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Take<00:10:47.340><c> a</c><00:10:47.399><c> look</c><00:10:47.539><c> at</c><00:10:47.700><c> Abraham.</c>

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You<00:10:48.779><c> know,</c><00:10:48.899><c> we're</c><00:10:49.159><c> told</c><00:10:49.320><c> in</c><00:10:49.519><c> the</c><00:10:49.720><c> 14th</c><00:10:50.340><c> chapter</c><00:10:50.700><c> of</c><00:10:51.000><c> Genesis</c><00:10:51.399><c> that</c><00:10:51.659><c> here</c><00:10:51.799><c> was</c><00:10:51.980><c> a</c><00:10:52.159><c> man</c>

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who<00:10:52.860><c> was</c><00:10:53.279><c> sought</c><00:10:53.580><c> after</c><00:10:54.120><c> for</c><00:10:54.480><c> his</c><00:10:54.860><c> faithful</c><00:10:55.519><c> valour.</c>

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Remember<00:10:56.759><c> the</c><00:10:57.019><c> story</c><00:10:57.240><c> of</c><00:10:57.399><c> Genesis</c><00:10:57.759><c> 14</c><00:10:58.299><c> and</c><00:10:58.500><c> verses</c><00:10:59.019><c> 14</c><00:10:59.600><c> and</c><00:10:59.700><c> 15</c>

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when<00:11:00.240><c> he</c><00:11:00.360><c> was</c><00:11:00.600><c> asked</c><00:11:00.820><c> to</c><00:11:01.019><c> go</c><00:11:01.159><c> and</c><00:11:01.379><c> rescue</c><00:11:01.879><c> Lot,</c><00:11:02.340><c> his</c><00:11:02.440><c> nephew.</c>

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Now<00:11:03.600><c> Abraham</c><00:11:04.059><c> was</c><00:11:04.419><c> not</c><00:11:04.679><c> a</c><00:11:04.919><c> man</c><00:11:05.200><c> of</c><00:11:05.679><c> raw</c><00:11:06.019><c> courage.</c>

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He<00:11:08.700><c> was</c><00:11:08.960><c> by</c><00:11:09.299><c> nature</c><00:11:09.759><c> a</c><00:11:10.019><c> man</c><00:11:10.279><c> who</c><00:11:10.500><c> in</c><00:11:10.639><c> fact</c><00:11:10.820><c> could</c><00:11:11.019><c> be</c><00:11:11.240><c> very</c><00:11:11.639><c> shy</c>

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and<00:11:12.820><c> very</c><00:11:13.279><c> fearful.</c>

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He<00:11:15.059><c> wasn't</c><00:11:15.559><c> naturally</c><00:11:16.200><c> brave.</c>

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And<00:11:18.500><c> yet</c><00:11:18.759><c> he</c><00:11:18.899><c> was</c><00:11:19.120><c> a</c><00:11:19.259><c> man,</c><00:11:19.559><c> nevertheless,</c><00:11:20.279><c> that</c><00:11:20.279><c> was</c><00:11:20.600><c> sought</c>

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for<00:11:21.320><c> his</c><00:11:21.679><c> faithful</c><00:11:22.259><c> valour</c>

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in<00:11:23.259><c> respect</c><00:11:23.720><c> of</c><00:11:23.940><c> showing</c><00:11:24.200><c> faith</c><00:11:24.539><c> in</c><00:11:24.759><c> God</c><00:11:24.919><c> and</c><00:11:25.120><c> going</c><00:11:25.340><c> forth</c>

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against<00:11:26.320><c> the</c><00:11:26.620><c> combined</c><00:11:26.879><c> forces</c>

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of<00:11:27.559><c> Kedah</c><00:11:28.080><c> Leomur</c><00:11:28.500><c> in</c><00:11:28.700><c> the</c><00:11:28.820><c> 14th</c><00:11:29.320><c> chapter</c><00:11:29.659><c> of</c><00:11:29.840><c> Genesis.</c>

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A<00:11:30.559><c> remarkable</c><00:11:31.080><c> person.</c>

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It<00:11:32.759><c> was</c><00:11:33.039><c> faith</c><00:11:33.360><c> that</c><00:11:33.659><c> caused</c><00:11:33.860><c> him</c><00:11:34.000><c> to</c><00:11:34.139><c> do</c><00:11:34.320><c> that.</c>

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Not<00:11:35.759><c> native</c><00:11:36.120><c> courage.</c>

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And<00:11:37.679><c> in</c><00:11:37.940><c> the</c><00:11:37.980><c> same</c><00:11:38.340><c> chapter</c><00:11:38.720><c> a</c><00:11:38.879><c> little</c><00:11:39.039><c> later</c><00:11:39.379><c> on,</c><00:11:39.679><c> in</c><00:11:39.779><c> chapter</c>

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14<00:11:40.480><c> and</c><00:11:40.960><c> verses</c><00:11:41.259><c> 22</c><00:11:41.820><c> to</c><00:11:42.080><c> 23,</c>

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remember<00:11:43.179><c> when</c><00:11:43.320><c> he</c><00:11:43.480><c> came</c><00:11:43.759><c> back</c><00:11:43.980><c> and</c><00:11:44.100><c> we</c><00:11:44.200><c> had</c><00:11:44.340><c> the</c><00:11:44.580><c> episode</c><00:11:45.000><c> of</c>

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his<00:11:45.700><c> discussion</c><00:11:46.200><c> with</c><00:11:46.379><c> the</c><00:11:46.559><c> king</c><00:11:46.700><c> of</c><00:11:46.960><c> Sodom.</c>

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He<00:11:47.519><c> was</c><00:11:47.720><c> a</c><00:11:47.919><c> man</c><00:11:48.059><c> that</c><00:11:48.240><c> would</c><00:11:48.500><c> not</c><00:11:48.720><c> associate</c><00:11:49.220><c> with</c><00:11:49.440><c> those</c><00:11:49.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:50.059><c> world.</c>

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He<00:11:50.720><c> was</c><00:11:50.879><c> a</c><00:11:51.039><c> man,</c><00:11:51.360><c> Abraham,</c><00:11:51.879><c> who</c><00:11:52.000><c> was</c><00:11:52.279><c> noted</c><00:11:52.539><c> for</c><00:11:52.899><c> his</c><00:11:53.639><c> integrity</c><00:11:54.200><c> of</c><00:11:54.559><c> purpose.</c>

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He<00:11:57.539><c> had</c><00:11:57.659><c> marvellous</c><00:11:58.259><c> strength</c><00:11:58.700><c> of</c><00:11:59.000><c> character</c><00:11:59.299><c> to</c><00:11:59.440><c> this</c><00:11:59.659><c> man.</c>

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He<00:11:59.820><c> was</c><00:11:59.980><c> an</c><00:12:00.120><c> upright</c><00:12:00.500><c> man,</c><00:12:00.899><c> was</c><00:12:00.960><c> Abraham.</c>

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A<00:12:01.679><c> good</c><00:12:01.960><c> man</c><00:12:02.419><c> from</c><00:12:03.019><c> that</c><00:12:03.320><c> point</c><00:12:03.559><c> of</c><00:12:03.720><c> view.</c>

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He<00:12:05.840><c> had</c><00:12:06.059><c> integrity.</c>

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And<00:12:08.259><c> he</c><00:12:08.320><c> was</c><00:12:08.519><c> a</c><00:12:08.679><c> warm</c><00:12:08.919><c> man.</c>

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We're<00:12:09.600><c> told</c><00:12:09.820><c> in</c><00:12:09.940><c> chapter</c><00:12:10.240><c> 18,</c><00:12:10.720><c> as</c><00:12:10.799><c> we're</c><00:12:11.019><c> going</c><00:12:11.120><c> to</c><00:12:11.220><c> see</c><00:12:11.340><c> a</c><00:12:11.399><c> little</c><00:12:11.539><c> later</c><00:12:11.799><c> on,</c>

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in<00:12:12.500><c> chapter</c><00:12:12.759><c> 18,</c><00:12:13.240><c> verses</c><00:12:13.519><c> 3</c><00:12:13.879><c> to</c><00:12:13.960><c> 5,</c><00:12:14.299><c> that</c><00:12:14.460><c> when</c><00:12:15.000><c> strangers</c><00:12:15.500><c> came</c><00:12:16.019><c> into</c><00:12:16.419><c> his</c><00:12:16.779><c> camp,</c>

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that<00:12:17.080><c> he</c><00:12:17.259><c> manifested</c><00:12:17.740><c> the</c><00:12:18.059><c> spirit</c><00:12:18.259><c> of</c><00:12:18.759><c> hospitality</c><00:12:19.539><c> in</c><00:12:19.700><c> a</c><00:12:19.779><c> very</c><00:12:20.139><c> loving</c><00:12:20.419><c> and</c>

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in<00:12:20.820><c> a</c><00:12:20.820><c> very</c><00:12:21.120><c> warm</c><00:12:21.460><c> way.</c>

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He<00:12:22.059><c> was</c><00:12:22.120><c> a</c><00:12:22.159><c> man</c><00:12:22.360><c> of</c><00:12:22.620><c> feelings,</c><00:12:22.980><c> a</c><00:12:23.080><c> man</c><00:12:23.279><c> of</c><00:12:23.600><c> warmth.</c>

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A<00:12:24.759><c> pleasant</c><00:12:25.139><c> person</c><00:12:25.580><c> to</c><00:12:25.759><c> talk</c><00:12:26.039><c> to</c><00:12:26.200><c> and</c><00:12:26.299><c> to</c><00:12:26.519><c> deal</c><00:12:26.759><c> with.</c>

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And<00:12:29.960><c> yet</c><00:12:30.159><c> for</c><00:12:30.320><c> all</c><00:12:30.539><c> of</c><00:12:30.740><c> that,</c><00:12:33.539><c> we're</c><00:12:33.759><c> going</c><00:12:33.820><c> to</c><00:12:34.000><c> find</c><00:12:34.139><c> that</c><00:12:34.360><c> this</c><00:12:34.840><c> same</c><00:12:35.299><c> man</c>

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who<00:12:35.860><c> was</c><00:12:36.120><c> known</c><00:12:36.440><c> for</c><00:12:36.740><c> his</c><00:12:37.399><c> faithful</c><00:12:37.899><c> valor,</c><00:12:38.600><c> a</c><00:12:38.759><c> man</c><00:12:38.919><c> that</c><00:12:39.080><c> was</c>

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known<00:12:39.519><c> for</c><00:12:39.820><c> his</c><00:12:40.120><c> integrity</c><00:12:40.639><c> of</c><00:12:40.980><c> purpose,</c>

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a<00:12:41.720><c> man</c><00:12:41.919><c> who</c><00:12:42.080><c> was</c><00:12:42.340><c> known</c><00:12:42.600><c> for</c><00:12:42.960><c> his</c><00:12:43.659><c> warmth</c><00:12:43.940><c> of</c><00:12:44.299><c> hospitality,</c>

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is<00:12:45.139><c> the</c><00:12:45.419><c> same</c><00:12:45.820><c> man</c><00:12:46.419><c> in</c><00:12:46.860><c> chapter</c><00:12:47.179><c> 12,</c><00:12:48.039><c> verses</c><00:12:48.279><c> 18</c><00:12:48.720><c> to</c><00:12:48.840><c> 19,</c>

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who<00:12:49.639><c> later</c><00:12:49.960><c> is</c><00:12:50.559><c> going</c><00:12:50.700><c> to</c><00:12:50.879><c> be</c><00:12:51.059><c> admonished</c><00:12:51.620><c> for</c><00:12:51.899><c> his</c><00:12:52.179><c> use</c><00:12:52.399><c> of</c><00:12:52.840><c> deceit.</c>

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A<00:12:57.440><c> man</c><00:12:57.679><c> that</c><00:12:58.279><c> deceived</c><00:12:59.100><c> other</c><00:12:59.620><c> people.</c>

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Abraham.

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Something<00:13:06.759><c> we</c><00:13:06.899><c> would</c><00:13:07.139><c> never</c><00:13:07.360><c> expect</c><00:13:07.980><c> of</c><00:13:08.259><c> him.</c>

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And<00:13:12.620><c> later</c><00:13:12.879><c> on,</c><00:13:13.080><c> in</c><00:13:13.240><c> the</c><00:13:13.320><c> 21st</c><00:13:13.960><c> chapter,</c>

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we're<00:13:15.120><c> going</c><00:13:15.220><c> to</c><00:13:15.460><c> find</c><00:13:15.679><c> that</c><00:13:16.080><c> in</c><00:13:16.379><c> the</c><00:13:16.580><c> record</c><00:13:16.860><c> there,</c>

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he's<00:13:17.960><c> corrected</c><00:13:18.240><c> for</c><00:13:18.600><c> his</c><00:13:19.179><c> fleshly</c><00:13:19.919><c> thinking</c>

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in<00:13:20.639><c> the</c><00:13:20.779><c> matter</c><00:13:21.000><c> of</c><00:13:21.440><c> the</c><00:13:21.700><c> separation</c><00:13:22.159><c> of</c><00:13:22.419><c> Ishmael</c><00:13:22.879><c> from</c><00:13:23.059><c> his</c><00:13:23.279><c> household.</c>

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He's<00:13:23.860><c> really</c><00:13:24.080><c> struggled</c><00:13:24.419><c> with</c><00:13:24.620><c> that.</c><00:13:24.720><c> He</c><00:13:24.799><c> didn't</c><00:13:25.019><c> find</c><00:13:25.279><c> that</c><00:13:25.500><c> easy.</c>

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And<00:13:27.419><c> God</c><00:13:27.600><c> himself</c><00:13:28.039><c> eventually</c><00:13:28.519><c> had</c><00:13:28.720><c> to</c><00:13:29.100><c> intervene</c><00:13:29.460><c> in</c><00:13:29.620><c> the</c><00:13:29.820><c> record</c>

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and<00:13:30.639><c> to</c><00:13:31.000><c> correct</c><00:13:31.259><c> Abraham</c><00:13:31.679><c> on</c><00:13:31.980><c> a</c><00:13:32.139><c> matter</c><00:13:32.279><c> where</c><00:13:32.500><c> he</c><00:13:32.679><c> was</c><00:13:33.000><c> not</c><00:13:33.399><c> reasoning</c>

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So<00:13:36.200><c> you</c><00:13:36.279><c> see,</c><00:13:36.440><c> here</c><00:13:36.559><c> is</c><00:13:36.679><c> a</c><00:13:36.799><c> man</c><00:13:36.940><c> who</c><00:13:37.100><c> has</c><00:13:37.379><c> wonderful</c><00:13:37.980><c> strengths,</c>

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but<00:13:40.340><c> he</c><00:13:40.460><c> also</c><00:13:40.820><c> had</c><00:13:41.039><c> some</c><00:13:41.279><c> weaknesses.</c>

