><00:27:28.079><c> decides</c><00:27:28.539><c> to</c><00:27:28.819><c> turn,</c> 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:32.920 he<00:27:30.039><c> immediately</c><00:27:30.819><c> reacts,</c><00:27:31.440><c> and</c><00:27:31.539><c> she</c><00:27:31.799><c> has</c><00:27:32.400><c> a</c><00:27:32.740><c> son.</c> 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:37.200 And<00:27:33.460><c> then</c><00:27:33.740><c> another</c><00:27:34.240><c> son,</c><00:27:34.559><c> the</c><00:27:34.819><c> sixth</c><00:27:35.220><c> son,</c><00:27:35.539><c> in</c><00:27:35.779><c> verse</c><00:27:36.059><c> 19.</c> 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:39.519 Look<00:27:37.960><c> at</c><00:27:38.079><c> her</c><00:27:38.279><c> attitude,</c><00:27:38.900><c> though,</c><00:27:38.940><c> in</c><00:27:39.059><c> verse</c><00:27:39.259><c> 20.</c> 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:41.640 It's<00:27:39.900><c> still</c><00:27:40.220><c> not</c><00:27:40.539><c> right.</c> 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.420 First<00:27:42.720><c> of</c><00:27:42.920><c> all,</c><00:27:43.039><c> she</c><00:27:43.240><c> says,</c> 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:47.059 God's<00:27:43.900><c> given</c><00:27:44.059><c> me</c><00:27:44.420><c> a</c><00:27:44.660><c> good</c><00:27:44.960><c> dowry</c><00:27:45.480><c> or</c><00:27:45.859><c> a</c><00:27:46.160><c> present,</c><00:27:46.819><c> okay?</c> 00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:49.019 My<00:27:47.779><c> sixth</c><00:27:48.500><c> son.</c> 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:51.339 I've<00:27:49.799><c> had</c><00:27:50.019><c> six</c><00:27:50.359><c> of</c><00:27:50.500><c> them.</c> 00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:54.180 What<00:27:51.720><c> a</c><00:27:52.039><c> wonderful</c><00:27:52.460><c> present</c><00:27:52.839><c> from</c><00:27:53.160><c> God.</c> 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:57.599 So<00:27:55.180><c> in</c><00:27:55.279><c> that</c><00:27:55.539><c> sense,</c><00:27:55.779><c> her</c><00:27:55.960><c> relationship</c><00:27:56.519><c> with</c><00:27:56.759><c> God</c><00:27:56.980><c> is</c><00:27:57.220><c> recovering,</c> 00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:59.799 but<00:27:57.819><c> look</c><00:27:58.019><c> what</c><00:27:58.180><c> she</c><00:27:58.420><c> goes</c><00:27:58.559><c> on</c><00:27:58.779><c> to</c><00:27:59.019><c> say.</c> 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:02.599 Now<00:28:00.500><c> my</c><00:28:00.960><c> husband,</c><00:28:01.380><c> I've</c><00:28:01.700><c> had</c><00:28:01.900><c> six</c><00:28:02.259><c> boys.</c> 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:05.500 Surely<00:28:03.339><c> now</c><00:28:03.900><c> my</c><00:28:04.200><c> husband</c><00:28:04.559><c> will</c><00:28:04.839><c> dwell</c><00:28:05.019><c> with</c><00:28:05.279><c> me</c> 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:07.119 because<00:28:05.680><c> I've</c><00:28:05.940><c> had</c><00:28:06.059><c> six</c><00:28:06.339><c> sons.</c> 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:10.960 Therefore,<00:28:07.539><c> she</c><00:28:07.779><c> called</c><00:28:08.019><c> his</c><00:28:08.259><c> name</c><00:28:08.519><c> Zebulun</c><00:28:09.180><c> or</c><00:28:10.019><c> dwelling.</c> 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.799 She<00:28:12.220><c> doesn't</c><00:28:12.460><c> want</c><00:28:12.740><c> equal</c><00:28:13.099><c> love</c><00:28:13.319><c> and</c><00:28:13.519><c> attention.</c> 00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:15.759 She<00:28:14.039><c> wants</c><00:28:14.380><c> all</c><00:28:14.900><c> the</c><00:28:15.079><c> love</c><00:28:15.200><c> and</c><00:28:15.420><c> attention,</c> 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:19.200 and<00:28:15.980><c> she</c><00:28:16.160><c> wants</c><00:28:16.420><c> Jacob</c><00:28:16.839><c> to</c><00:28:17.200><c> stay</c><00:28:17.359><c> with</c><00:28:17.640><c> her</c><00:28:18.039><c> and</c><00:28:18.559><c> her</c><00:28:18.900><c> alone.</c> 00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.720 Why? 00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:24.220 I<00:28:20.519><c> have</c><00:28:20.779><c> produced</c><00:28:21.279><c> you</c><00:28:22.200><c> six</c><00:28:23.099><c> sons.</c> 00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:28.359 You<00:28:26.140><c> know,</c><00:28:26.680><c> Leah</c><00:28:26.779><c> is</c><00:28:27.079><c> like</c><00:28:27.299><c> us.</c> 00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:31.259 When<00:28:28.619><c> we</c><00:28:28.819><c> have</c><00:28:28.960><c> a</c><00:28:29.240><c> problem,</c><00:28:29.960><c> it</c><00:28:30.099><c> is</c><00:28:30.359><c> a</c><00:28:30.480><c> deep</c><00:28:30.720><c> problem,</c> 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:34.140 and<00:28:31.960><c> quite</c><00:28:32.259><c> often</c><00:28:32.519><c> it</c><00:28:32.740><c> takes</c><00:28:32.980><c> a</c><00:28:33.299><c> long</c><00:28:33.599><c> time</c> 00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:36.180 to<00:28:34.319><c> deal</c><00:28:34.660><c> with</c><00:28:34.880><c> our</c><00:28:35.119><c> problem.</c> 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:40.799 Fortunately,<00:28:37.359><c> our</c><00:28:37.599><c> God</c><00:28:37.900><c> is</c><00:28:38.359><c> so</c><00:28:38.720><c> unbelievably</c><00:28:39.599><c> patient.</c> 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:45.180 In<00:28:41.799><c> verse</c><00:28:41.980><c> 21,</c><00:28:43.359><c> afterwards</c><00:28:43.799><c> she</c><00:28:44.140><c> bear</c><00:28:44.440><c> a</c><00:28:44.740><c> daughter</c> 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:48.599 and<00:28:45.940><c> called</c><00:28:46.220><c> her</c><00:28:46.579><c> name</c><00:28:47.160><c> Dinah.</c> 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:51.519 Can<00:28:49.720><c> you</c><00:28:49.880><c> believe</c><00:28:50.140><c> how</c><00:28:50.480><c> sad</c><00:28:50.740><c> this</c><00:28:51.079><c> story</c><00:28:51.259><c> is,</c> 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.900 brothers<00:28:51.759><c> and</c><00:28:52.059><c> sisters?</c> 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:58.079 Here<00:28:53.680><c> is</c><00:28:53.859><c> a</c><00:28:53.980><c> woman</c><00:28:54.220><c> who</c><00:28:54.460><c> has</c><00:28:54.640><c> produced</c><00:28:55.160><c> six</c><00:28:55.779><c> sons</c><00:28:56.180><c> and</c><00:28:56.660><c> one</c><00:28:57.000><c> daughter,</c> 00:28:58.180 --> 00:29:00.960 and<00:28:58.519><c> she's</c><00:28:58.819><c> still</c><00:28:59.119><c> basically</c><00:28:59.799><c> an</c><00:29:00.240><c> outsider,</c> 00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:04.019 an<00:29:01.619><c> outsider</c><00:29:02.140><c> in</c><00:29:02.460><c> her</c><00:29:02.779><c> own</c><00:29:03.039><c> house.</c> 00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:06.380 What<00:29:04.819><c> else</c><00:29:05.099><c> can</c><00:29:05.299><c> I</c><00:29:05.539><c> do?</c> 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.440 I<00:29:06.680><c> love</c><00:29:06.960><c> this</c><00:29:07.240><c> man.</c> 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:09.900 I<00:29:07.700><c> want</c><00:29:07.900><c> him</c><00:29:08.079><c> to</c><00:29:08.299><c> show</c><00:29:08.440><c> me</c><00:29:08.700><c> love</c><00:29:08.839><c> and</c><00:29:09.039><c> affection.</c> 00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.880 What<00:29:10.960><c> more</c><00:29:11.220><c> does</c><00:29:11.359><c> he</c><00:29:11.559><c> want?</c> 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.980 And<00:29:12.279><c> I</c><00:29:12.460><c> think</c><00:29:12.640><c> Jacob</c><00:29:13.019><c> was</c><00:29:13.299><c> not</c><00:29:13.579><c> callous.</c> 00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:16.000 He<00:29:14.359><c> would</c><00:29:14.539><c> have</c><00:29:14.680><c> tried</c><00:29:14.940><c> to</c><00:29:15.220><c> show</c><00:29:15.380><c> her</c><00:29:15.619><c> some</c><00:29:15.839><c> love.</c> 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:18.900 Of<00:29:16.259><c> course</c><00:29:16.420><c> he</c><00:29:16.559><c> loved</c><00:29:16.819><c> her,</c><00:29:16.980><c> but</c><00:29:17.099><c> he</c><00:29:17.259><c> loved</c><00:29:17.400><c> Rachel</c><00:29:17.759><c> more.</c> 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:21.059 And<00:29:19.519><c> even</c><00:29:19.680><c> in</c><00:29:20.039><c> trying</c><00:29:20.180><c> to</c><00:29:20.460><c> show</c><00:29:20.619><c> her</c><00:29:20.839><c> love,</c> 00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:24.339 I<00:29:21.339><c> think</c><00:29:21.539><c> Rachel</c><00:29:21.940><c> would</c><00:29:22.420><c> thwart</c><00:29:22.640><c> all</c><00:29:23.000><c> of</c><00:29:23.140><c> his</c><00:29:23.319><c> attempts.</c> 00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:28.400 And<00:29:24.640><c> here</c><00:29:24.759><c> was</c><00:29:24.960><c> a</c><00:29:25.119><c> sister</c><00:29:25.619><c> who</c><00:29:26.480><c> craved</c><00:29:27.000><c> real</c><00:29:27.359><c> marriage,</c> 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:31.779 where<00:29:28.960><c> two</c><00:29:29.259><c> become</c><00:29:29.619><c> one</c><00:29:30.019><c> in</c><00:29:30.440><c> every</c><00:29:30.839><c> way,</c> 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:34.579 but<00:29:32.299><c> it</c><00:29:32.480><c> wasn't</c><00:29:32.819><c> going</c><00:29:33.180><c> to</c><00:29:33.500><c> happen.</c> 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.740 But<00:29:35.799><c> worse</c><00:29:36.039><c> than</c><00:29:36.279><c> that,</c> 00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:40.079 we've<00:29:37.440><c> got</c><00:29:37.619><c> two</c><00:29:37.980><c> sisters</c><00:29:38.359><c> involved</c><00:29:38.940><c> in</c><00:29:39.140><c> a</c><00:29:39.339><c> fight</c> 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:42.380 that<00:29:40.339><c> if</c><00:29:40.519><c> this</c><00:29:40.960><c> fight</c><00:29:41.220><c> was</c><00:29:41.599><c> not</c><00:29:41.880><c> resolved,</c> 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:45.420 it<00:29:42.559><c> would</c><00:29:42.779><c> keep</c><00:29:43.160><c> both</c><00:29:43.539><c> of</c><00:29:43.779><c> them</c><00:29:44.019><c> out</c><00:29:44.299><c> of</c><00:29:44.440><c> the</c><00:29:44.599><c> kingdom.</c> 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:48.079 It's<00:29:46.240><c> affecting</c><00:29:46.559><c> Jacob,</c><00:29:47.140><c> it's</c><00:29:47.339><c> affecting</c><00:29:47.640><c> Rachel,</c> 00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.299 it's<00:29:48.539><c> affecting</c><00:29:48.799><c> the</c><00:29:49.079><c> children.</c> 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:51.799 If<00:29:49.519><c> we</c><00:29:49.779><c> don't</c><00:29:49.980><c> do</c><00:29:50.259><c> something</c><00:29:50.539><c> about</c><00:29:50.900><c> it,</c> 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:54.440 all<00:29:52.519><c> of</c><00:29:52.660><c> us</c><00:29:52.779><c> will</c><00:29:52.960><c> miss</c><00:29:53.140><c> out</c><00:29:53.299><c> on</c><00:29:53.440><c> the</c><00:29:53.619><c> kingdom.</c> 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:59.460 Now<00:29:55.619><c> remember</c><00:29:55.799><c> we</c><00:29:56.079><c> said</c><00:29:56.319><c> that</c><00:29:57.619><c> in</c><00:29:58.299><c> each</c><00:29:58.740><c> situation,</c> 00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:01.759 something<00:29:59.859><c> brings</c><00:30:00.240><c> about</c><00:30:00.559><c> the</c><00:30:00.799><c> change.</c> 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:04.519 And<00:30:02.339><c> it's</c><00:30:02.519><c> the</c><00:30:02.680><c> same</c><00:30:02.839><c> here,</c><00:30:03.259><c> brothers</c><00:30:03.339><c> and</c><00:30:03.480><c> sisters.</c> 00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:06.819 What<00:30:05.339><c> happens</c><00:30:05.740><c> to</c><00:30:05.900><c> bring</c><00:30:06.059><c> about</c><00:30:06.339><c> the</c><00:30:06.579><c> change?</c> 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:09.420 There's<00:30:07.160><c> two</c><00:30:07.640><c> important</c><00:30:08.200><c> things.</c> 00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:11.960 Chapter<00:30:10.259><c> 30</c><00:30:10.740><c> and</c><00:30:10.900><c> at</c><00:30:11.099><c> verse</c><00:30:11.339><c> 22,</c> 00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:14.319 Rachel<00:30:12.500><c> finally</c><00:30:13.140><c> conceives</c><00:30:13.640><c> herself,</c> 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:17.460 and<00:30:14.779><c> in</c><00:30:14.980><c> verse</c><00:30:15.220><c> 24,</c><00:30:15.799><c> she</c><00:30:16.000><c> has</c><00:30:16.359><c> Joseph.</c> 00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.140 I<00:30:18.779><c> think</c><00:30:19.079><c> that</c><00:30:19.339><c> would</c><00:30:19.519><c> have</c><00:30:19.779><c> taken</c> 00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:22.380 an<00:30:20.619><c> enormous</c><00:30:21.279><c> pressure</c><00:30:21.759><c> off</c><00:30:21.980><c> the</c><00:30:22.220><c> house.</c> 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.420 Why<00:30:22.619><c> do</c><00:30:22.720><c> I</c><00:30:22.880><c> say</c><00:30:23.119><c> that?</c> 00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:25.640 Come<00:30:23.980><c> back</c><00:30:24.160><c> to</c><00:30:24.319><c> verse</c><00:30:24.539><c> one.</c> 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:28.039 Rachel<00:30:26.140><c> is</c><00:30:26.599><c> screaming</c><00:30:27.420><c> at</c><00:30:27.740><c> Jacob,</c> 00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:31.720 get<00:30:28.680><c> me</c><00:30:29.079><c> children</c><00:30:29.559><c> or</c><00:30:29.819><c> I'm</c><00:30:30.119><c> going</c><00:30:30.319><c> to</c><00:30:30.680><c> die.</c> 00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:36.460 Finally<00:30:32.380><c> she</c><00:30:32.559><c> has</c><00:30:32.839><c> children</c><00:30:33.319><c> and</c><00:30:34.220><c> it</c><00:30:34.400><c> takes</c><00:30:34.579><c> the</c><00:30:34.819><c> pressure</c><00:30:35.039><c> off.</c> 00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:41.200 But<00:30:37.980><c> more</c><00:30:38.180><c> than</c><00:30:38.380><c> that,</c><00:30:39.960><c> she</c><00:30:40.099><c> has</c><00:30:40.420><c> time</c><00:30:40.779><c> to</c><00:30:41.039><c> think.</c> 00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:43.680 Remember,<00:30:42.420><c> she's</c><00:30:42.759><c> got</c><00:30:42.980><c> wrong</c><00:30:43.339><c> thinking</c> 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:45.900 and<00:30:43.980><c> the</c><00:30:44.160><c> only</c><00:30:44.339><c> way</c><00:30:44.579><c> to</c><00:30:44.799><c> develop</c><00:30:45.160><c> right</c><00:30:45.559><c> thinking</c> 00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:47.900 is<00:30:46.200><c> to</c><00:30:46.380><c> have</c><00:30:46.579><c> enough</c><00:30:46.880><c> time</c><00:30:47.279><c> to</c><00:30:47.619><c> think</c> 00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:50.079 on<00:30:48.180><c> the</c><00:30:48.460><c> right</c><00:30:48.779><c> sort</c><00:30:49.019><c> of</c><00:30:49.220><c> things.