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He<00:13:44.779><c> wasn't</c><00:13:45.179><c> perfect.</c>

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And<00:13:49.159><c> what</c><00:13:49.340><c> about</c><00:13:49.500><c> Ishmael?</c>

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Well,<00:13:51.840><c> she's</c><00:13:52.120><c> much</c><00:13:52.340><c> the</c><00:13:52.580><c> same.</c>

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She<00:13:54.080><c> was</c><00:13:54.320><c> a</c><00:13:54.539><c> special</c><00:13:54.799><c> woman</c><00:13:55.100><c> in</c><00:13:55.259><c> many</c><00:13:55.500><c> different</c><00:13:55.820><c> ways,</c>

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was<00:13:56.940><c> Sarah</c><00:13:57.460><c> Ishmael.</c>

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We're<00:13:58.580><c> told</c><00:13:58.960><c> in</c><00:13:59.360><c> the</c><00:13:59.559><c> 12th</c><00:14:00.019><c> chapter</c><00:14:00.259><c> concerning</c><00:14:00.840><c> her</c>

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that<00:14:01.759><c> she</c><00:14:01.980><c> was</c><00:14:02.340><c> greatly</c><00:14:02.700><c> admired</c><00:14:03.240><c> for</c><00:14:03.519><c> her</c><00:14:04.059><c> exceptional</c><00:14:04.720><c> beauty.</c>

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And<00:14:09.440><c> you</c><00:14:09.539><c> know,</c><00:14:10.080><c> I</c><00:14:10.340><c> believe</c><00:14:10.559><c> that</c><00:14:10.759><c> the</c><00:14:10.940><c> beauty</c><00:14:11.240><c> of</c><00:14:11.659><c> Sarah</c>

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was<00:14:12.399><c> exceptional,</c><00:14:13.679><c> not</c><00:14:13.840><c> only</c><00:14:14.440><c> externally,</c>

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but<00:14:15.500><c> also</c><00:14:16.259><c> inwardly.</c>

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She<00:14:19.759><c> was</c><00:14:19.940><c> a</c><00:14:20.019><c> woman</c><00:14:20.179><c> that</c><00:14:20.340><c> was</c><00:14:20.559><c> noted</c><00:14:20.879><c> for</c><00:14:21.279><c> exceptional</c><00:14:22.159><c> beauty.</c>

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But<00:14:22.919><c> as</c><00:14:23.120><c> one</c><00:14:23.279><c> reads</c><00:14:23.580><c> the</c><00:14:23.799><c> record,</c><00:14:24.139><c> one</c><00:14:24.299><c> is</c><00:14:24.519><c> impressed</c><00:14:24.840><c> with</c>

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the<00:14:25.259><c> fact</c>

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that<00:14:25.799><c> it</c><00:14:26.019><c> wasn't</c><00:14:26.200><c> just</c><00:14:26.600><c> her</c><00:14:26.919><c> looks,</c><00:14:27.279><c> it</c><00:14:27.460><c> must</c><00:14:27.779><c> have</c><00:14:28.000><c> been</c><00:14:28.139><c> her</c><00:14:28.460><c> character.</c>

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There<00:14:30.600><c> was</c><00:14:30.840><c> something</c><00:14:31.059><c> unusual</c><00:14:31.740><c> about</c><00:14:32.240><c> Sarah</c>

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that<00:14:32.799><c> made</c><00:14:32.960><c> her</c><00:14:33.279><c> particularly</c><00:14:33.940><c> attractive.</c>

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She<00:14:36.019><c> had</c><00:14:36.240><c> a</c><00:14:36.460><c> lovely</c><00:14:37.019><c> character,</c>

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whatever<00:14:39.720><c> looks</c><00:14:40.100><c> she</c><00:14:40.419><c> may</c><00:14:40.600><c> have</c><00:14:40.840><c> had.</c>

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And<00:14:41.240><c> maybe</c><00:14:41.440><c> she</c><00:14:41.600><c> had</c><00:14:41.799><c> both.</c><00:14:42.080><c> I'm</c><00:14:42.240><c> sure</c><00:14:42.440><c> she</c><00:14:42.659><c> did.</c>

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She<00:14:46.919><c> was</c><00:14:47.139><c> a</c><00:14:47.179><c> woman</c><00:14:47.419><c> who</c><00:14:47.580><c> was</c><00:14:47.820><c> known</c><00:14:48.039><c> later</c><00:14:48.379><c> in</c><00:14:48.639><c> the</c><00:14:48.799><c> record</c>

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for<00:14:49.960><c> her</c><00:14:50.399><c> genuine</c><00:14:50.919><c> submissiveness</c><00:14:51.639><c> to</c><00:14:51.960><c> her</c><00:14:52.200><c> husband,</c>

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as<00:14:52.720><c> we're</c><00:14:52.940><c> going</c><00:14:53.039><c> to</c><00:14:53.279><c> see</c><00:14:53.559><c> in</c><00:14:53.860><c> our</c><00:14:54.159><c> second</c><00:14:54.500><c> study</c><00:14:54.879><c> this</c><00:14:55.139><c> evening.</c>

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We're<00:14:56.799><c> told</c><00:14:57.000><c> in</c><00:14:57.759><c> the</c><00:14:57.960><c> 18th</c><00:14:58.700><c> chapter</c><00:14:58.980><c> and</c><00:14:59.159><c> in</c><00:14:59.279><c> the</c><00:14:59.419><c> 12th</c><00:14:59.860><c> verse</c>

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that<00:15:00.159><c> she's</c><00:15:00.600><c> commended</c><00:15:00.960><c> because</c><00:15:01.320><c> of</c><00:15:01.539><c> the</c><00:15:01.860><c> spirit</c><00:15:02.080><c> of</c><00:15:02.820><c> submissiveness</c>

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that<00:15:03.720><c> she</c><00:15:03.919><c> was</c><00:15:04.080><c> able</c><00:15:04.320><c> to</c><00:15:04.700><c> show</c><00:15:05.000><c> to</c><00:15:05.519><c> her</c><00:15:05.740><c> husband</c><00:15:06.139><c> on</c><00:15:06.360><c> a</c><00:15:06.519><c> later</c><00:15:06.759><c> occasion.</c>

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In<00:15:09.679><c> the</c><00:15:09.899><c> 21st</c><00:15:10.539><c> chapter,</c><00:15:10.919><c> at</c><00:15:11.179><c> the</c><00:15:11.500><c> very</c><00:15:11.919><c> time</c>

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when<00:15:12.500><c> her</c><00:15:12.840><c> own</c><00:15:13.220><c> husband</c><00:15:13.659><c> is</c><00:15:14.200><c> struggling</c><00:15:14.580><c> to</c><00:15:14.879><c> think</c><00:15:15.179><c> spiritually,</c>

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she<00:15:17.019><c> shows</c><00:15:17.440><c> tremendous</c><00:15:18.220><c> spiritual</c><00:15:18.799><c> insight</c><00:15:19.299><c> and</c><00:15:19.620><c> perception</c>

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when<00:15:20.759><c> Abraham</c><00:15:21.080><c> didn't.</c>

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She<00:15:23.740><c> saw</c><00:15:23.980><c> it.</c>

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She<00:15:26.919><c> had</c><00:15:27.159><c> a</c><00:15:27.299><c> quickness</c><00:15:27.679><c> of</c><00:15:27.919><c> mind</c><00:15:28.139><c> and</c><00:15:28.419><c> spiritual</c><00:15:28.919><c> things,</c>

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did<00:15:29.519><c> Sarah,</c><00:15:30.139><c> or</c><00:15:30.519><c> she</c><00:15:30.679><c> wasn't</c><00:15:30.980><c> behind</c><00:15:31.360><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:15:33.980><c> yet</c><00:15:34.100><c> this</c><00:15:34.440><c> same</c><00:15:34.679><c> woman</c><00:15:34.940><c> in</c><00:15:35.100><c> the</c><00:15:35.240><c> 18th</c><00:15:35.820><c> chapter</c>

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in<00:15:36.240><c> verses</c><00:15:36.500><c> 12</c><00:15:36.860><c> and</c><00:15:37.000><c> 15</c><00:15:37.399><c> is</c><00:15:37.679><c> going</c><00:15:37.840><c> to</c><00:15:38.019><c> be</c><00:15:38.259><c> rebuked</c>

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on<00:15:39.039><c> another</c><00:15:39.320><c> occasion</c><00:15:39.879><c> for</c><00:15:40.259><c> her</c><00:15:40.899><c> incredulity</c>

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in<00:15:43.120><c> the</c><00:15:43.259><c> matter</c><00:15:43.480><c> of</c><00:15:43.799><c> divine</c><00:15:44.080><c> promise.</c>

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Incredulity,<00:15:46.120><c> unbelief,</c><00:15:47.940><c> disbelief,</c>

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lack<00:15:49.840><c> of</c><00:15:50.379><c> faith.</c>

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Sarah<00:15:53.600><c> was</c><00:15:53.759><c> going</c><00:15:53.919><c> to</c><00:15:54.139><c> fall</c><00:15:54.679><c> in</c><00:15:55.679><c> that</c><00:15:55.919><c> particular</c><00:15:56.279><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:15:59.000><c> in</c><00:15:59.179><c> chapter</c><00:15:59.419><c> 16,</c><00:16:00.019><c> we're</c><00:16:00.200><c> going</c><00:16:00.299><c> to</c><00:16:00.559><c> find,</c>

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now<00:16:02.120><c> exhortation</c><00:16:02.720><c> tomorrow</c><00:16:03.080><c> morning,</c>

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that<00:16:04.840><c> she</c><00:16:05.039><c> is</c><00:16:05.399><c> exposed</c><00:16:05.860><c> on</c><00:16:06.179><c> another</c><00:16:06.399><c> occasion,</c>

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unfortunately,<00:16:09.139><c> for</c><00:16:09.419><c> her</c><00:16:09.919><c> extremity</c><00:16:10.659><c> of</c><00:16:11.059><c> passion.</c>

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Oh,<00:16:11.899><c> she</c><00:16:12.039><c> was</c><00:16:12.220><c> a</c><00:16:12.379><c> warm</c><00:16:12.559><c>-hearted</c><00:16:12.820><c> woman,</c><00:16:13.139><c> this</c><00:16:13.340><c> one.</c>

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And<00:16:15.480><c> there</c><00:16:15.580><c> were</c><00:16:15.720><c> times</c><00:16:16.120><c> when</c><00:16:16.460><c> Sarah</c><00:16:16.799><c> could</c><00:16:17.100><c> spit</c><00:16:17.379><c> sparks.</c>

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And<00:16:20.419><c> she</c><00:16:20.679><c> does.</c>

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Now,<00:16:24.639><c> do</c><00:16:24.720><c> you</c><00:16:24.720><c> know</c><00:16:24.820><c> what</c><00:16:24.919><c> that</c><00:16:25.120><c> really</c><00:16:25.360><c> tells</c><00:16:25.620><c> us?</c>

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What<00:16:28.639><c> it</c><00:16:28.840><c> really</c><00:16:29.080><c> tells</c><00:16:29.419><c> us</c><00:16:29.759><c> is</c><00:16:29.860><c> that</c><00:16:30.039><c> this</c><00:16:30.320><c> couple</c>

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had<00:16:30.960><c> both</c><00:16:31.399><c> strengths</c><00:16:32.120><c> and</c><00:16:32.840><c> weaknesses.</c>

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And<00:16:35.139><c> the</c><00:16:35.360><c> divine</c><00:16:35.659><c> record</c><00:16:36.080><c> is</c><00:16:36.440><c> unmerciful</c>

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in<00:16:37.980><c> exposing</c><00:16:38.440><c> both</c><00:16:39.159><c> those</c><00:16:39.779><c> sides</c><00:16:40.240><c> of</c><00:16:40.639><c> their</c><00:16:40.899><c> character.</c>

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The<00:16:41.480><c> record</c><00:16:41.700><c> doesn't</c><00:16:42.100><c> paint</c><00:16:42.320><c> a</c><00:16:42.539><c> lovely</c><00:16:43.059><c> story</c>

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that<00:16:43.899><c> only</c><00:16:44.179><c> shows</c><00:16:44.480><c> how</c><00:16:44.820><c> wonderful</c><00:16:45.340><c> this</c><00:16:45.600><c> couple</c><00:16:45.820><c> were.</c>

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It<00:16:46.580><c> also</c><00:16:47.179><c> shows</c><00:16:47.940><c> where</c><00:16:48.779><c> they</c><00:16:49.100><c> failed</c>

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and<00:16:49.679><c> where</c><00:16:49.919><c> they</c><00:16:50.159><c> went</c><00:16:50.299><c> wrong</c>

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and<00:16:50.759><c> the</c><00:16:51.279><c> weaknesses</c><00:16:51.840><c> in</c><00:16:52.179><c> their</c><00:16:52.500><c> character.</c>

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Almost<00:16:53.559><c> as</c><00:16:53.759><c> if</c><00:16:53.879><c> to</c><00:16:54.139><c> emphasize</c>

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that<00:16:55.200><c> when</c><00:16:55.399><c> they</c><00:16:55.679><c> do</c><00:16:56.059><c> finally</c><00:16:56.440><c> come</c><00:16:56.779><c> to</c><00:16:56.960><c> the</c><00:16:57.200><c> fullness</c><00:16:57.460><c> of</c><00:16:57.779><c> faith</c>

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as<00:16:58.279><c> they</c><00:16:58.639><c> do</c><00:16:58.919><c> in</c><00:16:59.159><c> the</c><00:16:59.460><c> story,</c>

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it<00:17:00.320><c> was</c><00:17:01.000><c> because</c><00:17:01.379><c> of</c><00:17:01.700><c> God's</c><00:17:02.379><c> influence</c><00:17:02.799><c> in</c><00:17:03.100><c> their</c><00:17:03.360><c> lives</c>

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that<00:17:04.140><c> they</c><00:17:04.400><c> finally</c><00:17:04.799><c> became</c><00:17:05.240><c> what</c><00:17:05.440><c> they</c><00:17:05.720><c> were.</c>

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And<00:17:07.980><c> they</c><00:17:08.119><c> were</c><00:17:08.420><c> changed</c><00:17:08.880><c> by</c><00:17:09.240><c> the</c><00:17:09.500><c> truth</c>

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and<00:17:10.220><c> by</c><00:17:10.500><c> their</c><00:17:10.940><c> experiences</c><00:17:11.579><c> in</c><00:17:11.819><c> life.</c>

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You<00:17:12.059><c> know,</c><00:17:12.420><c> I</c><00:17:12.500><c> think</c><00:17:12.660><c> one</c><00:17:12.839><c> of</c><00:17:12.960><c> the</c><00:17:13.059><c> things</c>

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that<00:17:13.359><c> we</c><00:17:13.500><c> want</c><00:17:13.599><c> to</c><00:17:13.720><c> get</c><00:17:13.819><c> out</c><00:17:13.960><c> of</c><00:17:14.119><c> this</c><00:17:14.319><c> study</c>

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is<00:17:15.079><c> that</c><00:17:15.200><c> by</c><00:17:15.380><c> the</c><00:17:15.539><c> time</c><00:17:15.660><c> we</c><00:17:15.900><c> finish,</c>

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we<00:17:16.279><c> really</c><00:17:16.539><c> want</c><00:17:16.680><c> to</c><00:17:16.859><c> feel</c><00:17:17.019><c> that</c><00:17:17.200><c> this</c><00:17:17.420><c> couple</c><00:17:17.619><c> are</c><00:17:18.000><c> real</c><00:17:18.339><c> people.</c>

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You<00:17:19.059><c> know,</c><00:17:20.119><c> we</c><00:17:20.240><c> all</c><00:17:20.400><c> have</c><00:17:20.559><c> a</c><00:17:21.000><c> problem</c><00:17:21.240><c> at</c><00:17:21.500><c> times</c>

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with<00:17:21.960><c> imagining</c><00:17:22.380><c> that</c><00:17:22.720><c> Bible</c><00:17:23.099><c> people</c><00:17:23.819><c> are</c><00:17:24.759><c> real</c><00:17:25.240><c> people.</c>

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Do<00:17:26.519><c> you</c><00:17:26.539><c> know</c><00:17:26.640><c> what</c><00:17:26.700><c> I</c><00:17:26.700><c> mean?</c>

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We<00:17:28.799><c> talk</c><00:17:29.039><c> about</c><00:17:29.740><c> Hezekiah</c><00:17:31.059><c> and</c><00:17:31.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:31.980><c> and</c><00:17:32.339><c> Elijah</c><00:17:32.900><c> and</c><00:17:33.519><c> Paul</c>

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as<00:17:34.619><c> if</c><00:17:34.859><c> somehow,</c><00:17:36.160><c> well,</c><00:17:36.240><c> they're</c><00:17:36.440><c> sort</c><00:17:36.640><c> of</c><00:17:36.839><c> over</c><00:17:37.059><c> there</c>

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and<00:17:37.920><c> we're</c><00:17:38.299><c> over</c><00:17:38.599><c> here</c>

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and<00:17:39.380><c> they're</c><00:17:40.279><c> sort</c><00:17:40.500><c> of</c><00:17:40.779><c> giants</c><00:17:41.140><c> of</c><00:17:41.380><c> the</c><00:17:41.579><c> Bible</c><00:17:41.940><c> story,</c>

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but<00:17:42.460><c> they're</c><00:17:42.660><c> not</c><00:17:42.880><c> real</c><00:17:43.220><c> people,</c>

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they're<00:17:43.960><c> cardboard</c><00:17:44.740><c> figures.</c>

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These<00:17:45.900><c> were</c><00:17:46.140><c> real</c><00:17:46.460><c> people,</c><00:17:46.980><c> brothers</c><00:17:47.119><c> and</c><00:17:47.380><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:17:49.599><c> by</c><00:17:49.759><c> the</c><00:17:49.920><c> time</c><00:17:50.019><c> we've</c><00:17:50.279><c> finished</c><00:17:50.539><c> these</c><00:17:50.819><c> studies,</c>

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I'm<00:17:51.359><c> sure</c><00:17:51.619><c> that</c><00:17:51.839><c> we'll</c><00:17:52.119><c> feel</c><00:17:52.400><c> drawn</c><00:17:52.759><c> to</c><00:17:53.019><c> Abraham</c><00:17:53.339><c> and</c><00:17:53.619><c> Sarah</c>

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as<00:17:54.019><c> being</c><00:17:54.200><c> real</c><00:17:54.460><c> people.</c>

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They<00:17:55.160><c> had</c><00:17:55.440><c> good</c><00:17:55.779><c> points</c><00:17:56.099><c> and</c><00:17:56.500><c> bad</c><00:17:56.759><c> points.</c>

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They<00:17:57.519><c> had</c><00:17:57.799><c> strengths</c><00:17:58.339><c> and</c><00:17:58.779><c> they</c><00:17:59.039><c> had</c><00:17:59.240><c> weaknesses.</c>

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They<00:18:00.319><c> had</c><00:18:00.519><c> times</c><00:18:00.900><c> when</c><00:18:01.099><c> they</c><00:18:01.559><c> struggled</c>

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to<00:18:02.660><c> overcome</c><00:18:02.980><c> their</c><00:18:03.339><c> own</c><00:18:03.680><c> difficulties</c><00:18:04.099><c> in</c><00:18:04.380><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:18:08.660><c> important</c><00:18:08.980><c> that</c><00:18:09.140><c> we</c><00:18:09.279><c> come</c><00:18:09.420><c> to</c><00:18:09.700><c> understand</c><00:18:10.140><c> that,</c>

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to<00:18:10.799><c> see</c><00:18:11.019><c> them</c><00:18:11.180><c> in</c><00:18:11.319><c> that</c><00:18:11.480><c> way.</c>

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That's<00:18:11.839><c> the</c><00:18:11.940><c> way</c><00:18:12.039><c> the</c><00:18:12.200><c> Bible</c><00:18:12.539><c> presents</c><00:18:12.980><c> them.</c>

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You<00:18:14.400><c> know,</c><00:18:14.640><c> come</c><00:18:14.759><c> and</c><00:18:14.839><c> have</c><00:18:14.900><c> a</c><00:18:14.960><c> look</c><00:18:15.059><c> at</c><00:18:15.160><c> chapter</c><00:18:15.460><c> 11,</c>

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which<00:18:15.960><c> is</c><00:18:16.380><c> what</c><00:18:16.539><c> we</c><00:18:16.720><c> did</c><00:18:16.900><c> have</c><00:18:17.119><c> taken</c><00:18:17.380><c> as</c><00:18:17.559><c> a</c><00:18:17.680><c> reading</c><00:18:17.940><c> together.</c>

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You<00:18:19.740><c> notice</c><00:18:19.940><c> how</c><00:18:20.160><c> the</c><00:18:20.299><c> divine</c><00:18:20.619><c> record</c><00:18:21.240><c> brings</c><00:18:21.799><c> them</c><00:18:22.019><c> together</c>

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in<00:18:22.880><c> the</c><00:18:23.259><c> opening</c><00:18:23.559><c> part</c><00:18:23.859><c> of</c><00:18:24.059><c> this</c><00:18:24.339><c> story.</c>

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In<00:18:28.039><c> Genesis</c><00:18:28.420><c> chapter</c><00:18:28.839><c> 11,</c><00:18:29.299><c> we</c><00:18:29.319><c> have</c><00:18:29.559><c> the</c><00:18:29.920><c> introduction,</c><00:18:30.359><c> of</c><00:18:30.619><c> course,</c>

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of<00:18:31.640><c> Abraham</c><00:18:31.960><c> and</c><00:18:32.259><c> Sarah</c><00:18:32.619><c> in</c><00:18:33.299><c> the</c><00:18:34.180><c> record</c><00:18:34.519><c> together.</c>

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Notice<00:18:35.440><c> how</c><00:18:35.640><c> they're</c><00:18:35.900><c> introduced.</c>

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Genesis<00:18:36.799><c> chapter</c><00:18:37.140><c> 11,</c><00:18:37.839><c> perhaps</c><00:18:38.059><c> reading</c><00:18:38.359><c> from</c><00:18:38.599><c> verse,</c>

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well,<00:18:39.839><c> no,</c><00:18:39.980><c> we'll</c><00:18:40.339><c> read</c><00:18:40.500><c> from</c><00:18:40.700><c> verse</c><00:18:41.000><c> 27.</c>

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Now,<00:18:42.279><c> these</c><00:18:42.599><c> are</c><00:18:42.920><c> the</c><00:18:43.140><c> generations</c><00:18:43.700><c> of</c><00:18:44.160><c> Tyra.</c>

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Tyra<00:18:45.619><c> beget</c><00:18:45.960><c> Abram,</c><00:18:46.619><c> Nahor,</c><00:18:47.200><c> and</c><00:18:47.420><c> Haran,</c>

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and<00:18:47.880><c> Haran</c><00:18:48.180><c> beget</c><00:18:48.559><c> Lot,</c>

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and<00:18:49.099><c> Haran</c><00:18:49.440><c> died</c><00:18:49.759><c> before</c><00:18:50.079><c> his</c><00:18:50.259><c> father</c><00:18:50.559><c> Tyra</c>

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in<00:18:51.539><c> the</c><00:18:51.700><c> land</c><00:18:51.920><c> of</c><00:18:52.119><c> his</c><00:18:52.339><c> nativity</c><00:18:52.799><c> in</c><00:18:53.059><c> Ur</c><00:18:53.259><c> of</c><00:18:53.440><c> the</c><00:18:53.619><c> Chaldees.</c>

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And<00:18:55.059><c> Abram</c><00:18:55.359><c> and</c><00:18:55.440><c> Nahor</c><00:18:55.779><c> took</c><00:18:56.000><c> them</c><00:18:56.279><c> wives.</c>

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The<00:18:57.660><c> name</c><00:18:57.859><c> of</c><00:18:58.019><c> Abram's</c><00:18:58.460><c> wife</c><00:18:58.720><c> was</c><00:18:58.980><c> Sarai,</c>

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and<00:18:59.480><c> the</c><00:18:59.579><c> name</c><00:18:59.740><c> of</c><00:18:59.900><c> Nahor's</c><00:19:00.400><c> wife,</c><00:19:00.839><c> Milcah,</c><00:19:01.220><c> the</c><00:19:01.359><c> daughter</c><00:19:01.519><c> of</c><00:19:01.700><c> Haran,</c>

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the<00:19:02.240><c> father</c><00:19:02.500><c> of</c><00:19:02.599><c> Milcah</c><00:19:03.019><c> and</c><00:19:03.140><c> the</c><00:19:03.259><c> father</c><00:19:03.519><c> of</c><00:19:03.720><c> Iscah,</c>

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but<00:19:04.480><c> Sarai</c><00:19:04.940><c> was</c><00:19:05.220><c> barren.</c>

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She<00:19:06.039><c> had</c><00:19:06.180><c> no</c><00:19:06.440><c> child.</c>

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And<00:19:06.960><c> Tyra</c><00:19:07.200><c> took</c><00:19:07.420><c> Abram</c><00:19:07.799><c> as</c><00:19:08.039><c> son,</c>

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and<00:19:08.640><c> Lot</c><00:19:08.819><c> the</c><00:19:08.920><c> son</c><00:19:09.119><c> of</c><00:19:09.279><c> Haran</c><00:19:09.519><c> his</c><00:19:09.720><c> son's</c><00:19:10.039><c> son,</c>

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and<00:19:10.380><c> Sarai</c><00:19:10.819><c> his</c><00:19:11.039><c> daughter</c><00:19:11.440><c>-in</c><00:19:11.759><c>-law,</c><00:19:12.200><c> his</c><00:19:12.380><c> son</c><00:19:12.599><c> Abram's</c><00:19:13.140><c> wife,</c>

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and<00:19:13.539><c> they</c><00:19:13.700><c> went</c><00:19:13.960><c> forth</c><00:19:14.299><c> with</c><00:19:14.559><c> them</c><00:19:14.819><c> from</c><00:19:15.359><c> Ur</c><00:19:15.599><c> of</c><00:19:15.759><c> the</c><00:19:15.920><c> Chaldees</c>

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to<00:19:16.500><c> go</c><00:19:16.680><c> into</c><00:19:16.940><c> the</c><00:19:17.019><c> land</c><00:19:17.240><c> of</c><00:19:17.500><c> Canaan.</c>

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Do<00:19:17.799><c> you</c><00:19:17.859><c> know</c><00:19:18.000><c> that</c><00:19:18.099><c> what</c><00:19:18.220><c> that</c><00:19:18.480><c> tells</c><00:19:18.700><c> us</c>

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is<00:19:20.819><c> that</c><00:19:21.119><c> the</c><00:19:21.440><c> very</c><00:19:21.940><c> first</c><00:19:22.920><c> time</c>

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that<00:19:26.039><c> Abram</c><00:19:26.599><c> appears</c><00:19:27.059><c> before</c><00:19:27.480><c> us</c><00:19:27.759><c> in</c><00:19:27.920><c> the</c><00:19:28.140><c> divine</c><00:19:28.380><c> record,</c>

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his<00:19:31.259><c> wife</c><00:19:31.619><c> is</c><00:19:31.819><c> there</c><00:19:32.039><c> with</c><00:19:32.359><c> him.</c>

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You<00:19:32.900><c> notice</c><00:19:33.099><c> that?</c>

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The<00:19:35.299><c> very</c><00:19:35.720><c> first</c><00:19:36.240><c> time</c><00:19:36.579><c> that</c><00:19:36.799><c> Abram</c><00:19:37.119><c> ever</c><00:19:37.579><c> appears</c><00:19:37.859><c> before</c><00:19:38.259><c> us</c>

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in<00:19:38.940><c> the</c><00:19:39.220><c> divine</c><00:19:39.480><c> record,</c>

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there's<00:19:40.380><c> his</c><00:19:40.700><c> wife</c><00:19:41.220><c> alongside</c><00:19:42.160><c> him.</c>

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Verse<00:19:43.380><c> 29,</c><00:19:43.779><c> the</c><00:19:43.900><c> name</c><00:19:44.160><c> of</c><00:19:44.480><c> Abram's</c><00:19:45.539><c> wife.</c>

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Verse<00:19:47.079><c> 31,</c><00:19:48.220><c> his</c><00:19:48.420><c> son</c><00:19:49.019><c> Abram's</c><00:19:50.720><c> wife.</c>

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There<00:19:51.160><c> she</c><00:19:51.359><c> is</c><00:19:51.599><c> right</c><00:19:51.960><c> from</c><00:19:52.240><c> the</c><00:19:52.440><c> very</c><00:19:52.799><c> start</c><00:19:53.259><c> of</c><00:19:53.500><c> this</c><00:19:53.799><c> story.</c>

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They<00:19:54.720><c> are</c><00:19:55.000><c> brought</c><00:19:55.140><c> into</c><00:19:55.380><c> the</c><00:19:55.660><c> record</c><00:19:55.980><c> together</c><00:19:56.660><c> as</c><00:19:57.359><c> man</c><00:19:57.759><c> and</c><00:19:58.140><c> wife.</c>