</c> 00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:52.539 When<00:30:50.539><c> she's</c><00:30:50.880><c> got</c><00:30:51.119><c> six</c><00:30:51.480><c> boys</c><00:30:51.740><c> and</c><00:30:51.980><c> one</c><00:30:52.279><c> girl</c> 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.680 running<00:30:52.839><c> around</c><00:30:53.160><c> the</c><00:30:53.359><c> household,</c> 00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:55.599 she<00:30:53.940><c> would</c><00:30:54.079><c> barely</c><00:30:54.319><c> have</c><00:30:54.579><c> time</c><00:30:54.920><c> to</c><00:30:55.259><c> think.</c> 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:57.640 But<00:30:56.339><c> now</c><00:30:56.619><c> the</c><00:30:56.859><c> children</c><00:30:57.160><c> grow</c><00:30:57.460><c> up</c> 00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:00.140 and<00:30:57.720><c> as</c><00:30:57.900><c> they</c><00:30:58.180><c> grew</c><00:30:58.420><c> up,</c><00:30:59.079><c> she</c><00:30:59.380><c> starts</c><00:30:59.779><c> to</c><00:31:00.019><c> think,</c> 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:01.500 while<00:31:00.420><c> ever</c><00:31:00.579><c> I've</c><00:31:00.720><c> got</c><00:31:00.799><c> that</c><00:31:01.039><c> wrong</c><00:31:01.220><c> thinking,</c> 00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:04.660 that<00:31:01.759><c> I</c><00:31:01.940><c> must</c><00:31:02.319><c> have</c><00:31:02.700><c> equal</c><00:31:03.160><c> love</c><00:31:03.559><c> and</c><00:31:03.799><c> affection</c><00:31:04.099><c> from</c><00:31:04.359><c> Jacob,</c> 00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:06.420 I'll<00:31:05.000><c> never</c><00:31:05.200><c> be</c><00:31:05.420><c> happy.</c> 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:10.380 It's<00:31:08.099><c> something</c><00:31:08.339><c> that</c><00:31:08.599><c> I</c><00:31:08.900><c> strongly</c><00:31:09.180><c> desire.</c> 00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:14.680 But<00:31:11.039><c> as</c><00:31:11.160><c> she</c><00:31:11.319><c> got</c><00:31:11.539><c> older,</c><00:31:11.779><c> she</c><00:31:12.059><c> realized</c><00:31:12.539><c> it's</c><00:31:12.920><c> not</c><00:31:13.180><c> going</c><00:31:13.460><c> to</c><00:31:13.779><c> happen.</c> 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:18.720 And<00:31:15.680><c> therefore,</c><00:31:15.980><c> I</c><00:31:16.240><c> need</c><00:31:16.480><c> to</c><00:31:16.779><c> accept</c><00:31:17.099><c> my</c><00:31:17.400><c> situation</c> 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:21.380 to<00:31:19.740><c> make</c><00:31:19.940><c> the</c><00:31:20.180><c> most</c><00:31:20.420><c> of</c><00:31:20.619><c> my</c><00:31:20.779><c> situation,</c> 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.099 but<00:31:21.660><c> more</c><00:31:21.980><c> importantly,</c> 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:27.539 to<00:31:23.680><c> concentrate</c><00:31:24.240><c> on</c><00:31:24.599><c> developing</c><00:31:25.140><c> my</c><00:31:25.799><c> relationship</c><00:31:26.359><c> with</c><00:31:26.619><c> God,</c> 00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:30.680 and<00:31:28.039><c> to</c><00:31:28.220><c> develop</c><00:31:28.660><c> godliness</c><00:31:29.319><c> in</c><00:31:29.759><c> my</c><00:31:30.140><c> children.</c> 00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:32.819 While<00:31:31.380><c> I'm</c><00:31:31.720><c> fighting,</c> 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:36.839 my<00:31:33.240><c> boys</c><00:31:33.539><c> will</c><00:31:33.880><c> never</c><00:31:34.160><c> develop</c><00:31:34.660><c> a</c><00:31:35.039><c> relationship</c><00:31:35.660><c> with</c><00:31:35.940><c> God.</c> 00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:39.819 It's<00:31:37.859><c> doing</c><00:31:38.059><c> no</c><00:31:38.500><c> good</c><00:31:38.680><c> to</c><00:31:38.960><c> anyone.</c> 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:42.319 It's<00:31:40.400><c> not</c><00:31:40.539><c> Jacob's</c><00:31:41.099><c> fault,</c><00:31:41.420><c> it's</c><00:31:41.619><c> not</c><00:31:41.819><c> my</c><00:31:42.119><c> fault,</c> 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:44.519 it's<00:31:42.839><c> not</c><00:31:43.119><c> Rachel's</c><00:31:43.700><c> fault.</c> 00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:47.059 The<00:31:45.039><c> problem</c><00:31:45.319><c> in</c><00:31:45.519><c> the</c><00:31:45.759><c> beginning</c><00:31:46.039><c> is</c><00:31:46.599><c> Laban.</c> 00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:49.420 But<00:31:47.740><c> we're</c><00:31:47.940><c> all</c><00:31:48.180><c> in</c><00:31:48.299><c> this</c><00:31:48.480><c> situation</c><00:31:49.039><c> together,</c> 00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:52.680 it<00:31:49.839><c> becomes</c><00:31:50.200><c> our</c><00:31:50.779><c> fault</c><00:31:51.000><c> if</c><00:31:51.200><c> we</c><00:31:51.440><c> don't</c><00:31:51.680><c> react</c><00:31:52.200><c> properly.</c> 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:55.460 And<00:31:52.880><c> she</c><00:31:53.079><c> says,</c><00:31:53.279><c> I</c><00:31:53.460><c> need</c><00:31:53.799><c> to</c><00:31:54.119><c> start</c><00:31:54.319><c> to</c><00:31:54.619><c> react.</c> 00:31:55.710 --> 00:31:59.000 I<00:31:56.000><c> need</c><00:31:56.339><c> to</c><00:31:56.640><c> start</c><00:31:56.839><c> to</c><00:31:57.059><c> develop</c><00:31:57.359><c> the</c><00:31:57.559><c> right</c><00:31:57.839><c> sort</c><00:31:58.039><c> of</c><00:31:58.200><c> thinking,</c> 00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:02.700 and<00:31:59.400><c> I</c><00:31:59.539><c> need</c><00:31:59.759><c> to</c><00:31:59.940><c> get</c><00:32:00.059><c> my</c><00:32:00.319><c> relationship</c><00:32:00.880><c> with</c><00:32:01.140><c> Rachel</c><00:32:01.559><c> right.</c> 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:04.859 And<00:32:03.059><c> I</c><00:32:03.240><c> believe</c><00:32:03.500><c> that</c><00:32:03.700><c> happens.</c> 00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:08.220 Come<00:32:05.759><c> across</c><00:32:06.039><c> to</c><00:32:06.200><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.460><c> 31</c><00:32:07.000><c> and</c><00:32:07.299><c> verse</c><00:32:07.640><c> three.</c> 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:11.019 It's<00:32:08.759><c> now</c><00:32:09.160><c> many</c><00:32:09.559><c> years</c><00:32:09.960><c> later.</c> 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.519 He<00:32:13.240><c> serves</c><00:32:13.599><c> at</c><00:32:13.720><c> least</c><00:32:14.059><c> 20</c><00:32:14.400><c> years</c><00:32:15.700><c> for</c><00:32:16.240><c> Laban.</c> 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:18.839 Some<00:32:16.839><c> would</c><00:32:17.039><c> suggest</c><00:32:17.579><c> even</c><00:32:18.160><c> more</c><00:32:18.420><c> than</c><00:32:18.680><c> that.</c> 00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:21.640 Some<00:32:19.079><c> would</c><00:32:19.339><c> suggest</c><00:32:19.660><c> even</c><00:32:20.140><c> 40</c><00:32:20.500><c> years.