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But<00:19:58.920><c> it's</c><00:19:59.079><c> not</c><00:19:59.299><c> a</c><00:19:59.420><c> very</c><00:19:59.619><c> good</c><00:19:59.779><c> marriage</c><00:20:00.099><c> in</c><00:20:00.339><c> some</c><00:20:00.539><c> ways,</c><00:20:00.859><c> is</c><00:20:00.980><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:20:03.660><c> this</c><00:20:03.960><c> is</c><00:20:04.579><c> really</c><00:20:04.980><c> an</c><00:20:05.339><c> idolatrous</c><00:20:06.140><c> union</c>

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in<00:20:07.160><c> Ur</c><00:20:07.319><c> of</c><00:20:07.519><c> the</c><00:20:07.700><c> Chaldees.</c>

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It's<00:20:10.519><c> not</c><00:20:10.700><c> a</c><00:20:10.859><c> marriage</c><00:20:11.339><c> founded</c><00:20:11.859><c> upon</c><00:20:12.299><c> faithfulness</c>

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in<00:20:13.299><c> divine</c><00:20:13.799><c> principles.</c>

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This<00:20:14.920><c> is</c><00:20:15.259><c> a</c><00:20:15.440><c> marriage</c><00:20:15.720><c> of</c><00:20:16.059><c> pagans.</c>

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And<00:20:20.400><c> not</c><00:20:20.619><c> only</c><00:20:20.819><c> is</c><00:20:20.960><c> it</c><00:20:21.140><c> a</c><00:20:21.279><c> pagan</c><00:20:21.640><c> marriage,</c>

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but<00:20:22.819><c> it's</c><00:20:23.380><c> a</c><00:20:23.579><c> fruitless</c><00:20:23.980><c> one</c><00:20:24.140><c> as</c><00:20:24.359><c> well,</c>

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because<00:20:24.799><c> verse</c><00:20:25.079><c> 30</c><00:20:25.359><c> tells</c><00:20:25.640><c> us</c><00:20:25.839><c> that</c><00:20:26.059><c> Sarai</c><00:20:26.359><c> was</c><00:20:26.660><c> barren.</c>

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She<00:20:27.519><c> had</c><00:20:27.740><c> no</c><00:20:28.299><c> child.</c>

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The<00:20:29.480><c> word</c><00:20:29.740><c> barren</c><00:20:30.039><c> means</c><00:20:30.359><c> to</c><00:20:30.579><c> be</c><00:20:31.000><c> sterile.</c>

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So<00:20:31.880><c> it's</c><00:20:32.140><c> an</c><00:20:32.440><c> idolatrous</c><00:20:33.079><c> union.</c>

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It's<00:20:33.759><c> based</c><00:20:33.980><c> on</c><00:20:34.160><c> the</c><00:20:34.420><c> principles</c><00:20:34.779><c> of</c><00:20:34.980><c> the</c><00:20:35.180><c> flesh,</c>

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and<00:20:35.799><c> there's</c><00:20:36.019><c> no</c><00:20:36.380><c> fruit</c><00:20:36.640><c> to</c><00:20:36.880><c> the</c><00:20:37.039><c> union</c><00:20:37.240><c> whatsoever.</c>

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But<00:20:38.220><c> they</c><00:20:38.599><c> are</c><00:20:39.059><c> there</c><00:20:39.359><c> as</c><00:20:39.700><c> man</c><00:20:40.059><c> and</c><00:20:40.460><c> wife</c>

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from<00:20:41.500><c> the</c><00:20:41.779><c> beginning</c><00:20:42.039><c> of</c><00:20:42.259><c> that</c><00:20:42.559><c> story.</c>

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Now,<00:20:46.079><c> what</c><00:20:46.119><c> chapter</c><00:20:46.380><c> does</c><00:20:46.579><c> Abraham</c><00:20:47.019><c> die</c><00:20:47.299><c> in?</c>

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You<00:20:48.279><c> want</c><00:20:48.400><c> to</c><00:20:48.480><c> tell</c><00:20:48.559><c> me?</c>

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Oh,<00:20:51.099><c> we</c><00:20:51.200><c> all</c><00:20:51.339><c> know</c><00:20:51.460><c> the</c><00:20:51.539><c> book</c><00:20:51.680><c> of</c><00:20:51.859><c> Genesis.</c>

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What<00:20:53.200><c> chapter</c><00:20:53.440><c> does</c><00:20:53.619><c> Abraham</c><00:20:53.900><c> die</c><00:20:54.160><c> in?</c>

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Genesis<00:20:56.740><c> chapter</c><00:20:57.259><c> 25.</c>

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I'll<00:21:00.400><c> accept</c><00:21:00.680><c> that.</c>

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It<00:21:01.880><c> is,</c><00:21:02.160><c> it</c><00:21:02.160><c> is</c><00:21:02.400><c> chapter</c><00:21:02.579><c> 25.</c>

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Let's<00:21:02.960><c> go</c><00:21:03.079><c> and</c><00:21:03.140><c> have</c><00:21:03.220><c> a</c><00:21:03.220><c> look</c><00:21:03.339><c> at</c><00:21:03.440><c> Genesis</c><00:21:03.680><c> 25,</c>

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because<00:21:04.880><c> now</c><00:21:05.099><c> we're</c><00:21:05.240><c> at</c><00:21:05.359><c> the</c><00:21:05.460><c> other.</c>

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You<00:21:05.880><c> see,</c><00:21:06.380><c> Genesis</c><00:21:06.480><c> 11</c><00:21:06.799><c> is</c><00:21:06.940><c> when</c><00:21:07.079><c> they</c><00:21:07.440><c> first</c>

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come<00:21:08.140><c> into</c><00:21:08.400><c> the</c><00:21:08.579><c> divine</c><00:21:08.839><c> record.</c>

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But<00:21:09.799><c> Genesis</c><00:21:10.220><c> 25</c><00:21:10.960><c> is</c><00:21:11.559><c> the</c><00:21:11.900><c> curtain</c><00:21:12.180><c> now</c><00:21:12.539><c> being</c>

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closed<00:21:13.500><c> upon</c><00:21:13.940><c> them,</c><00:21:14.140><c> of</c><00:21:14.380><c> course,</c>

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at<00:21:15.299><c> the</c><00:21:15.599><c> end</c><00:21:15.960><c> of</c><00:21:16.420><c> the</c><00:21:16.680><c> story.</c>

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Well,<00:21:17.640><c> here's</c><00:21:17.859><c> the</c><00:21:18.000><c> end</c><00:21:18.180><c> of</c><00:21:18.420><c> the</c><00:21:18.519><c> story,</c>

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Genesis<00:21:19.539><c> chapter</c><00:21:19.859><c> 25,</c>

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reading<00:21:21.059><c> from</c><00:21:21.380><c> verse</c><00:21:21.660><c> 8.</c>

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Then<00:21:26.400><c> Abraham</c><00:21:27.039><c> gave</c><00:21:27.359><c> up</c><00:21:27.819><c> the</c><00:21:28.359><c> ghost</c>

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and<00:21:31.599><c> died</c><00:21:31.799><c> in</c><00:21:31.980><c> a</c><00:21:32.019><c> good</c><00:21:32.220><c> old</c><00:21:32.519><c> age.</c>

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An<00:21:34.480><c> old</c><00:21:34.940><c> man,</c><00:21:36.539><c> and</c><00:21:36.920><c> full</c><00:21:37.059><c> of</c><00:21:37.299><c> years,</c>

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and<00:21:39.339><c> was</c><00:21:39.579><c> gathered</c><00:21:39.819><c> to</c><00:21:40.039><c> his</c><00:21:40.279><c> people.</c>

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And<00:21:42.519><c> his</c><00:21:42.740><c> sons,</c><00:21:44.440><c> Isaac</c><00:21:44.720><c> and</c><00:21:44.980><c> Ishmael,</c>

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buried<00:21:45.779><c> him</c><00:21:45.900><c> in</c><00:21:46.039><c> the</c><00:21:46.160><c> cave</c><00:21:46.380><c> of</c><00:21:46.640><c> Machpelah</c>

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in<00:21:47.579><c> the</c><00:21:47.740><c> field</c><00:21:47.960><c> of</c><00:21:48.220><c> Ephron,</c><00:21:48.539><c> the</c><00:21:48.619><c> son</c><00:21:48.819><c> of</c><00:21:49.019><c> Zohar,</c>

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the<00:21:49.559><c> Hittite,</c><00:21:49.859><c> which</c><00:21:50.039><c> is</c><00:21:50.220><c> before</c><00:21:50.500><c> Mamre,</c>

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the<00:21:51.400><c> field</c><00:21:51.619><c> which</c><00:21:51.960><c> Abraham</c><00:21:52.359><c> purchased</c>

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of<00:21:53.259><c> the</c><00:21:53.480><c> sons</c><00:21:53.859><c> of</c><00:21:54.240><c> Heth.</c>

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There<00:21:55.980><c> was</c><00:21:56.660><c> Abraham</c><00:21:57.319><c> buried,</c>

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and<00:22:00.859><c> Sarah</c><00:22:01.440><c> his</c><00:22:02.920><c> wife.</c>

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So<00:22:06.180><c> you</c><00:22:06.339><c> see</c><00:22:06.460><c> how</c><00:22:06.660><c> the</c><00:22:06.819><c> divine</c><00:22:07.079><c> record</c>

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closes<00:22:08.039><c> now,</c>

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about<00:22:09.759><c> the</c><00:22:10.039><c> story</c><00:22:10.259><c> of</c><00:22:10.500><c> Abraham.</c>

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The<00:22:11.940><c> record</c><00:22:12.160><c> opens</c><00:22:12.539><c> with</c><00:22:12.759><c> his</c><00:22:12.960><c> wife</c>

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alongside<00:22:13.660><c> of</c><00:22:13.799><c> him,</c><00:22:14.099><c> Genesis</c><00:22:14.339><c> chapter</c><00:22:14.640><c> 11.</c>

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When<00:22:17.160><c> Abraham</c><00:22:17.500><c> dies,</c>

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he's<00:22:19.619><c> buried</c><00:22:19.819><c> in</c><00:22:20.000><c> the</c><00:22:20.180><c> cave</c><00:22:20.339><c> of</c><00:22:20.599><c> Machpelah</c>

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alongside<00:22:23.579><c> his</c><00:22:23.880><c> wife,</c>

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says<00:22:24.680><c> Genesis</c><00:22:25.019><c> chapter</c><00:22:25.380><c> 25,</c><00:22:25.940><c> verse</c><00:22:26.740><c> 10.</c>

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But<00:22:29.700><c> this</c><00:22:29.880><c> isn't</c><00:22:30.140><c> the</c><00:22:30.339><c> same</c><00:22:30.559><c> marriage</c><00:22:30.940><c> anymore,</c>

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is<00:22:31.519><c> it,</c><00:22:31.680><c> really?</c>

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Not<00:22:32.759><c> this</c><00:22:32.980><c> couple</c><00:22:33.279><c> that</c><00:22:33.440><c> are</c><00:22:33.579><c> buried</c><00:22:33.759><c> together</c>

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in<00:22:34.259><c> Genesis</c><00:22:34.579><c> 25.</c>

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This<00:22:35.740><c> is</c><00:22:35.920><c> now</c><00:22:36.079><c> a</c><00:22:36.259><c> couple</c><00:22:36.460><c> whose</c><00:22:36.720><c> marriage</c>

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has<00:22:37.640><c> been</c><00:22:38.019><c> firmly</c><00:22:38.500><c> founded</c><00:22:38.920><c> upon</c>

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the<00:22:39.420><c> principles</c><00:22:39.799><c> of</c><00:22:40.119><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:22:40.400><c> it's</c><00:22:40.539><c> not</c><00:22:40.839><c> barren</c><00:22:41.039><c> anymore.</c>

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You<00:22:41.519><c> notice</c><00:22:41.720><c> that,</c><00:22:41.940><c> verse</c><00:22:42.180><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:22:42.859><c> his</c><00:22:43.160><c> sons,</c><00:22:43.700><c> Isaac</c><00:22:44.180><c> and</c><00:22:44.420><c> Ishmael,</c>

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buried<00:22:45.359><c> him</c><00:22:45.519><c> in</c><00:22:45.640><c> the</c><00:22:45.799><c> cave.</c>

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So<00:22:46.359><c> now</c><00:22:46.519><c> there's</c><00:22:46.819><c> fruit</c><00:22:47.200><c> to</c><00:22:47.440><c> the</c><00:22:47.619><c> union.</c>

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They<00:22:50.160><c> brought</c><00:22:50.339><c> forth</c><00:22:50.579><c> a</c><00:22:50.819><c> family,</c>

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this<00:22:51.920><c> couple</c><00:22:52.160><c> now.</c>

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And<00:22:54.779><c> they're</c><00:22:55.019><c> quite</c><00:22:55.259><c> a</c><00:22:55.519><c> different</c><00:22:55.700><c> couple</c>

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to<00:22:56.200><c> the</c><00:22:56.319><c> ones</c><00:22:56.480><c> that</c><00:22:56.759><c> first</c><00:22:57.019><c> come</c><00:22:57.200><c> on</c><00:22:57.420><c> the</c><00:22:57.819><c> record</c>

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in<00:22:58.299><c> Genesis</c><00:22:58.660><c> chapter</c><00:22:59.019><c> 11.</c>

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There's<00:22:59.359><c> been</c><00:22:59.460><c> a</c><00:22:59.500><c> lot</c><00:22:59.680><c> of</c><00:22:59.940><c> change</c>

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and<00:23:00.859><c> development</c><00:23:01.319><c> in</c><00:23:01.839><c> the</c><00:23:02.059><c> record.</c>

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And<00:23:02.539><c> between</c><00:23:02.880><c> these</c><00:23:03.279><c> two</c><00:23:03.859><c> moments</c><00:23:04.279><c> of</c><00:23:04.640><c> time,</c>

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Genesis<00:23:05.359><c> chapter</c><00:23:05.740><c> 11</c><00:23:06.200><c> and</c><00:23:06.640><c> Genesis</c><00:23:07.059><c> chapter</c><00:23:07.359><c> 25,</c>

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we<00:23:08.519><c> have</c><00:23:08.720><c> the</c><00:23:09.119><c> whole</c><00:23:09.599><c> story</c><00:23:10.259><c> of</c><00:23:10.779><c> this</c><00:23:11.019><c> couple.</c>

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Now<00:23:11.400><c> just</c><00:23:11.599><c> look</c><00:23:11.759><c> how</c><00:23:11.920><c> they</c><00:23:12.359><c> walked</c><00:23:12.680><c> through</c>

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the<00:23:13.140><c> divine</c><00:23:13.420><c> record</c><00:23:13.759><c> here</c><00:23:13.960><c> of</c><00:23:14.079><c> the</c><00:23:14.140><c> book</c><00:23:14.339><c> of</c><00:23:14.539><c> Genesis,</c>

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hand<00:23:15.619><c> in</c><00:23:15.859><c> hand,</c><00:23:16.140><c> as</c><00:23:16.319><c> it</c><00:23:16.519><c> were.</c>

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So<00:23:17.299><c> in</c><00:23:17.519><c> Genesis</c><00:23:17.940><c> chapter</c><00:23:18.319><c> 11,</c>

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they<00:23:18.900><c> enter</c><00:23:19.220><c> the</c><00:23:19.579><c> record</c><00:23:19.880><c> of</c><00:23:20.180><c> Scripture</c><00:23:20.539><c> together.</c>

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Now<00:23:21.380><c> that's</c><00:23:21.799><c> significant.</c>

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How<00:23:25.359><c> many</c><00:23:25.539><c> other</c><00:23:25.779><c> couples,</c>

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how<00:23:27.640><c> many</c><00:23:27.759><c> other</c><00:23:28.019><c> men,</c>

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faithful<00:23:28.960><c> men</c><00:23:29.220><c> in</c><00:23:29.359><c> the</c><00:23:29.519><c> record,</c>

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as<00:23:30.319><c> soon</c><00:23:30.539><c> as</c><00:23:30.640><c> they</c><00:23:30.819><c> turn</c><00:23:31.000><c> up</c><00:23:31.160><c> in</c><00:23:31.259><c> the</c><00:23:31.400><c> Bible</c><00:23:31.579><c> record,</c>

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do<00:23:31.980><c> we</c><00:23:32.079><c> see</c><00:23:32.200><c> their</c><00:23:32.380><c> wife</c><00:23:32.660><c> mentioned</c><00:23:33.039><c> alongside</c><00:23:33.460><c> them?</c>

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That's<00:23:33.779><c> unusual.</c>

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Because<00:23:36.220><c> in</c><00:23:36.420><c> the</c><00:23:36.619><c> story</c><00:23:36.859><c> of</c><00:23:37.099><c> this</c><00:23:37.339><c> man,</c>

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his<00:23:37.900><c> wife</c><00:23:38.279><c> is</c><00:23:38.720><c> going</c><00:23:38.920><c> to</c><00:23:39.279><c> stand</c><00:23:39.579><c> alongside</c><00:23:40.259><c> him</c>

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in<00:23:41.240><c> everything.</c>

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And<00:23:43.380><c> so</c><00:23:43.640><c> she</c><00:23:43.799><c> is.</c>

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Now<00:23:44.079><c> just</c><00:23:44.279><c> look</c><00:23:44.440><c> at</c><00:23:44.579><c> this.</c>

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Genesis<00:23:46.660><c> chapter</c><00:23:47.000><c> 12.</c>

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They<00:23:48.500><c> embark</c><00:23:48.859><c> upon</c><00:23:49.099><c> the</c><00:23:49.380><c> journey</c><00:23:49.759><c> of</c><00:23:50.039><c> faith</c><00:23:50.259><c> together</c>

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in<00:23:51.059><c> the</c><00:23:51.359><c> opening</c><00:23:51.599><c> verses</c><00:23:51.980><c> of</c><00:23:52.140><c> that</c><00:23:52.339><c> chapter.</c>

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We're<00:23:52.720><c> specifically</c><00:23:53.279><c> told</c>

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that<00:23:53.980><c> they</c><00:23:54.220><c> come</c><00:23:54.460><c> together</c><00:23:55.000><c> into</c><00:23:55.359><c> the</c><00:23:55.579><c> land.</c>

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The<00:23:57.099><c> balance</c><00:23:57.319><c> of</c><00:23:57.559><c> the</c><00:23:57.720><c> verse,</c>

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which<00:23:58.099><c> is</c><00:23:58.240><c> going</c><00:23:58.380><c> to</c><00:23:58.519><c> be</c><00:23:58.700><c> asked</c>

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in<00:23:59.160><c> our</c><00:23:59.299><c> second</c><00:23:59.559><c> study</c><00:23:59.880><c> this</c><00:24:00.119><c> evening,</c>

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they<00:24:01.559><c> endure</c><00:24:02.059><c> trouble</c><00:24:02.579><c> and</c><00:24:02.960><c> tempt</c><00:24:03.240><c> them</c><00:24:03.400><c> together</c>

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as<00:24:03.980><c> they</c><00:24:04.200><c> go</c><00:24:04.500><c> down</c><00:24:04.819><c> into</c><00:24:05.140><c> the</c><00:24:05.240><c> land</c><00:24:05.500><c> of</c><00:24:05.700><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:24:06.200><c> Abraham</c><00:24:06.460><c> makes</c><00:24:06.799><c> a</c><00:24:07.099><c> bad,</c><00:24:07.799><c> bad</c><00:24:08.400><c> mistake.</c>

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Something<00:24:09.940><c> he</c><00:24:10.079><c> should</c><00:24:10.359><c> never</c><00:24:10.720><c> have</c><00:24:10.900><c> done.</c>

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Now<00:24:12.660><c> Genesis</c><00:24:12.880><c> chapter</c><00:24:13.160><c> 12</c><00:24:13.440><c> is</c><00:24:13.640><c> going</c><00:24:13.740><c> to</c><00:24:13.900><c> show</c><00:24:14.079><c> Abraham</c>

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in<00:24:14.720><c> a</c><00:24:14.980><c> bad</c><00:24:15.279><c> light</c><00:24:15.680><c> where</c><00:24:16.039><c> he</c><00:24:16.339><c> lets</c><00:24:16.619><c> his</c><00:24:17.000><c> wife</c><00:24:17.339><c> down.</c>

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Not<00:24:19.740><c> good.</c>

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In<00:24:23.680><c> Genesis</c><00:24:24.099><c> chapter</c><00:24:24.440><c> 15</c><00:24:24.880><c> and</c><00:24:25.140><c> 16,</c>

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we're<00:24:26.000><c> going</c><00:24:26.000><c> to</c><00:24:26.160><c> learn</c><00:24:26.259><c> of</c><00:24:26.460><c> the</c><00:24:26.619><c> time</c>

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when<00:24:26.960><c> they</c><00:24:27.359><c> endure</c><00:24:27.779><c> the</c><00:24:28.019><c> distress</c><00:24:28.460><c> of</c><00:24:28.900><c> barrenness</c><00:24:29.400><c> together.</c>

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We're<00:24:32.220><c> going</c><00:24:32.279><c> to</c><00:24:32.420><c> find</c><00:24:32.579><c> in</c><00:24:32.720><c> that</c><00:24:33.000><c> chapter,</c>

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in<00:24:33.440><c> Genesis</c><00:24:33.759><c> chapter</c><00:24:34.059><c> 16,</c>

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that<00:24:34.660><c> this</c><00:24:34.940><c> time</c><00:24:35.099><c> it's</c><00:24:35.480><c> Sarah</c><00:24:35.619><c> that</c><00:24:35.779><c> makes</c><00:24:36.099><c> a</c><00:24:36.259><c> mistake.</c>

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Sarah<00:24:37.000><c> that</c><00:24:37.200><c> promotes</c><00:24:37.579><c> an</c><00:24:37.900><c> idea.</c>

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Sarah<00:24:38.799><c> that</c><00:24:39.000><c> pushes</c><00:24:39.299><c> something</c><00:24:39.680><c> along</c>

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that<00:24:40.519><c> really</c><00:24:40.839><c> wasn't</c><00:24:41.079><c> the</c><00:24:41.319><c> right</c><00:24:41.559><c> way</c>

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to<00:24:41.980><c> try</c><00:24:42.180><c> and</c><00:24:42.420><c> solve</c><00:24:42.640><c> a</c><00:24:42.839><c> problem</c><00:24:43.180><c> that</c><00:24:43.380><c> they</c><00:24:43.599><c> had.</c>

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And<00:24:44.240><c> it's</c><00:24:44.559><c> Sarah</c><00:24:44.799><c> who</c><00:24:44.980><c> makes</c><00:24:45.240><c> the</c><00:24:45.480><c> mistake</c>

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in<00:24:46.319><c> Genesis</c><00:24:46.779><c> chapter</c><00:24:47.119><c> 16.</c>

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In<00:24:49.480><c> Genesis</c><00:24:49.900><c> 17,</c>

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we're<00:24:51.500><c> told</c><00:24:51.720><c> of</c><00:24:51.880><c> that</c><00:24:52.059><c> time</c>

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when<00:24:52.420><c> they</c><00:24:52.619><c> embraced</c><00:24:53.339><c> the</c><00:24:53.799><c> covenant</c><00:24:54.140><c> blessing</c><00:24:54.759><c> together.</c>

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Remember<00:24:56.859><c> the</c><00:24:57.140><c> story</c><00:24:57.400><c> of</c><00:24:57.680><c> the</c><00:24:58.039><c> promise</c><00:24:58.319><c> of</c><00:24:58.519><c> the</c><00:24:58.720><c> sun</c>

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and<00:24:59.099><c> of</c><00:24:59.259><c> the</c><00:24:59.519><c> seed</c><00:24:59.759><c> and...</c>

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Why,<00:25:02.019><c> both</c><00:25:02.039><c> their</c><00:25:02.200><c> names</c><00:25:02.400><c> have</c><00:25:02.660><c> changed,</c>

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aren't<00:25:03.140><c> they,</c><00:25:03.299><c> in</c><00:25:03.440><c> that</c><00:25:03.640><c> chapter?</c>

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Remember<00:25:04.259><c> not</c><00:25:04.460><c> just</c><00:25:04.799><c> Abraham's,</c>

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but<00:25:05.819><c> Sarah's</c><00:25:06.259><c> as</c><00:25:06.420><c> well.</c>

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They're<00:25:06.819><c> in</c><00:25:06.940><c> the</c><00:25:07.099><c> spatter</c><00:25:07.279><c> together</c>

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is<00:25:08.359><c> the</c><00:25:08.599><c> story</c><00:25:08.839><c> of</c><00:25:08.980><c> Genesis</c><00:25:09.400><c> chapter</c><00:25:09.759><c> 17.</c>

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In<00:25:11.059><c> Genesis</c><00:25:11.480><c> chapter</c><00:25:11.799><c> 18,</c>

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we're<00:25:12.539><c> told</c><00:25:12.720><c> that</c><00:25:12.940><c> they</c><00:25:13.579><c> entertain</c>

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three<00:25:15.079><c> angelic</c><00:25:15.740><c> visitors</c><00:25:16.119><c> together.</c>

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When<00:25:16.839><c> we</c><00:25:17.000><c> come</c><00:25:17.140><c> to</c><00:25:17.259><c> that</c><00:25:17.500><c> story,</c>

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you'll<00:25:17.920><c> find</c><00:25:18.099><c> that</c><00:25:18.279><c> that's</c><00:25:18.559><c> so.</c>

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They<00:25:18.900><c> do</c><00:25:19.079><c> it</c><00:25:19.240><c> together.</c>

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It's<00:25:20.779><c> a</c><00:25:21.000><c> combined</c><00:25:21.539><c> effort</c>

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between<00:25:22.519><c> the</c><00:25:22.740><c> husband</c><00:25:23.099><c> and</c><00:25:23.539><c> the</c><00:25:23.779><c> wife</c>

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when<00:25:24.240><c> those</c><00:25:24.619><c> visitors</c><00:25:24.900><c> arrive</c>

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in<00:25:25.920><c> Genesis</c><00:25:26.279><c> chapter</c><00:25:26.660><c> 18.</c>

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In<00:25:27.700><c> Genesis</c><00:25:28.119><c> chapter</c><00:25:28.480><c> 20,</c>

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they<00:25:29.400><c> go,</c><00:25:29.759><c> of</c><00:25:29.940><c> course,</c>

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into<00:25:30.319><c> the</c><00:25:30.460><c> land</c><00:25:30.660><c> of</c><00:25:30.819><c> the</c><00:25:30.940><c> Philistines</c>

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and<00:25:31.700><c> into</c><00:25:31.859><c> the</c><00:25:32.019><c> house</c><00:25:32.319><c> of</c><00:25:32.579><c> Abimelech.</c>

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And<00:25:33.619><c> funnily</c><00:25:33.859><c> enough,</c>

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it's<00:25:34.299><c> in</c><00:25:34.640><c> the</c><00:25:34.839><c> very</c><00:25:35.140><c> crisis</c><00:25:35.599><c> of</c><00:25:35.819><c> that</c><00:25:36.059><c> moment</c>

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in<00:25:36.440><c> the</c><00:25:36.559><c> land</c><00:25:36.720><c> of</c><00:25:36.880><c> the</c><00:25:37.039><c> Philistines</c>

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that<00:25:37.920><c> they</c><00:25:38.200><c> finally</c><00:25:38.539><c> come</c><00:25:38.759><c> to</c><00:25:38.940><c> the</c><00:25:39.339><c> triumph</c><00:25:39.680><c> of</c><00:25:40.140><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:25:44.079><c> when</c><00:25:44.220><c> they</c><00:25:44.460><c> do,</c>

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both<00:25:45.039><c> come</c><00:25:45.339><c> to</c><00:25:45.519><c> that</c><00:25:45.880><c> moment</c><00:25:46.180><c> of</c><00:25:46.740><c> triumph</c>

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concerning<00:25:47.619><c> their</c><00:25:48.039><c> faithfulness</c>

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and<00:25:48.740><c> the</c><00:25:48.880><c> divine</c><00:25:49.220><c> promise.</c>

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When<00:25:50.119><c> they</c><00:25:50.299><c> do,</c>

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they<00:25:50.779><c> come</c><00:25:51.019><c> to</c><00:25:51.119><c> it</c><00:25:51.279><c> together.</c>

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At<00:25:54.440><c> the</c><00:25:54.640><c> same</c><00:25:54.920><c> time,</c>

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they<00:25:57.359><c> meet</c><00:25:57.599><c> each</c><00:25:57.900><c> other</c>

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in<00:26:00.240><c> their</c><00:26:00.500><c> belief</c><00:26:00.740><c> of</c><00:26:01.039><c> God.</c>

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In<00:26:02.640><c> Genesis</c><00:26:03.000><c> chapter</c><00:26:03.400><c> 21,</c>

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we<00:26:04.059><c> have</c><00:26:04.220><c> the</c><00:26:04.440><c> story</c><00:26:04.740><c> of</c><00:26:04.980><c> them</c>

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enjoying<00:26:05.920><c> the</c><00:26:06.359><c> sun</c><00:26:06.619><c> of</c><00:26:06.980><c> their</c><00:26:07.259><c> love</c><00:26:07.519><c> together.</c>

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And<00:26:10.200><c> finally,</c><00:26:10.519><c> as</c><00:26:10.720><c> we</c><00:26:10.859><c> have</c><00:26:11.039><c> read</c><00:26:11.180><c> it</c><00:26:11.619><c> here</c>