</c> 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.779 And<00:32:22.059><c> finally,</c><00:32:22.779><c> in</c><00:32:22.859><c> chapter</c><00:32:23.200><c> 31,</c> 00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:26.480 God<00:32:24.200><c> comes</c><00:32:24.599><c> to</c><00:32:24.859><c> Jacob</c><00:32:25.140><c> and</c><00:32:25.359><c> says,</c> 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:29.759 return<00:32:27.160><c> unto</c><00:32:27.519><c> the</c><00:32:27.720><c> land</c><00:32:28.019><c> of</c><00:32:28.220><c> thy</c><00:32:28.400><c> fathers</c><00:32:28.779><c> and</c><00:32:28.980><c> to</c><00:32:29.140><c> thy</c><00:32:29.359><c> kindred,</c> 00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:31.819 and<00:32:30.059><c> I</c><00:32:30.380><c> will</c><00:32:30.519><c> be</c><00:32:30.700><c> with</c><00:32:30.940><c> thee.</c> 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:35.480 Jacob<00:32:33.220><c> sent</c><00:32:33.559><c> and</c><00:32:33.799><c> called</c><00:32:34.000><c> Rachel</c><00:32:34.500><c> and</c><00:32:34.740><c> Leah</c><00:32:34.880><c> to</c><00:32:35.099><c> the</c><00:32:35.319><c> field,</c> 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:37.039 to<00:32:35.700><c> his</c><00:32:35.920><c> flock,</c><00:32:36.160><c> and</c><00:32:36.299><c> he</c><00:32:36.480><c> said</c><00:32:36.579><c> unto</c><00:32:36.819><c> them.</c> 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:40.039 And<00:32:37.420><c> he</c><00:32:37.539><c> goes</c><00:32:37.779><c> right</c><00:32:38.180><c> through</c><00:32:38.420><c> the</c><00:32:38.579><c> history</c><00:32:38.900><c> from</c><00:32:39.099><c> verse</c><00:32:39.440><c> five</c> 00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.599 to<00:32:40.279><c> 13.</c> 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:46.299 And<00:32:42.759><c> in</c><00:32:43.039><c> verse</c><00:32:43.339><c> 14</c><00:32:43.900><c> is</c><00:32:44.220><c> the</c><00:32:44.500><c> point</c><00:32:44.799><c> of</c><00:32:45.240><c> change.</c> 00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:48.039 That's<00:32:46.960><c> our</c><00:32:47.180><c> fourth</c><00:32:47.720><c> point.</c> 00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:50.000 At<00:32:48.480><c> what</c><00:32:48.819><c> point</c><00:32:49.079><c> do</c><00:32:49.220><c> they</c><00:32:49.460><c> change?</c> 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:52.700 And<00:32:50.579><c> we're</c><00:32:50.779><c> going</c><00:32:50.960><c> to</c><00:32:51.180><c> see</c><00:32:51.380><c> in</c><00:32:51.759><c> every</c><00:32:52.099><c> single</c><00:32:52.440><c> one</c> 00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:56.599 of<00:32:52.880><c> our</c><00:32:53.480><c> people</c><00:32:53.759><c> that</c><00:32:53.900><c> we</c><00:32:54.079><c> talk</c><00:32:54.259><c> about,</c><00:32:54.920><c> there</c><00:32:55.000><c> is</c><00:32:55.220><c> a</c><00:32:55.380><c> tipping</c><00:32:55.599><c> point.</c> 00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:58.420 Do<00:32:57.200><c> you</c><00:32:57.200><c> know</c><00:32:57.319><c> what</c><00:32:57.380><c> I</c><00:32:57.500><c> mean</c><00:32:57.640><c> by</c><00:32:57.900><c> a</c><00:32:58.019><c> tipping</c><00:32:58.180><c> point?</c> 00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.460 Do<00:32:58.759><c> you</c><00:32:58.880><c> have</c><00:32:59.079><c> a</c><00:32:59.220><c> seesaw?</c> 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:01.099 Is<00:32:59.599><c> that</c><00:32:59.740><c> what</c><00:32:59.799><c> you</c><00:32:59.960><c> call</c><00:33:00.099><c> them</c><00:33:00.259><c> here?</c> 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.559 But<00:33:01.519><c> what</c><00:33:01.700><c> happens</c><00:33:01.859><c> with</c><00:33:02.039><c> a</c><00:33:02.220><c> seesaw?</c> 00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:04.119 You<00:33:02.799><c> know</c><00:33:02.880><c> what</c><00:33:03.000><c> I'm</c><00:33:03.119><c> talking</c><00:33:03.319><c> about?</c> 00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:06.539 You<00:33:04.519><c> walk</c><00:33:04.779><c> up</c><00:33:04.960><c> the</c><00:33:05.180><c> seesaw</c><00:33:05.680><c> and</c><00:33:05.880><c> you</c><00:33:05.980><c> get</c><00:33:06.099><c> to</c><00:33:06.259><c> the</c><00:33:06.359><c> middle</c> 00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:08.880 and<00:33:06.740><c> all</c><00:33:06.960><c> of</c><00:33:07.119><c> a</c><00:33:07.119><c> sudden</c><00:33:07.240><c> it</c><00:33:07.460><c> turns</c><00:33:07.740><c> and</c><00:33:08.000><c> goes</c><00:33:08.259><c> the</c><00:33:08.440><c> other</c><00:33:08.619><c> way.</c> 00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:13.140 This<00:33:09.599><c> I</c><00:33:09.880><c> believe,</c><00:33:10.259><c> verse</c><00:33:10.559><c> 14,</c><00:33:11.099><c> is</c><00:33:11.420><c> the</c><00:33:11.759><c> tipping</c><00:33:12.140><c> point.</c> 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:15.940 It's<00:33:14.039><c> worth</c><00:33:14.319><c> putting</c><00:33:14.619><c> a</c><00:33:14.960><c> square</c><00:33:15.140><c> around</c><00:33:15.400><c> these</c><00:33:15.680><c> words</c> 00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:17.799 that<00:33:16.099><c> I'm</c><00:33:16.279><c> about</c><00:33:16.539><c> to</c><00:33:16.839><c> read.</c> 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:24.880 And<00:33:18.519><c> Rachel</c><00:33:19.339><c> and</c><00:33:19.920><c> Leah</c><00:33:20.319><c> answered</c><00:33:21.059><c> together</c><00:33:22.380><c> and</c><00:33:23.140><c> said</c><00:33:23.380><c> unto</c><00:33:23.720><c> him.</c> 00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:28.839 It<00:33:26.119><c> appears</c><00:33:26.539><c> that</c><00:33:26.799><c> the</c><00:33:26.980><c> fighting</c><00:33:27.220><c> is</c><00:33:27.619><c> over</c> 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:33.180 and<00:33:29.119><c> two</c><00:33:29.480><c> sisters</c><00:33:30.160><c> are</c><00:33:30.819><c> in</c><00:33:30.960><c> a</c><00:33:31.079><c> very</c><00:33:31.460><c> awkward</c><00:33:31.819><c> situation,</c> 00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:35.940 but<00:33:33.480><c> they</c><00:33:33.759><c> are</c><00:33:34.039><c> cooperating</c><00:33:34.859><c> together.</c> 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.839 But<00:33:36.259><c> more</c><00:33:36.640><c> than</c><00:33:36.900><c> that,</c><00:33:37.059><c> as</c><00:33:37.140><c> we're</c><00:33:37.359><c> going</c><00:33:37.500><c> to</c><00:33:37.720><c> see</c> 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:39.680 from<00:33:38.019><c> what</c><00:33:38.180><c> they</c><00:33:38.480><c> say</c><00:33:38.700><c> later</c><00:33:39.079><c> on,</c> 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:42.220 both<00:33:40.140><c> of</c><00:33:40.359><c> them</c><00:33:40.539><c> are</c><00:33:40.900><c> developing</c><00:33:41.380><c> spiritually.</c> 00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:46.579 Verse<00:33:42.680><c> 15,</c><00:33:43.880><c> are</c><00:33:44.140><c> we</c><00:33:44.400><c> not</c><00:33:44.759><c> counted</c><00:33:45.240><c> as</c><00:33:46.200><c> strangers?</c> 00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:48.819 Of<00:33:46.759><c> course,</c><00:33:47.079><c> it's</c><00:33:47.220><c> talking</c><00:33:47.440><c> about</c><00:33:47.680><c> their</c><00:33:47.920><c> father's</c><00:33:48.440><c> reaction</c> 00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:51.680 to<00:33:49.039><c> them,</c><00:33:50.099><c> but</c><00:33:50.200><c> again,</c><00:33:50.460><c> there's</c><00:33:50.680><c> the</c><00:33:50.859><c> echo</c><00:33:51.059><c> of</c><00:33:51.279><c> the</c><00:33:51.460><c> promises.