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in<00:26:12.000><c> Genesis</c><00:26:12.400><c> chapter</c><00:26:12.759><c> 25,</c>

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they<00:26:14.480><c> are</c><00:26:14.779><c> unfolded</c><00:26:15.680><c> in</c><00:26:16.039><c> death</c><00:26:16.380><c> together.</c>

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Why<00:26:17.059><c> have</c><00:26:17.200><c> I</c><00:26:17.319><c> used</c><00:26:17.519><c> the</c><00:26:17.579><c> word</c><00:26:17.859><c> unfold,</c><00:26:18.380><c> by</c><00:26:18.559><c> the</c><00:26:18.700><c> way?</c>

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Enfolded<00:26:21.259><c> in</c><00:26:21.619><c> death</c><00:26:22.259><c> together.</c>

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Now,<00:26:25.799><c> why</c><00:26:26.059><c> have</c><00:26:26.200><c> I</c><00:26:26.339><c> used</c><00:26:26.519><c> the</c><00:26:26.680><c> word</c><00:26:26.900><c> unfold?</c>

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Because<00:26:31.299><c> that's</c><00:26:31.779><c> the</c><00:26:31.859><c> meaning</c><00:26:32.059><c> of</c><00:26:32.279><c> Machapela,</c><00:26:32.859><c> isn't</c><00:26:32.940><c> it?</c>

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Folded<00:26:33.980><c> together.</c>

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They<00:26:34.920><c> were</c><00:26:35.099><c> in</c><00:26:35.339><c> a</c><00:26:35.460><c> cave,</c>

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which<00:26:35.980><c> means</c><00:26:36.400><c> folded</c><00:26:37.000><c> together.</c>

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That's<00:26:37.960><c> the</c><00:26:38.059><c> end</c><00:26:38.200><c> of</c><00:26:38.380><c> the</c><00:26:38.559><c> story.</c>

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Two<00:26:40.559><c> people</c><00:26:40.920><c> who</c><00:26:41.299><c> loved</c><00:26:41.519><c> each</c><00:26:41.839><c> other,</c>

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who<00:26:42.380><c> lived</c><00:26:42.680><c> with</c><00:26:42.920><c> each</c><00:26:43.160><c> other,</c>

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who<00:26:43.680><c> learnt</c><00:26:44.039><c> with</c><00:26:44.259><c> each</c><00:26:44.519><c> other,</c>

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finally<00:26:45.519><c> buried</c><00:26:46.000><c> together</c><00:26:46.440><c> in</c><00:26:46.640><c> a</c><00:26:46.960><c> cave</c>

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that<00:26:47.539><c> means</c><00:26:48.599><c> folded</c><00:26:49.339><c> together.</c>

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And<00:26:50.680><c> where</c><00:26:50.759><c> was</c><00:26:50.920><c> the</c><00:26:51.099><c> cave?</c>

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Why,<00:26:53.079><c> in</c><00:26:53.180><c> Hebron.</c>

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And<00:26:55.619><c> Hebron</c><00:26:55.900><c> means</c>

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pale<00:26:58.920><c> ocean.</c>

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Oh,<00:27:01.039><c> this</c><00:27:01.279><c> is</c><00:27:01.519><c> a</c><00:27:01.619><c> story</c><00:27:01.819><c> of</c><00:27:02.000><c> a</c><00:27:02.119><c> couple.</c>

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Don't<00:27:03.799><c> ever</c><00:27:04.180><c> think,</c><00:27:04.619><c> brothers</c><00:27:04.759><c> and</c><00:27:04.980><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:27:05.400><c> these</c><00:27:05.700><c> chapters</c>

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are<00:27:06.240><c> about</c><00:27:06.440><c> the</c><00:27:06.619><c> promises</c><00:27:06.859><c> to</c><00:27:07.079><c> Abraham.</c>

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Because<00:27:09.319><c> that's</c><00:27:09.579><c> just</c><00:27:09.799><c> not</c><00:27:10.039><c> right.</c>

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It's<00:27:12.539><c> the</c><00:27:12.740><c> life</c><00:27:12.960><c> story</c><00:27:13.180><c> of</c><00:27:13.359><c> a</c><00:27:13.500><c> couple.</c>

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And<00:27:15.480><c> in</c><00:27:15.619><c> the</c><00:27:15.779><c> outworking</c><00:27:16.160><c> of</c><00:27:16.400><c> this</c><00:27:16.720><c> story,</c>

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we're<00:27:17.220><c> going</c><00:27:17.279><c> to</c><00:27:17.400><c> be</c><00:27:17.539><c> given</c>

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merely<00:27:18.420><c> a</c><00:27:18.720><c> great</c><00:27:18.859><c> and</c><00:27:19.119><c> wonderful</c><00:27:19.500><c> incident</c>

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that<00:27:20.180><c> we</c><00:27:20.339><c> can</c><00:27:20.579><c> profit</c><00:27:20.779><c> from</c>

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with<00:27:21.740><c> respect</c><00:27:22.119><c> to</c><00:27:22.299><c> the</c><00:27:22.500><c> story</c>

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not<00:27:23.279><c> only</c><00:27:23.519><c> of</c><00:27:23.779><c> married</c><00:27:24.039><c> life</c><00:27:24.319><c> together,</c>

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but<00:27:24.859><c> of</c><00:27:25.140><c> so</c><00:27:25.359><c> many</c><00:27:25.599><c> principles</c><00:27:26.160><c> in</c><00:27:26.579><c> life,</c>

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in<00:27:27.619><c> successful</c><00:27:28.279><c> life,</c>

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in<00:27:28.980><c> the</c><00:27:29.200><c> truth</c><00:27:29.339><c> that</c><00:27:29.500><c> we</c><00:27:29.799><c> must</c><00:27:30.079><c> learn</c><00:27:30.259><c> to</c><00:27:30.619><c> apply</c>

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in<00:27:31.579><c> order</c><00:27:31.740><c> that</c><00:27:31.980><c> we</c><00:27:32.160><c> might</c><00:27:32.319><c> be</c><00:27:32.640><c> fruitful</c>

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before<00:27:33.460><c> our</c><00:27:33.740><c> God.</c>

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So<00:27:36.180><c> that's</c><00:27:36.359><c> what</c><00:27:36.519><c> these</c><00:27:36.799><c> chapters</c>

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are<00:27:37.920><c> really</c><00:27:38.180><c> all</c><00:27:38.400><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:27:38.880><c> the</c><00:27:39.079><c> story</c><00:27:39.480><c> of</c><00:27:40.200><c> two</c><00:27:40.500><c> people</c>

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heirs<00:27:42.079><c> together</c><00:27:42.599><c> of</c><00:27:43.680><c> the</c><00:27:43.880><c> grace</c><00:27:44.079><c> of</c><00:27:44.299><c> life.</c>

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These<00:27:45.480><c> chapters</c><00:27:45.859><c> in</c><00:27:46.099><c> Genesis</c>

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are<00:27:46.740><c> not</c><00:27:46.980><c> about</c><00:27:47.240><c> the</c><00:27:47.519><c> promise</c><00:27:47.720><c> of</c><00:27:47.960><c> land,</c>

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but<00:27:49.140><c> about</c><00:27:49.400><c> the</c><00:27:49.640><c> promise</c><00:27:49.839><c> of</c><00:27:50.099><c> a</c><00:27:50.339><c> seed</c>

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to<00:27:51.619><c> these</c><00:27:52.279><c> two</c><00:27:52.559><c> particular</c><00:27:53.339><c> people.</c>

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You<00:27:55.000><c> know,</c><00:27:55.180><c> it's</c><00:27:55.339><c> a</c><00:27:55.380><c> funny</c><00:27:55.519><c> thing</c>

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when<00:27:55.859><c> you</c><00:27:56.019><c> actually</c><00:27:56.220><c> look</c><00:27:56.420><c> at</c><00:27:56.700><c> the</c>

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divine<00:27:57.400><c> record</c><00:27:57.720><c> of</c><00:27:57.920><c> these</c><00:27:58.160><c> chapters.</c>

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We'll<00:27:59.259><c> just</c><00:27:59.359><c> come</c><00:27:59.539><c> through</c>

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those<00:28:00.859><c> same</c><00:28:01.220><c> chapters</c><00:28:01.500><c> again.</c>

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Now,<00:28:04.480><c> you</c><00:28:04.559><c> can</c><00:28:04.779><c> see</c><00:28:04.940><c> down</c>

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on<00:28:05.420><c> the</c><00:28:05.660><c> right</c><00:28:05.880><c>-hand</c><00:28:06.119><c> side</c><00:28:06.440><c> there,</c>

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we've<00:28:06.940><c> got</c><00:28:07.059><c> the</c><00:28:07.319><c> story</c><00:28:07.579><c> of</c><00:28:07.759><c> the</c><00:28:07.920><c> chapters</c><00:28:08.200><c> of</c><00:28:08.460><c> Genesis,</c>

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and<00:28:08.980><c> here</c><00:28:09.160><c> we</c><00:28:09.359><c> have</c><00:28:10.160><c> a</c><00:28:10.420><c> line</c>

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representing<00:28:11.240><c> the</c><00:28:11.980><c> age,</c>

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the<00:28:12.440><c> respective</c><00:28:13.019><c> ages</c><00:28:13.539><c> of</c><00:28:13.980><c> Abraham</c><00:28:14.420><c> and</c><00:28:14.779><c> Sarah.</c>

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Can<00:28:15.579><c> anyone</c><00:28:15.759><c> tell</c><00:28:16.000><c> me</c><00:28:16.319><c> how</c><00:28:17.440><c> much</c><00:28:17.859><c> older</c>

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was<00:28:18.480><c> Abraham</c><00:28:18.819><c> and</c><00:28:19.059><c> Sarah?</c>

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Anyone<00:28:19.640><c> know?</c>

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What<00:28:21.519><c> was</c><00:28:21.700><c> their</c><00:28:21.880><c> age</c><00:28:22.180><c> difference?</c>

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Anybody<00:28:23.220><c> know?</c>

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Well,<00:28:25.740><c> we</c><00:28:25.839><c> can</c><00:28:26.019><c> work</c><00:28:26.180><c> it</c><00:28:26.319><c> out</c><00:28:26.420><c> actually.</c>

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.460
If<00:28:26.759><c> you</c><00:28:26.759><c> come</c><00:28:26.859><c> back</c><00:28:27.000><c> to</c><00:28:27.140><c> Genesis,</c>

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:29.339
chapter<00:28:27.819><c> 17.</c>

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.680
Yes,<00:28:33.680><c> 10</c><00:28:33.859><c> years</c><00:28:34.099><c> was</c><00:28:34.319><c> quite</c><00:28:34.519><c> right.</c>

00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:36.680
Now,<00:28:35.119><c> prove</c><00:28:35.279><c> it.</c>

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.559
Prove<00:28:37.480><c> it</c><00:28:37.619><c> to</c><00:28:37.740><c> me.</c>

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.400
Yes.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.980
Yes,<00:28:44.619><c> that's</c><00:28:45.019><c> pretty</c><00:28:45.220><c> good.</c>

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.319
That's<00:28:47.039><c> right.</c>

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:49.920
So<00:28:47.880><c> Genesis</c><00:28:48.240><c> chapter</c><00:28:48.700><c> 17</c><00:28:49.140><c> in</c><00:28:49.339><c> verse</c><00:28:49.539><c> 17</c>

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:51.039
is<00:28:50.079><c> probably</c><00:28:50.319><c> the</c><00:28:50.559><c> simplest</c><00:28:50.799><c> way</c>

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.440
of<00:28:51.220><c> proving</c><00:28:51.400><c> that,</c><00:28:51.660><c> isn't</c><00:28:51.740><c> it?</c>

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.559
Abraham<00:28:52.740><c> fell</c><00:28:52.960><c> upon</c><00:28:53.140><c> his</c><00:28:53.380><c> face</c>

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.299
and<00:28:53.759><c> laughed</c><00:28:53.960><c> and</c><00:28:54.099><c> said,</c>

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.759
shall<00:28:54.519><c> a</c><00:28:54.740><c> child</c><00:28:54.880><c> be</c><00:28:55.079><c> born</c><00:28:55.200><c> under</c><00:28:55.480><c> him</c>

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:57.039
that<00:28:55.920><c> is</c><00:28:56.160><c> 100</c><00:28:56.559><c> years</c><00:28:56.859><c> old,</c>

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:59.480
and<00:28:57.339><c> shall</c><00:28:57.579><c> Sarah</c><00:28:57.920><c> that</c><00:28:58.140><c> is</c><00:28:58.599><c> 90</c><00:28:58.920><c> years</c><00:28:59.200><c> old</c><00:28:59.380><c> best?</c>

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.400
And<00:28:59.660><c> there's</c><00:28:59.799><c> a</c><00:28:59.920><c> 10</c><00:29:00.059><c>-year</c><00:29:00.200><c> gap</c>

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:01.119
between<00:29:00.740><c> these</c><00:29:01.019><c> two,</c>

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:03.000
so<00:29:01.480><c> you</c><00:29:01.819><c> notice</c><00:29:02.019><c> that</c><00:29:02.180><c> the</c><00:29:02.299><c> line</c><00:29:02.440><c> of</c><00:29:02.680><c> Abraham</c>

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:05.019
starts<00:29:03.380><c> a</c><00:29:03.559><c> little</c><00:29:03.740><c> bit</c><00:29:03.940><c> before</c><00:29:04.200><c> the</c><00:29:04.380><c> line</c><00:29:04.559><c> of</c><00:29:04.859><c> Sarah,</c>

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.279
because<00:29:05.140><c> he</c><00:29:05.279><c> was</c><00:29:05.539><c> 10</c><00:29:05.759><c> years</c><00:29:06.000><c> older.</c>

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:08.480
He<00:29:06.980><c> lived</c><00:29:07.200><c> quite</c><00:29:07.460><c> a</c><00:29:07.539><c> bit</c><00:29:07.640><c> longer</c><00:29:07.920><c> too,</c><00:29:08.240><c> didn't</c><00:29:08.359><c> he?</c>

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.279
At<00:29:08.640><c> the</c><00:29:08.720><c> bottom</c><00:29:09.019><c> end</c><00:29:09.319><c> of</c><00:29:09.460><c> the</c><00:29:09.579><c> line.</c>

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.200
How<00:29:10.779><c> old</c><00:29:11.019><c> was</c><00:29:11.319><c> Sarah</c><00:29:11.480><c> when</c><00:29:11.700><c> she</c><00:29:11.980><c> died?</c>

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.839
Can<00:29:12.420><c> anyone</c><00:29:12.579><c> remember?</c>

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:17.500
Do<00:29:15.160><c> you</c><00:29:15.160><c> know</c><00:29:15.279><c> how</c><00:29:15.460><c> old</c><00:29:15.700><c> Sarah</c><00:29:15.960><c> was</c><00:29:16.200><c> when</c><00:29:16.440><c> she</c><00:29:16.680><c> died?</c>

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:21.099
She<00:29:18.539><c> was</c><00:29:19.019><c> 127,</c>

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.299
says<00:29:21.420><c> the</c><00:29:21.660><c> divine</c><00:29:21.880><c> record.</c>

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.880
Now,<00:29:22.799><c> does</c><00:29:22.880><c> anyone</c><00:29:22.980><c> know</c><00:29:23.160><c> how</c><00:29:23.339><c> old</c>

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:25.619
Abraham<00:29:24.240><c> was</c><00:29:24.480><c> when</c><00:29:24.640><c> he</c><00:29:24.819><c> died?</c>

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.119
175.

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:30.079
So<00:29:28.519><c> not</c><00:29:28.700><c> only</c><00:29:28.900><c> was</c><00:29:29.059><c> he</c><00:29:29.220><c> 10</c><00:29:29.440><c> years</c><00:29:29.819><c> older,</c>

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.960
born<00:29:30.460><c> 10</c><00:29:30.759><c> years</c><00:29:31.019><c> before</c><00:29:31.559><c> Sarah,</c>

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.700
but<00:29:32.480><c> he</c><00:29:32.640><c> lived</c><00:29:32.819><c> quite</c><00:29:33.119><c> a</c><00:29:33.220><c> lot</c><00:29:33.359><c> longer</c>

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.940
after<00:29:34.220><c> the</c><00:29:34.359><c> death</c><00:29:34.559><c> of</c><00:29:34.799><c> Sarah.</c>

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:36.299
She<00:29:35.140><c> died</c><00:29:35.400><c> at</c><00:29:35.619><c> 127.</c>

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:39.200
He<00:29:36.839><c> didn't</c><00:29:37.119><c> die</c><00:29:37.400><c> until</c><00:29:37.980><c> 175.</c>

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:41.400
So<00:29:39.740><c> he</c><00:29:39.759><c> was</c><00:29:39.940><c> there</c><00:29:40.059><c> for</c><00:29:40.240><c> quite</c><00:29:40.339><c> a</c><00:29:40.740><c> few</c><00:29:41.079><c> years</c>

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:43.220
after<00:29:41.779><c> the</c><00:29:41.900><c> death</c><00:29:42.119><c> of</c><00:29:42.220><c> his</c><00:29:42.400><c> wife.</c>

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:45.500
Now,<00:29:44.339><c> we've</c><00:29:44.559><c> got</c><00:29:44.660><c> a</c><00:29:44.799><c> lot</c><00:29:44.960><c> of</c><00:29:45.220><c> chapters</c>

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.700
down<00:29:45.779><c> the</c><00:29:45.980><c> right</c><00:29:46.160><c>-hand</c><00:29:46.380><c> side</c>

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.380
about<00:29:46.960><c> this</c><00:29:47.240><c> couple.</c>

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:48.180
Let's<00:29:47.599><c> have</c><00:29:47.720><c> a</c><00:29:47.779><c> look</c><00:29:47.900><c> again.</c>

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.140
So<00:29:48.440><c> chapter</c><00:29:48.660><c> 12,</c>

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:50.519
they<00:29:49.519><c> come</c><00:29:49.720><c> into</c><00:29:49.900><c> the</c><00:29:50.160><c> land,</c>

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.900
they<00:29:51.039><c> experience</c><00:29:51.619><c> famine,</c>

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.640
they<00:29:52.160><c> go</c><00:29:52.400><c> down</c><00:29:52.579><c> into</c><00:29:52.779><c> the</c><00:29:52.900><c> land</c><00:29:53.039><c> of</c><00:29:53.299><c> Egypt,</c>

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.400
and<00:29:53.819><c> they</c><00:29:54.099><c> experience</c><00:29:54.559><c> trouble</c><00:29:54.920><c> together.</c>

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:57.539
Chapter<00:29:56.000><c> 13</c><00:29:56.460><c> is</c><00:29:56.700><c> the</c><00:29:56.920><c> story,</c><00:29:57.180><c> remember,</c>

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.920
of<00:29:57.700><c> the</c><00:29:57.940><c> separation</c><00:29:58.359><c> of</c><00:29:58.680><c> Lot</c>

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:00.460
from<00:29:59.339><c> the</c><00:29:59.579><c> household</c><00:29:59.900><c> of</c><00:30:00.160><c> Abraham.</c>

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.880
The<00:30:00.900><c> renewal</c><00:30:01.200><c> of</c><00:30:01.400><c> the</c><00:30:01.619><c> promise.</c>

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.720
The<00:30:02.279><c> family</c><00:30:02.599><c> now</c><00:30:02.859><c> moves</c><00:30:03.140><c> to</c><00:30:03.420><c> Hebron.</c>

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:05.799
Chapter<00:30:04.059><c> 14,</c><00:30:04.619><c> the</c><00:30:04.740><c> battle</c><00:30:04.980><c> of</c><00:30:05.160><c> the</c><00:30:05.359><c> kings.</c>

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:08.140
The<00:30:06.720><c> meeting</c><00:30:07.019><c> with</c><00:30:07.259><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:10.480
The<00:30:08.460><c> meeting</c><00:30:08.759><c> with</c><00:30:09.019><c> the</c><00:30:09.079><c> king</c><00:30:09.359><c> of</c><00:30:09.680><c> Sodom.</c>

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:12.359
Chapter<00:30:10.759><c> 15,</c><00:30:11.299><c> the</c><00:30:11.440><c> promise</c><00:30:11.740><c> of</c><00:30:11.940><c> a</c><00:30:12.140><c> son</c>

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:14.059
and<00:30:12.779><c> the</c><00:30:12.980><c> making</c><00:30:13.240><c> of</c><00:30:13.619><c> the</c><00:30:13.819><c> covenant</c>

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:16.039
unto<00:30:14.279><c> thy</c><00:30:14.640><c> seed</c><00:30:14.920><c> have</c><00:30:15.039><c> I</c><00:30:15.220><c> given</c><00:30:15.440><c> this</c><00:30:15.700><c> land</c>

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.539
from<00:30:16.619><c> the</c><00:30:16.920><c> river</c><00:30:17.119><c> of</c><00:30:17.339><c> Egypt</c>

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unto<00:30:17.759><c> the</c><00:30:17.980><c> great</c><00:30:18.180><c> river,</c>

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.579
the<00:30:18.539><c> river</c><00:30:19.019><c> Euphrates.</c>

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.859
Chapter<00:30:20.000><c> 16,</c><00:30:20.700><c> the</c><00:30:20.819><c> story</c><00:30:21.059><c> of</c><00:30:21.319><c> Hagar</c>

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:24.220
coming<00:30:22.240><c> into</c><00:30:22.440><c> the</c><00:30:22.720><c> story</c><00:30:22.980><c> and</c><00:30:23.240><c> of</c><00:30:23.460><c> Ishmael.</c>

00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:26.839
Chapter<00:30:24.680><c> 17,</c><00:30:25.420><c> the</c><00:30:25.599><c> final</c><00:30:26.119><c> covenant</c><00:30:26.599><c> now</c>

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.779
that's<00:30:27.180><c> brought</c><00:30:27.400><c> forth</c>

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:29.619
whereby<00:30:28.259><c> the</c><00:30:28.660><c> son</c><00:30:28.920><c> is</c><00:30:29.359><c> promised</c>

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:31.359
and<00:30:29.859><c> their</c><00:30:30.059><c> names</c><00:30:30.460><c> are</c><00:30:30.920><c> changed.</c>

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:34.519
Chapter<00:30:32.000><c> 18,</c><00:30:32.579><c> three</c><00:30:32.940><c> angelic</c><00:30:33.599><c> visitors</c><00:30:33.980><c> arrive</c>

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:36.359
into<00:30:35.019><c> the</c><00:30:35.259><c> encampment</c><00:30:35.720><c> of</c><00:30:35.940><c> Abraham</c>

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:38.740
and<00:30:36.779><c> are</c><00:30:37.019><c> entertained</c><00:30:37.480><c> by</c><00:30:37.799><c> Abraham</c><00:30:38.160><c> and</c><00:30:38.319><c> his</c><00:30:38.460><c> wife.</c>

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:40.500
And<00:30:39.140><c> they</c><00:30:39.359><c> also</c><00:30:39.779><c> speak,</c><00:30:40.119><c> remember,</c>

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with<00:30:40.779><c> the</c><00:30:41.000><c> patriarch</c>

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:43.400
about<00:30:42.099><c> the</c><00:30:42.440><c> impending</c><00:30:42.980><c> judgment</c>

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:45.440
that<00:30:43.640><c> now</c><00:30:43.819><c> is</c><00:30:44.000><c> going</c><00:30:44.099><c> to</c><00:30:44.299><c> come</c><00:30:44.440><c> down</c><00:30:44.640><c> upon</c><00:30:44.980><c> Sodom.</c>

00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:47.700
And<00:30:45.799><c> that's</c><00:30:46.000><c> really</c><00:30:46.180><c> what</c><00:30:46.359><c> Chapter</c><00:30:46.559><c> 19</c><00:30:47.000><c> is</c><00:30:47.259><c> about,</c><00:30:47.480><c> isn't</c><00:30:47.599><c> it?</c>

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:50.500
The<00:30:48.000><c> destruction</c><00:30:48.640><c> of</c><00:30:49.380><c> Sodom</c><00:30:49.779><c> and</c><00:30:50.079><c> Gomorrah</c>

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:53.140
and<00:30:50.960><c> the</c><00:30:51.180><c> rescue</c><00:30:51.539><c> of</c><00:30:51.859><c> Lot</c><00:30:52.099><c> out</c><00:30:52.440><c> of</c><00:30:52.619><c> the</c><00:30:52.819><c> Holocaust.</c>

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:56.039
Chapter<00:30:53.619><c> 20</c><00:30:54.119><c> is</c><00:30:54.539><c> the</c><00:30:54.740><c> story</c><00:30:55.000><c> of</c><00:30:55.259><c> Abraham</c><00:30:55.539><c> and</c><00:30:55.819><c> Sarah</c>

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.660
in<00:30:56.380><c> the</c><00:30:56.519><c> land</c><00:30:56.700><c> of</c><00:30:56.819><c> the</c><00:30:56.980><c> Philistines.</c>

00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:00.799
Chapter<00:30:58.019><c> 21</c><00:30:58.599><c> is</c><00:30:59.160><c> the</c><00:30:59.359><c> story</c><00:30:59.559><c> of</c><00:30:59.740><c> the</c><00:30:59.880><c> birth</c><00:31:00.079><c> of</c><00:31:00.420><c> Isaac</c>

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:03.660
and<00:31:01.220><c> the</c><00:31:01.480><c> casting</c><00:31:01.819><c> out</c><00:31:02.400><c> of</c><00:31:02.960><c> Ishmael</c>

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:05.819
from<00:31:03.940><c> the</c><00:31:04.640><c> Abrahamic</c><00:31:05.240><c> household.</c>

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:07.059
Well,<00:31:06.259><c> we</c><00:31:06.359><c> could</c><00:31:06.519><c> have</c><00:31:06.680><c> gone</c><00:31:06.819><c> perhaps</c>

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:09.019
one<00:31:07.240><c> or</c><00:31:07.380><c> two</c><00:31:07.539><c> chapters</c><00:31:07.839><c> further</c><00:31:08.240><c> on,</c><00:31:08.519><c> couldn't</c><00:31:08.740><c> we?</c>

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:11.039
But<00:31:09.920><c> I've</c><00:31:10.319><c> left</c><00:31:10.440><c> it</c><00:31:10.579><c> at</c><00:31:10.720><c> that</c><00:31:10.900><c> point</c>

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:12.880
because<00:31:11.420><c> really</c><00:31:11.819><c> as</c><00:31:12.039><c> far</c><00:31:12.240><c> as</c><00:31:12.440><c> the</c><00:31:12.660><c> story</c>

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:15.339
of<00:31:13.400><c> Abraham</c><00:31:13.799><c> and</c><00:31:14.180><c> Sarah</c><00:31:14.400><c> is</c><00:31:14.819><c> concerned,</c>

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:18.059
Chapter<00:31:16.000><c> 21</c><00:31:16.420><c> is</c><00:31:16.660><c> really</c><00:31:16.960><c> the</c><00:31:17.160><c> last</c><00:31:17.599><c> incident</c>

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.400
where<00:31:18.279><c> they</c><00:31:18.579><c> appear</c><00:31:18.819><c> together</c>

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:22.640
as<00:31:19.980><c> husband</c><00:31:20.400><c> and</c><00:31:20.740><c> wife</c><00:31:20.980><c> in</c><00:31:21.200><c> the</c><00:31:21.400><c> divine</c><00:31:21.660><c> record.</c>

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:25.099
We<00:31:23.420><c> know</c><00:31:23.619><c> that</c><00:31:23.759><c> in</c><00:31:23.960><c> Chapter</c><00:31:24.200><c> 22,</c><00:31:24.599><c> of</c><00:31:24.900><c> course,</c>

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:28.000
is<00:31:25.480><c> the</c><00:31:25.720><c> story</c><00:31:25.960><c> of</c><00:31:26.279><c> the</c><00:31:26.779><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:27.400><c> of</c><00:31:27.680><c> Isaac,</c>

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:30.680
but<00:31:28.460><c> that's</c><00:31:28.799><c> more</c><00:31:28.940><c> the</c><00:31:29.180><c> story</c><00:31:29.400><c> of</c><00:31:29.640><c> Isaac</c><00:31:29.920><c> and</c><00:31:30.140><c> his</c><00:31:30.400><c> father.</c>

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:34.319
Chapter<00:31:31.279><c> 23</c><00:31:31.980><c> is</c><00:31:32.420><c> the</c><00:31:32.599><c> death</c><00:31:32.859><c> of</c><00:31:33.440><c> Sarah.</c>

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:37.200
Chapter<00:31:34.440><c> 24</c><00:31:35.079><c> is</c><00:31:35.539><c> the</c><00:31:36.039><c> marriage</c><00:31:36.420><c> of</c><00:31:36.680><c> Isaac.</c>

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:41.160
Chapter<00:31:37.759><c> 25</c><00:31:38.400><c> is</c><00:31:38.880><c> the</c><00:31:39.319><c> death</c><00:31:39.539><c> of</c><00:31:40.480><c> Abraham.</c>

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:43.599
And<00:31:41.660><c> there</c><00:31:41.900><c> truly</c><00:31:42.200><c> the</c><00:31:42.839><c> curtain</c><00:31:43.140><c> closes.</c>