</c> 00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:54.960 They<00:33:51.920><c> realized</c><00:33:52.440><c> that</c><00:33:52.680><c> they</c><00:33:52.799><c> were</c><00:33:53.160><c> strangers</c><00:33:53.599><c> in</c><00:33:53.859><c> a</c><00:33:54.059><c> foreign</c><00:33:54.279><c> country</c> 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:58.200 and<00:33:55.680><c> needed</c><00:33:55.940><c> to</c><00:33:56.160><c> go</c><00:33:56.400><c> home</c><00:33:56.759><c> to</c><00:33:56.960><c> Israel.</c> 00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:02.180 Verse<00:33:59.559><c> 15,</c><00:34:00.140><c> our</c><00:34:00.200><c> father</c><00:34:00.599><c> has</c><00:34:01.380><c> sold</c><00:34:01.799><c> us</c> 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:04.500 and<00:34:02.339><c> I</c><00:34:02.579><c> believe</c><00:34:02.900><c> they're</c><00:34:03.220><c> referring</c><00:34:03.599><c> to</c><00:34:03.819><c> how</c><00:34:04.000><c> their</c><00:34:04.200><c> father</c> 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:06.779 treated<00:34:04.819><c> them</c><00:34:05.160><c> on</c><00:34:05.480><c> the</c><00:34:05.619><c> wedding</c><00:34:05.839><c> night.</c> 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:10.179 Leah<00:34:07.240><c> wasn't</c><00:34:07.559><c> part</c><00:34:07.900><c> of</c><00:34:08.059><c> the</c><00:34:08.239><c> deception,</c><00:34:08.599><c> our</c><00:34:08.860><c> father</c><00:34:09.300><c> sold</c><00:34:09.760><c> us.</c> 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:13.219 I<00:34:10.719><c> didn't</c><00:34:11.039><c> cooperate</c><00:34:11.619><c> with</c><00:34:11.900><c> my</c><00:34:12.139><c> father.</c> 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:18.039 He<00:34:14.639><c> took</c><00:34:14.820><c> us</c><00:34:15.679><c> and</c><00:34:16.300><c> he</c><00:34:16.599><c> sold</c><00:34:16.760><c> us.</c> 00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:22.980 And<00:34:18.400><c> at</c><00:34:18.719><c> the</c><00:34:18.940><c> end</c><00:34:19.199><c> of</c><00:34:19.400><c> the</c><00:34:19.539><c> verse,</c><00:34:19.800><c> he's</c><00:34:20.280><c> devoured</c><00:34:21.300><c> our</c><00:34:22.019><c> money.</c> 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.880 You<00:34:24.039><c> might</c><00:34:24.159><c> say,</c><00:34:24.400><c> hang</c><00:34:24.460><c> on,</c><00:34:24.719><c> what's</c><00:34:25.119><c> the</c><00:34:25.400><c> our</c><00:34:25.619><c> money?</c> 00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:29.599 The<00:34:26.639><c> our</c><00:34:26.860><c> money</c><00:34:27.300><c> is</c><00:34:27.679><c> talking</c><00:34:27.900><c> about</c><00:34:28.260><c> the</c><00:34:28.539><c> dowry.</c> 00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:31.579 As<00:34:29.980><c> we</c><00:34:30.159><c> know,</c><00:34:30.320><c> Jacob</c><00:34:30.639><c> didn't</c><00:34:30.880><c> have</c><00:34:31.079><c> enough</c><00:34:31.300><c> money,</c> 00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:34.179 so<00:34:31.820><c> he</c><00:34:31.960><c> had</c><00:34:32.079><c> to</c><00:34:32.300><c> work</c><00:34:32.480><c> for</c><00:34:32.820><c> 14</c><00:34:33.340><c> years</c><00:34:33.699><c> for</c><00:34:33.960><c> Laban.</c> 00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:36.179 And<00:34:34.840><c> you</c><00:34:34.940><c> get</c><00:34:35.039><c> the</c><00:34:35.179><c> idea,</c><00:34:35.360><c> that's</c><00:34:35.679><c> Laban's</c><00:34:36.059><c> money.</c> 00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:38.619 It<00:34:36.519><c> is</c><00:34:36.900><c> not</c><00:34:37.219><c> Laban's</c><00:34:37.840><c> money.</c> 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:41.199 That<00:34:39.079><c> money</c><00:34:39.360><c> was</c><00:34:39.719><c> supposed</c><00:34:39.940><c> to</c><00:34:40.139><c> be</c><00:34:40.340><c> kept</c><00:34:40.500><c> by</c><00:34:40.880><c> Laban</c> 00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:43.960 in<00:34:41.380><c> case</c><00:34:41.599><c> the</c><00:34:41.800><c> husband</c><00:34:42.099><c> died</c><00:34:42.679><c> or</c><00:34:43.179><c> walked</c><00:34:43.460><c> out.</c> 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:46.340 There<00:34:44.539><c> would</c><00:34:44.699><c> be</c><00:34:44.880><c> enough</c><00:34:45.219><c> money</c><00:34:45.539><c> to</c><00:34:45.780><c> keep</c><00:34:45.900><c> that</c><00:34:46.099><c> woman</c> 00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.639 for<00:34:46.559><c> the</c><00:34:46.659><c> rest</c><00:34:46.840><c> of</c><00:34:47.019><c> her</c><00:34:47.199><c> life.</c> 00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:50.960 And<00:34:48.300><c> they</c><00:34:48.559><c> know</c><00:34:48.920><c> that</c><00:34:49.239><c> now</c><00:34:49.500><c> their</c><00:34:49.760><c> father</c><00:34:50.059><c> has</c><00:34:50.300><c> got</c><00:34:50.440><c> that</c><00:34:50.699><c> money</c> 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:54.940 or<00:34:51.139><c> the</c><00:34:51.360><c> value</c><00:34:51.619><c> of</c><00:34:51.900><c> Jacob's</c><00:34:52.420><c> labor,</c><00:34:53.019><c> they'll</c><00:34:53.340><c> never</c><00:34:53.539><c> see</c><00:34:53.760><c> it</c><00:34:53.960><c> again.</c> 00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:58.860 We're<00:34:55.900><c> talking</c><00:34:56.139><c> about</c><00:34:56.519><c> $300</c><00:34:57.000><c>,000</c><00:34:57.639><c> their</c><00:34:57.940><c> father</c><00:34:58.239><c> has</c><00:34:58.559><c> taken</c> 00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:01.320 and<00:34:59.079><c> they</c><00:34:59.380><c> know</c><00:34:59.880><c> from</c><00:35:00.219><c> the</c><00:35:00.500><c> character</c><00:35:00.699><c> of</c><00:35:00.880><c> their</c><00:35:01.059><c> father,</c> 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.199 they'll<00:35:01.619><c> never</c><00:35:01.840><c> see</c><00:35:02.079><c> it</c><00:35:02.260><c> again.</c> 00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:06.239 Look<00:35:04.420><c> at</c><00:35:04.519><c> the</c><00:35:04.619><c> end</c><00:35:04.780><c> of</c><00:35:04.900><c> verse</c><00:35:05.039><c> 16.</c> 00:35:06.530 --> 00:35:12.639 Now<00:35:06.840><c> then,</c><00:35:08.300><c> whatsoever</c><00:35:08.639><c> God</c><00:35:09.239><c> has</c><00:35:09.719><c> said</c><00:35:09.920><c> unto</c><00:35:10.260><c> thee,</c><00:35:11.679><c> do</c><00:35:11.760><c> it.</c> 00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:15.599 Can<00:35:13.280><c> you</c><00:35:13.460><c> see</c><00:35:13.599><c> what's</c><00:35:13.880><c> happening</c><00:35:14.159><c> in</c><00:35:14.420><c> Leah's</c><00:35:14.800><c> life?</c> 00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:19.099 She's<00:35:16.139><c> letting</c><00:35:16.460><c> God</c><00:35:16.920><c> through</c><00:35:17.300><c> Jacob</c><00:35:17.719><c> take</c><00:35:18.099><c> the</c><00:35:18.400><c> lead</c><00:35:18.599><c> in</c><00:35:18.800><c> the</c><00:35:18.940><c> house</c> 00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:21.539 up<00:35:19.320><c> until</c><00:35:19.539><c> this</c><00:35:19.860><c> stage,</c><00:35:20.059><c> he'd</c><00:35:20.239><c> been</c><00:35:20.440><c> pushed</c><00:35:20.699><c> around.</c> 00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:24.679 Now,<00:35:22.219><c> through</c><00:35:22.440><c> the</c><00:35:22.679><c> direction</c><00:35:23.079><c> of</c><00:35:23.300><c> God,</c><00:35:23.579><c> Jacob</c><00:35:24.000><c> is</c><00:35:24.380><c> taking</c> 00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.079 the<00:35:24.920><c> lead</c> 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:28.480 and<00:35:25.380><c> his</c><00:35:25.699><c> wives</c><00:35:26.079><c> are</c><00:35:26.519><c> allowing</c><00:35:26.900><c> him</c><00:35:27.179><c> to</c><00:35:27.340><c> do</c><00:35:27.539><c> that.</c> 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:30.960 She's<00:35:29.260><c> sensitive</c><00:35:29.579><c> to</c><00:35:29.820><c> God.</c> 00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:33.639 So<00:35:31.579><c> they</c><00:35:31.900><c> start</c><00:35:32.079><c> the</c><00:35:32.300><c> trip</c><00:35:32.420><c> to</c><00:35:32.659><c> Israel.</c> 00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:37.159 You<00:35:35.320><c> get</c><00:35:35.559><c> the</c><00:35:35.639><c> idea</c><00:35:35.980><c> that</c><00:35:36.159><c> everything's</c><00:35:36.559><c> okay</c><00:35:36.820><c> now.</c> 00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.980 Everything's<00:35:37.679><c> fine.</c> 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.619 Leah's<00:35:38.480><c> fine,</c><00:35:38.880><c> everything's</c><00:35:39.280><c> all</c><00:35:39.440><c> right.</c> 00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:41.940 It<00:35:39.920><c> wasn't</c><00:35:40.320><c> all</c><00:35:40.579><c> right.</c> 00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:47.719 This<00:35:43.579><c> sister</c><00:35:44.000><c> has</c><00:35:44.340><c> still</c><00:35:44.619><c> got</c><00:35:44.780><c> to</c><00:35:44.940><c> put</c><00:35:45.099><c> up</c><00:35:45.260><c> with</c><00:35:45.599><c> an</c><00:35:46.000><c> enormous</c><00:35:46.659><c> amount.</c> 00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:50.639 In<00:35:48.639><c> chapter</c><00:35:48.980><c> 33,</c><00:35:49.960><c> Jacob</c><00:35:50.139><c> is</c><00:35:50.400><c> absolutely,</c> 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:52.199 you<00:35:50.719><c> don't</c><00:35:50.920><c> need</c><00:35:51.099><c> to</c><00:35:51.260><c> turn</c><00:35:51.400><c> to</c><00:35:51.480><c> it,</c><00:35:51.559><c> you</c><00:35:51.639><c> know</c><00:35:51.840><c> the</c><00:35:52.039><c> story.</c> 00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:56.519 But<00:35:52.360><c> in</c><00:35:52.519><c> chapter</c><00:35:52.760><c> 33</c><00:35:53.239><c> of</c><00:35:53.440><c> Genesis,</c><00:35:54.500><c> Jacob</c><00:35:54.900><c> is</c><00:35:55.340><c> absolutely</c><00:35:55.880><c> terrified</c> 00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:59.920 as<00:35:56.960><c> Esau</c><00:35:57.420><c> is</c><00:35:57.699><c> heading</c><00:35:57.960><c> towards</c><00:35:58.340><c> him</c><00:35:58.480><c> with</c><00:35:58.760><c> 400</c><00:35:59.360><c> warriors.</c> 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.179 What<00:36:00.579><c> does</c><00:36:00.739><c> he</c><00:36:00.860><c> do?</c> 00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:05.039 He<00:36:01.739><c> gets</c><00:36:02.079><c> Rachel</c><00:36:02.599><c> and</c><00:36:02.920><c> Joseph</c><00:36:03.539><c> in</c><00:36:04.300><c> the</c><00:36:04.619><c> middle</c> 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:07.679 and<00:36:05.840><c> protected</c><00:36:06.300><c> by</c><00:36:06.619><c> Leah</c><00:36:06.860><c> and</c><00:36:07.159><c> her</c><00:36:07.400><c> children.</c> 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.800 And<00:36:07.840><c> we</c><00:36:08.000><c> think,</c><00:36:08.139><c> isn't</c><00:36:08.280><c> that</c><00:36:08.579><c> cute?</c> 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:10.719 Can<00:36:09.059><c> you</c><00:36:09.280><c> imagine</c><00:36:09.699><c> that?</c> 00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:14.300 I'm<00:36:11.579><c> going</c><00:36:11.719><c> to</c><00:36:11.900><c> be</c><00:36:12.099><c> protection</c><00:36:12.500><c> and</c><00:36:12.840><c> my</c><00:36:13.320><c> darling</c><00:36:13.719><c> children</c> 00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:18.780 are<00:36:14.840><c> going</c><00:36:15.000><c> to</c><00:36:15.179><c> be</c><00:36:15.400><c> protection</c><00:36:15.860><c> for</c><00:36:16.119><c> my</c><00:36:16.500><c> sister</c><00:36:17.059><c> and</c><00:36:17.780><c> Joseph.</c> 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:21.000 And<00:36:19.760><c> then</c><00:36:19.880><c> they</c><00:36:20.099><c> come</c><00:36:20.280><c> into</c><00:36:20.519><c> the</c><00:36:20.760><c> land.</c> 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:25.199 In<00:36:21.260><c> chapter</c><00:36:21.599><c> 34,</c><00:36:22.500><c> she's</c><00:36:22.860><c> got</c><00:36:22.980><c> to</c><00:36:23.159><c> see</c><00:36:23.420><c> Dinah</c><00:36:23.820><c> who</c><00:36:24.039><c> is</c><00:36:24.300><c> raped.</c> 00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:27.739 Then<00:36:25.559><c> she's</c><00:36:25.840><c> got</c><00:36:25.900><c> to</c><00:36:26.059><c> see</c><00:36:26.179><c> the</c><00:36:26.500><c> fury</c><00:36:26.820><c> of</c><00:36:27.099><c> her</c><00:36:27.360><c> husband</c> 00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:30.679 to<00:36:28.039><c> Simeon</c><00:36:28.360><c> and</c><00:36:28.579><c> Levi,</c><00:36:29.460><c> her</c><00:36:29.659><c> children.</c> 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:36.159 She's<00:36:32.239><c> got</c><00:36:32.360><c> to</c><00:36:32.619><c> see</c><00:36:32.980><c> the</c><00:36:33.340><c> fury</c><00:36:33.739><c> of</c><00:36:34.159><c> Jacob</c><00:36:34.639><c> to</c><00:36:35.059><c> Reuben</c> 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:40.559 who<00:36:36.579><c> dishonors</c><00:36:37.159><c> his</c><00:36:37.420><c> father</c><00:36:37.739><c> by</c><00:36:38.039><c> going</c><00:36:38.280><c> in</c><00:36:38.719><c> unto</c><00:36:38.980><c> her</c><00:36:39.320><c> concubine.</c> 00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:44.039 But<00:36:41.820><c> there</c><00:36:41.980><c> is</c><00:36:42.400><c> nothing</c><00:36:42.679><c> mentioned</c><00:36:43.139><c> of</c><00:36:43.420><c> Leah.</c> 00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:46.440 She<00:36:44.480><c> doesn't</c><00:36:44.840><c> intervene</c><00:36:45.280><c> and</c><00:36:45.519><c> say,</c><00:36:45.780><c> that's</c><00:36:45.880><c> not</c><00:36:46.119><c> fair.</c> 00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.679 It's<00:36:46.800><c> not</c><00:36:46.940><c> the</c><00:36:47.099><c> boy's</c><00:36:47.440><c> fault.</c> 00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:49.840 You<00:36:48.159><c> showed</c><00:36:48.300><c> all</c><00:36:48.519><c> this</c><00:36:48.699><c> love</c><00:36:48.840><c> to</c><00:36:49.000><c> Leah</c><00:36:49.219><c> and</c><00:36:49.400><c> her</c><00:36:49.619><c> children.</c> 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:51.039 It's<00:36:50.059><c> not</c><00:36:50.159><c> my</c><00:36:50.460><c> children's</c><00:36:50.940><c> fault.</c> 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:53.280 No,<00:36:51.280><c> no,</c><00:36:51.400><c> no,</c><00:36:51.699><c> she</c><00:36:52.420><c> accepts</c><00:36:52.920><c> it.</c> 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.619 Why? 00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:57.119 What<00:36:53.940><c> would</c><00:36:54.179><c> allow</c><00:36:54.599><c> a</c><00:36:54.840><c> sister</c><00:36:55.280><c> to</c><00:36:55.880><c> be</c><00:36:56.159><c> able</c><00:36:56.420><c> to</c><00:36:56.820><c> accept</c> 00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:59.900 such<00:36:57.679><c> provocation?</c> 00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:03.559 It's<00:37:00.619><c> because</c><00:37:00.960><c> she</c><00:37:01.199><c> has</c><00:37:01.599><c> this</c><00:37:01.960><c> depth</c><00:37:02.280><c> of</c><00:37:02.599><c> character,</c> 00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:09.059 this<00:37:04.679><c> resilience,</c><00:37:05.559><c> this</c><00:37:05.800><c> ability</c><00:37:06.239><c> to</c><00:37:06.480><c> come</c><00:37:06.760><c> back</c><00:37:07.059><c> from</c><00:37:07.639><c> adversity.</c> 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.739 Why? 00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:14.719 Because<00:37:11.380><c> she</c><00:37:11.679><c> has</c><00:37:12.159><c> an</c><00:37:12.599><c> unbelievably</c><00:37:13.380><c> strong</c><00:37:14.000><c> relationship</c> 00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.840 with<00:37:14.980><c> God.</c> 00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:17.039 And<00:37:16.099><c> again,</c><00:37:16.480><c> brothers</c><00:37:16.579><c> and</c><00:37:16.860><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:19.539 that's<00:37:17.360><c> going</c><00:37:17.500><c> to</c><00:37:17.659><c> come</c><00:37:17.840><c> out</c><00:37:18.019><c> all</c><00:37:18.199><c> through</c><00:37:18.440><c> our</c><00:37:18.679><c> series.</c> 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:21.840 If<00:37:19.840><c> you</c><00:37:20.119><c> want</c><00:37:20.300><c> to</c><00:37:20.739><c> overcome</c><00:37:21.039><c> your</c><00:37:21.400><c> problems,</c> 00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:24.500 you<00:37:22.420><c> need</c><00:37:22.679><c> to</c><00:37:22.900><c> let</c><00:37:23.320><c> God</c><00:37:23.679><c> do</c><00:37:23.980><c> that.</c> 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:26.780 And<00:37:24.960><c> the</c><00:37:25.079><c> way</c><00:37:25.179><c> you</c><00:37:25.360><c> do</c><00:37:25.519><c> that</c><00:37:25.880><c> is</c><00:37:26.179><c> to</c><00:37:26.519><c> develop</c> 00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:29.380 a<00:37:27.239><c> close</c><00:37:27.539><c> relationship</c><00:37:28.239><c> with</c><00:37:28.460><c> him.</c> 00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:35.679 In<00:37:31.960><c> chapter</c><00:37:32.300><c> 36,</c><00:37:34.619><c> no</c><00:37:34.840><c> need</c><00:37:35.019><c> to</c><00:37:35.179><c> turn</c><00:37:35.400><c> to</c><00:37:35.539><c> it,</c> 00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:41.000 but<00:37:36.500><c> we've</c><00:37:36.840><c> got</c><00:37:36.940><c> the</c><00:37:37.260><c> agonizing</c><00:37:37.800><c> death</c><00:37:38.239><c> of</c><00:37:38.539><c> Rachel</c><00:37:39.000><c> in</c><00:37:39.539><c> childbirth.</c> 00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:44.940 Leah<00:37:42.280><c> would</c><00:37:42.460><c> have</c><00:37:42.659><c> been</c><00:37:42.920><c> there,</c><00:37:43.880><c> absolutely</c><00:37:44.500><c> distraught</c> 00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:48.719 as<00:37:45.079><c> she</c><00:37:45.340><c> sees</c><00:37:45.599><c> her</c><00:37:45.900><c> sister's</c><00:37:46.460><c> life</c><00:37:47.219><c> ebb</c><00:37:47.840><c> away.</c> 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:53.619 Both<00:37:50.400><c> her</c><00:37:50.599><c> and</c><00:37:50.760><c> Jacob</c><00:37:51.059><c> would</c><00:37:51.280><c> have</c><00:37:51.440><c> a</c><00:37:51.619><c> time</c><00:37:52.440><c> of</c><00:37:52.739><c> mourning.</c> 00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:59.000 But<00:37:54.380><c> after</c><00:37:54.739><c> that</c><00:37:55.079><c> time,</c><00:37:56.500><c> the</c><00:37:56.619><c> death</c><00:37:56.860><c> of</c><00:37:57.119><c> Rachel</c><00:37:57.440><c> brings</c><00:37:57.860><c> no</c><00:37:58.360><c> benefit</c> 00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:01.000 to<00:37:59.460><c> Leah</c><00:37:59.659><c> whatsoever.</c> 00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:05.639 The<00:38:02.719><c> love</c><00:38:03.119><c> that</c><00:38:03.480><c> Jacob</c><00:38:03.760><c> used</c><00:38:04.119><c> to</c><00:38:04.340><c> have</c><00:38:04.500><c> for</c><00:38:04.760><c> Rachel</c> 00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:08.199 is<00:38:05.920><c> not</c><00:38:06.199><c> poured</c><00:38:06.420><c> out</c><00:38:06.679><c> now</c><00:38:06.940><c> upon</c><00:38:07.239><c> Leah,</c> 00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:12.480 but<00:38:08.599><c> it's</c><00:38:08.860><c> focused</c><00:38:09.440><c> on</c><00:38:10.159><c> Rachel's</c><00:38:10.880><c> sons,</c><00:38:11.460><c> Joseph</c><00:38:11.699><c> and</c><00:38:12.039><c> Benjamin.</c> 00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.880 And<00:38:12.659><c> we</c><00:38:12.800><c> think,</c><00:38:13.000><c> well,</c><00:38:13.159><c> isn't</c><00:38:13.300><c> that</c><00:38:13.639><c> cute?</c> 00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:17.380 You<00:38:14.159><c> know,</c><00:38:14.159><c> he</c><00:38:14.380><c> loved</c><00:38:14.739><c> Joseph</c><00:38:15.480><c> and</c><00:38:15.739><c> Benjamin</c><00:38:16.079><c> so</c><00:38:16.440><c> much.</c> 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.039 Can<00:38:18.159><c> you</c><00:38:18.300><c> imagine</c><00:38:18.679><c> how</c><00:38:19.019><c> hard</c><00:38:19.300><c> that</c><00:38:19.480><c> would</c><00:38:19.639><c> have</c><00:38:19.860><c> been</c> 00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:22.500 for<00:38:20.320><c> Leah</c><00:38:20.659><c> to</c><00:38:20.960><c> witness</c><00:38:21.340><c> that?</c> 00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:25.460 Knowing<00:38:23.300><c> that</c><00:38:23.480><c> it's</c><00:38:23.760><c> going</c><00:38:23.940><c> to</c><00:38:24.179><c> cause</c><00:38:24.400><c> so</c><00:38:24.780><c> many</c><00:38:25.039><c> problems</c> 00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:28.699 within<00:38:25.739><c> the</c><00:38:25.980><c> family</c><00:38:26.260><c> as</c><00:38:26.500><c> it</c><00:38:26.800><c> does</c><00:38:27.219><c> later</c><00:38:27.760><c> on.</c> 00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:33.800 And<00:38:29.719><c> finally,</c><00:38:32.000><c> as</c><00:38:32.179><c> an</c><00:38:32.440><c> old</c><00:38:32.719><c> woman,</c> 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:38.699 a<00:38:34.639><c> wonderful</c><00:38:35.219><c> sister</c><00:38:35.699><c> in</c><00:38:35.980><c> the</c><00:38:36.239><c> truth</c><00:38:37.139><c> dies.</c> 00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:45.719 And<00:38:41.059><c> Jacob</c><00:38:41.360><c> realizes,</c><00:38:43.239><c> my</c><00:38:43.500><c> wife</c><00:38:44.099><c> is</c><00:38:44.800><c> dead.</c> 00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:47.940 You<00:38:47.460><c> know</c><00:38:47.659><c> what?</c> 00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:52.980 It<00:38:48.360><c> shows</c><00:38:49.300><c> what</c><00:38:50.199><c> unusual</c><00:38:50.800><c> creatures</c><00:38:51.320><c> husbands</c><00:38:51.900><c> are.</c> 00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:57.940 After<00:38:55.659><c> his</c><00:38:56.380><c> wife</c><00:38:56.639><c> is</c><00:38:56.960><c> dead,</c> 00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:02.579 did<00:38:58.619><c> he</c><00:38:58.900><c> finally</c><00:38:59.300><c> realize</c><00:38:59.840><c> what</c><00:39:00.119><c> he</c><00:39:00.460><c> had</c><00:39:00.960><c> in</c><00:39:01.280><c> his</c><00:39:01.539><c> wife?</c> 00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:06.699 And<00:39:04.139><c> the</c><00:39:04.280><c> love</c><00:39:04.460><c> that</c><00:39:04.679><c> he</c><00:39:04.820><c> did</c><00:39:05.079><c> have</c><00:39:05.300><c> for</c><00:39:05.599><c> her.</c> 00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:11.119 But<00:39:07.599><c> it</c><00:39:07.880><c> happened</c><00:39:08.480><c> after</c><00:39:09.820><c> she</c><00:39:10.239><c> died.</c> 00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:14.260 It's<00:39:12.679><c> too</c><00:39:13.000><c> late</c><00:39:13.199><c> now.</c> 00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:19.039 And<00:39:14.900><c> I</c><00:39:15.059><c> think</c><00:39:15.260><c> Jacob</c><00:39:15.659><c> would</c><00:39:15.880><c> have</c><00:39:16.059><c> been</c><00:39:16.380><c> absolutely</c><00:39:17.159><c> beside</c><00:39:17.920><c> himself.</c> 00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:21.460 What<00:39:19.679><c> a</c><00:39:19.860><c> remarkable</c><00:39:20.480><c> woman.</c> 00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:23.579 Why<00:39:22.000><c> didn't</c><00:39:22.179><c> I</c><00:39:22.559><c> say</c><00:39:22.739><c> that</c><00:39:23.059><c> to</c><00:39:23.260><c> her?</c> 00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:25.239 Why<00:39:23.980><c> didn't</c><00:39:24.179><c> I</c><00:39:24.340><c> just</c><00:39:24.559><c> tell</c><00:39:24.699><c> her</c><00:39:24.880><c> once,</c> 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:27.460 Leah,<00:39:26.239><c> I</c><00:39:26.340><c> love</c><00:39:26.639><c> you?</c> 00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:32.360 But<00:39:29.039><c> it</c><00:39:29.099><c> doesn't</c><00:39:29.420><c> happen</c><00:39:30.039><c> and</c><00:39:30.659><c> she's</c><00:39:30.980><c> now</c><00:39:31.219><c> dead.</c> 00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:38.019 Come<00:39:33.980><c> across</c><00:39:34.260><c> to</c><00:39:34.500><c> Genesis</c><00:39:34.820><c> 49</c><00:39:35.639><c> and</c><00:39:35.940><c> at</c><00:39:36.139><c> verse</c><00:39:36.480><c> 29.</c> 00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:43.019 It's<00:39:41.360><c> many,</c><00:39:41.639><c> many</c><00:39:41.800><c> years</c><00:39:42.099><c> later.</c> 00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:47.300 He<00:39:43.679><c> is</c><00:39:43.960><c> now</c><00:39:44.300><c> a</c><00:39:45.019><c> very</c><00:39:45.780><c> old</c><00:39:46.159><c> man.</c> 00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:52.420 He<00:39:49.739><c> gets</c><00:39:49.980><c> the</c><00:39:50.219><c> boys</c><00:39:50.440><c> together,</c><00:39:50.960><c> the</c><00:39:51.199><c> sons</c><00:39:51.500><c> of</c><00:39:51.760><c> Leah</c><00:39:51.980><c> and</c><00:39:52.219><c> the</c> 00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:54.179 sons<00:39:52.780><c> of</c><00:39:53.159><c> Rachel</c> 00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:58.400 and<00:39:55.320><c> he</c><00:39:55.519><c> charged</c><00:39:55.980><c> them</c><00:39:56.199><c> and</c><00:39:56.340><c> he</c><00:39:56.460><c> says</c><00:39:56.599><c> there's</c><00:39:57.039><c> a</c><00:39:57.400><c> very,</c><00:39:57.860><c> very</c> 00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.900 important<00:39:58.980><c> point.</c> 00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:02.840 It's<00:40:00.659><c> the</c><00:40:00.800><c> issue</c><00:40:01.019><c> of</c><00:40:01.219><c> where</c><00:40:01.400><c> I</c><00:40:01.599><c> want</c><00:40:01.739><c> to</c><00:40:01.880><c> be</c><00:40:02.059><c> buried.</c> 00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:08.880 Please<00:40:03.780><c> bury</c><00:40:04.119><c> me</c><00:40:05.340><c> on</c><00:40:06.019><c> the</c><00:40:06.119><c> way</c><00:40:06.260><c> to</c><00:40:06.440><c> Bethlehem</c><00:40:07.199><c> next</c><00:40:07.739><c> to</c><00:40:07.940><c> Rachel.</c> 00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:10.679 No. 00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:14.820 I<00:40:12.380><c> am</c><00:40:12.519><c> to</c><00:40:12.739><c> be</c><00:40:12.980><c> gathered</c><00:40:13.159><c> unto</c><00:40:13.460><c> my</c><00:40:13.800><c> people.</c> 00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:16.719 Bury<00:40:15.260><c> me</c><00:40:15.639><c> with</c><00:40:15.960><c> my</c><00:40:16.320><c> fathers.</c> 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:20.300 I<00:40:17.179><c> want</c><00:40:17.440><c> you</c><00:40:17.619><c> to</c><00:40:18.000><c> understand</c><00:40:18.619><c> that</c><00:40:19.139><c> I</c><00:40:19.380><c> want</c><00:40:19.519><c> to</c><00:40:19.659><c> be</c><00:40:19.880><c> buried</c><00:40:20.079><c> in</c> 00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:22.099 the<00:40:20.579><c> cave</c><00:40:20.940><c> of</c><00:40:21.420><c> Machpelah.</c> 00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.699 Why? 00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:27.079 That's<00:40:23.280><c> where</c><00:40:23.500><c> my</c><00:40:23.920><c> fathers</c><00:40:24.380><c> are</c><00:40:24.739><c> buried</c><00:40:24.940><c> and</c><00:40:25.139><c> I</c><00:40:25.280><c> want</c><00:40:25.460><c> to</c><00:40:25.739><c> identify</c><00:40:26.179><c> myself</c><00:40:26.639><c> with</c><00:40:26.840><c> them</c> 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:30.099 and<00:40:27.260><c> what</c><00:40:27.420><c> they</c><00:40:27.739><c> stood</c><00:40:27.980><c> for</c><00:40:28.300><c> and</c><00:40:28.519><c> what</c><00:40:28.659><c> they</c><00:40:29.000><c> believed.</c> 00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.380 Verse<00:40:30.840><c> 31.</c> 00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:33.860 But<00:40:31.599><c> there</c><00:40:31.780><c> is</c><00:40:32.039><c> another</c><00:40:32.360><c> reason</c><00:40:32.739><c> why</c><00:40:32.960><c> I</c><00:40:33.139><c> want</c><00:40:33.239><c> to</c><00:40:33.360><c> be</c><00:40:33.579><c> buried</c> 00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:36.340 in<00:40:34.500><c> that</c><00:40:35.079><c> cave.</c> 00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:41.820 There<00:40:38.019><c> they</c><00:40:38.300><c> buried,</c><00:40:38.579><c> before</c><00:40:38.860><c> I</c><00:40:39.059><c> read</c><00:40:39.199><c> it,</c><00:40:39.300><c> it's</c><00:40:39.539><c> worth</c><00:40:39.860><c> putting</c><00:40:40.260><c> a</c><00:40:40.559><c> square</c><00:40:40.699><c> around</c><00:40:41.039><c> his</c><00:40:41.400><c> wife</c> 00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:43.980 and<00:40:42.639><c> his</c><00:40:43.019><c> wife.</c> 00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:46.139 I'll<00:40:44.699><c> explain</c><00:40:44.980><c> why.</c> 00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:48.760 Verse<00:40:47.679><c> 31.</c> 00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:51.199 In<00:40:49.500><c> the</c><00:40:49.719><c> cave</c><00:40:50.000><c> of</c><00:40:50.300><c> Machpelah.</c> 00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:56.920 There<00:40:52.260><c> they</c><00:40:52.599><c> have</c><00:40:52.880><c> buried</c><00:40:53.179><c> Abraham</c><00:40:53.960><c> and</c><00:40:54.579><c> Sarah,</c><00:40:55.260><c> 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