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:45.160
I<00:31:44.039><c> want</c><00:31:44.200><c> to</c><00:31:44.299><c> show</c><00:31:44.420><c> you</c><00:31:44.539><c> something</c><00:31:44.740><c> interesting</c>

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.099
about<00:31:45.440><c> those</c><00:31:45.759><c> chapters.</c>

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:48.259
Just<00:31:46.680><c> have</c><00:31:46.799><c> a</c><00:31:46.839><c> look</c><00:31:46.960><c> at</c><00:31:47.079><c> this.</c>

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:52.900
Now,<00:31:50.980><c> down</c><00:31:51.259><c> the</c><00:31:51.420><c> other</c><00:31:51.660><c> side</c><00:31:51.900><c> of</c><00:31:52.140><c> the</c><00:31:52.660><c> screen,</c>

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:55.460
we<00:31:53.220><c> have</c><00:31:53.460><c> those</c><00:31:54.079><c> same</c><00:31:54.940><c> chapters</c>

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:57.349
of<00:31:55.759><c> the</c><00:31:55.880><c> book</c><00:31:56.019><c> of</c><00:31:56.220><c> Genesis</c><00:31:56.559><c> now</c>

00:31:57.410 --> 00:32:00.430
tied<00:31:57.910><c> in</c><00:31:58.369><c> with</c><00:31:58.789><c> the</c><00:31:59.150><c> respective</c><00:31:59.890><c> ages</c>

00:32:00.430 --> 00:32:03.049
of<00:32:00.849><c> Abraham</c><00:32:01.269><c> down</c><00:32:01.750><c> through</c><00:32:02.089><c> time.</c>

00:32:04.009 --> 00:32:04.809
Now,<00:32:04.170><c> you'll</c><00:32:04.349><c> notice</c><00:32:04.569><c> here</c>

00:32:04.809 --> 00:32:07.369
that<00:32:05.230><c> the</c><00:32:05.529><c> twelfth</c><00:32:05.970><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.289><c> of</c><00:32:06.470><c> the</c><00:32:06.549><c> book</c><00:32:06.750><c> of</c><00:32:06.930><c> Genesis</c>

00:32:07.369 --> 00:32:09.950
is<00:32:08.069><c> set</c><00:32:08.269><c> in</c><00:32:08.529><c> the</c><00:32:08.769><c> seventy</c><00:32:09.269><c>-fifth</c><00:32:09.589><c> year</c>

00:32:09.950 --> 00:32:11.349
of<00:32:10.190><c> the</c><00:32:10.589><c> life</c><00:32:10.829><c> of</c><00:32:11.029><c> Abraham.</c>

00:32:11.369 --> 00:32:12.670
And<00:32:11.490><c> as</c><00:32:11.809><c> you</c><00:32:12.009><c> quite</c><00:32:12.210><c> rightly</c><00:32:12.470><c> said,</c>

00:32:12.849 --> 00:32:13.450
we're<00:32:12.869><c> told</c><00:32:13.109><c> that,</c><00:32:13.269><c> aren't</c><00:32:13.369><c> we?</c>

00:32:13.450 --> 00:32:14.289
If<00:32:13.569><c> we</c><00:32:13.569><c> come</c><00:32:13.710><c> back</c><00:32:13.869><c> to</c><00:32:13.990><c> Genesis,</c>

00:32:14.309 --> 00:32:15.470
Chapter<00:32:14.569><c> 12</c><00:32:14.869><c> for</c><00:32:15.049><c> a</c><00:32:15.210><c> moment,</c>

00:32:15.769 --> 00:32:19.009
we're<00:32:15.950><c> told</c><00:32:16.109><c> that,</c><00:32:16.369><c> aren't</c><00:32:16.470><c> we,</c><00:32:16.630><c> in</c><00:32:16.789><c> Verse</c><00:32:17.109><c> 4?</c>

00:32:20.329 --> 00:32:24.230
In<00:32:20.829><c> Genesis,</c><00:32:21.390><c> Chapter</c><00:32:21.630><c> 12</c><00:32:22.130><c> and</c><00:32:22.450><c> Verse</c><00:32:22.910><c> 4,</c>

00:32:24.609 --> 00:32:28.630
we're<00:32:25.250><c> told</c><00:32:25.490><c> that</c><00:32:25.750><c> Abraham</c><00:32:25.970><c> was</c><00:32:26.529><c> seventy</c><00:32:26.950><c> and</c><00:32:27.430><c> five</c><00:32:27.789><c> years</c><00:32:28.250><c> old</c>

00:32:28.630 --> 00:32:31.029
when<00:32:28.809><c> he</c><00:32:29.049><c> departed</c><00:32:29.490><c> out</c><00:32:29.970><c> of</c><00:32:30.670><c> Haren.</c>

00:32:31.170 --> 00:32:32.829
So<00:32:31.450><c> in</c><00:32:31.789><c> this</c><00:32:32.069><c> twelfth</c><00:32:32.490><c> chapter,</c>

00:32:32.869 --> 00:32:34.470
when<00:32:32.970><c> he</c><00:32:33.130><c> comes</c><00:32:33.390><c> into</c><00:32:33.589><c> the</c><00:32:33.730><c> land</c><00:32:33.869><c> of</c><00:32:34.130><c> promise,</c>

00:32:34.809 --> 00:32:36.150
he's<00:32:35.109><c> seventy</c><00:32:35.710><c>-five.</c>

00:32:36.549 --> 00:32:38.269
But<00:32:36.750><c> when</c><00:32:36.890><c> we</c><00:32:37.049><c> come</c><00:32:37.190><c> to</c><00:32:37.349><c> Chapter</c><00:32:37.589><c> 16</c>

00:32:38.269 --> 00:32:41.609
and<00:32:38.630><c> to</c><00:32:38.789><c> the</c><00:32:38.809><c> very</c><00:32:39.089><c> last</c><00:32:39.490><c> verse</c><00:32:39.789><c> of</c><00:32:39.970><c> Chapter</c><00:32:40.269><c> 16,</c>

00:32:44.430 --> 00:32:47.390
we're<00:32:44.769><c> told</c><00:32:45.210><c> in</c><00:32:45.769><c> Chapter</c><00:32:46.069><c> 16</c><00:32:46.529><c> and</c><00:32:46.710><c> Verse</c><00:32:46.890><c> 16,</c>

00:32:47.509 --> 00:32:51.809
and<00:32:47.769><c> Abraham</c><00:32:48.250><c> was</c><00:32:49.109><c> four</c><00:32:49.829><c> score</c><00:32:50.410><c> and</c><00:32:50.990><c> six</c><00:32:51.309><c> years</c><00:32:51.630><c> old</c>

00:32:51.809 --> 00:32:53.250
when<00:32:52.049><c> Hagar</c><00:32:52.390><c> bearish</c><00:32:52.829><c> male.</c>

00:32:53.670 --> 00:32:56.630
So<00:32:53.890><c> how</c><00:32:54.049><c> old</c><00:32:54.210><c> was</c><00:32:54.410><c> he</c><00:32:55.069><c> in</c><00:32:55.250><c> the</c><00:32:55.369><c> Chapter</c><00:32:55.589><c> 16?</c>

00:32:57.029 --> 00:33:00.130
He's<00:32:57.390><c> now,</c><00:32:58.690><c> how</c><00:32:59.029><c> old</c><00:32:59.150><c> is</c><00:32:59.309><c> he?</c>

00:33:00.269 --> 00:33:01.690
He's<00:33:00.509><c> now</c><00:33:00.769><c> eighty</c><00:33:01.289><c>-six.</c>

00:33:02.049 --> 00:33:03.930
So<00:33:02.269><c> therefore,</c><00:33:02.930><c> if</c><00:33:02.990><c> we</c><00:33:03.309><c> know</c>

00:33:03.930 --> 00:33:07.549
that<00:33:04.349><c> he's</c><00:33:04.730><c> eighty</c><00:33:05.109><c>-six</c><00:33:05.349><c> at</c><00:33:05.609><c> the</c><00:33:05.690><c> end</c><00:33:05.910><c> of</c><00:33:06.130><c> Chapter</c><00:33:06.410><c> 16,</c>

00:33:08.269 --> 00:33:11.789
then<00:33:08.430><c> everything</c><00:33:08.769><c> that</c><00:33:09.049><c> happened</c><00:33:09.230><c> in</c><00:33:09.490><c> Chapter</c><00:33:09.769><c> 13</c><00:33:10.250><c> and</c><00:33:10.490><c> 14</c><00:33:10.910><c> and</c><00:33:11.069><c> 15</c>

00:33:11.789 --> 00:33:13.750
must<00:33:12.269><c> have</c><00:33:12.549><c> happened</c><00:33:12.730><c> between</c><00:33:13.150><c> the</c><00:33:13.410><c> years</c>

00:33:13.750 --> 00:33:17.990
seventy<00:33:14.329><c>-five</c><00:33:15.190><c> and</c><00:33:16.109><c> eighty</c><00:33:16.410><c>-six,</c><00:33:16.769><c> mustn't</c><00:33:17.009><c> they?</c>

00:33:18.150 --> 00:33:19.630
You<00:33:18.289><c> want</c><00:33:18.390><c> to</c><00:33:18.490><c> follow</c><00:33:18.569><c> me</c><00:33:18.710><c> on</c><00:33:18.809><c> that?</c>

00:33:19.730 --> 00:33:21.569
So<00:33:20.210><c> if</c><00:33:20.329><c> we</c><00:33:20.470><c> know</c><00:33:20.630><c> that</c><00:33:20.829><c> Chapter</c><00:33:21.089><c> 12</c>

00:33:21.569 --> 00:33:23.789
is<00:33:22.049><c> set</c><00:33:22.170><c> at</c><00:33:22.329><c> the</c><00:33:22.509><c> time</c><00:33:22.630><c> when</c><00:33:22.789><c> he's</c><00:33:22.950><c> seventy</c><00:33:23.369><c>-five,</c>

00:33:23.930 --> 00:33:25.589
and<00:33:24.150><c> by</c><00:33:24.269><c> the</c><00:33:24.349><c> time</c><00:33:24.529><c> we</c><00:33:24.650><c> come</c><00:33:24.750><c> to</c><00:33:24.910><c> Chapter</c><00:33:25.150><c> 16,</c>

00:33:25.650 --> 00:33:26.809
he's<00:33:25.849><c> only</c><00:33:26.049><c> eighty</c><00:33:26.250><c>-six</c><00:33:26.549><c> then,</c>

00:33:26.990 --> 00:33:28.589
all<00:33:27.369><c> the</c><00:33:27.569><c> other</c><00:33:27.769><c> three</c><00:33:28.109><c> chapters</c>

00:33:28.589 --> 00:33:31.769
must<00:33:29.190><c> have</c><00:33:29.390><c> occurred</c><00:33:29.630><c> in</c><00:33:29.809><c> the</c><00:33:29.990><c> intervening</c><00:33:30.450><c> ten</c><00:33:30.769><c> years.</c>

00:33:32.269 --> 00:33:34.190
But<00:33:32.470><c> you'll</c><00:33:32.710><c> notice</c><00:33:32.910><c> that</c><00:33:33.069><c> in</c><00:33:33.269><c> Chapter</c><00:33:33.569><c> 17,</c>

00:33:34.230 --> 00:33:36.089
in<00:33:34.430><c> Verse</c><00:33:34.690><c> 1</c><00:33:34.910><c> it</c><00:33:35.089><c> says,</c>

00:33:36.549 --> 00:33:38.529
and<00:33:36.549><c> when</c><00:33:36.970><c> Abraham,</c><00:33:38.069><c> or</c><00:33:38.289><c> Abram,</c>

00:33:38.710 --> 00:33:41.849
was<00:33:39.130><c> ninety</c><00:33:39.869><c> years</c><00:33:40.349><c> old</c><00:33:40.849><c> and</c><00:33:41.410><c> nine.</c>

00:33:41.930 --> 00:33:44.869
So<00:33:42.269><c> Chapter</c><00:33:42.609><c> 17</c><00:33:43.549><c> now</c><00:33:44.410><c> jumps</c>

00:33:44.869 --> 00:33:47.970
another<00:33:45.230><c> thirteen</c><00:33:45.809><c> years</c><00:33:46.269><c> to</c><00:33:46.430><c> when</c><00:33:46.509><c> he's</c><00:33:46.789><c> ninety</c><00:33:47.069><c>-nine.</c>

00:33:49.670 --> 00:33:53.690
And<00:33:50.309><c> how</c><00:33:50.529><c> old</c><00:33:50.789><c> is</c><00:33:50.950><c> he</c><00:33:51.049><c> when</c><00:33:51.250><c> Isaac</c><00:33:51.569><c> is</c><00:33:51.829><c> born</c><00:33:51.970><c> in</c><00:33:52.210><c> Chapter</c><00:33:52.509><c> 21?</c>

00:33:54.150 --> 00:33:55.609
We<00:33:54.289><c> know</c><00:33:54.529><c> that</c><00:33:54.809><c> he's,</c>

00:33:55.630 --> 00:33:58.630
well<00:33:55.809><c> we're</c><00:33:56.009><c> told</c><00:33:56.150><c> in</c><00:33:56.369><c> Genesis</c><00:33:56.630><c> 21</c><00:33:57.049><c> in</c><00:33:57.250><c> Verse</c><00:33:57.509><c> 5,</c>

00:33:59.289 --> 00:34:03.509
and<00:33:59.710><c> Abraham</c><00:34:00.470><c> was</c><00:34:01.529><c> an</c><00:34:01.990><c> hundred</c><00:34:02.410><c> years</c><00:34:02.910><c> old</c>

00:34:03.509 --> 00:34:05.869
when<00:34:03.950><c> his</c><00:34:04.190><c> son</c><00:34:04.450><c> Isaac</c><00:34:04.930><c> was</c><00:34:05.250><c> born</c><00:34:05.450><c> to</c><00:34:05.730><c> him.</c>

00:34:05.890 --> 00:34:08.690
So<00:34:06.269><c> if</c><00:34:06.690><c> we</c><00:34:06.930><c> know</c><00:34:07.109><c> that</c><00:34:07.390><c> Abraham</c><00:34:07.869><c> was</c>

00:34:08.829 --> 00:34:12.389
a<00:34:09.130><c> hundred</c><00:34:09.489><c> years</c><00:34:09.949><c> old</c><00:34:10.389><c> in</c><00:34:10.690><c> Chapter</c><00:34:10.989><c> 21,</c>

00:34:13.769 --> 00:34:18.489
but<00:34:14.090><c> ninety</c><00:34:14.690><c>-nine</c><00:34:14.989><c> years</c><00:34:15.349><c> old</c><00:34:15.789><c> in</c><00:34:16.110><c> Chapter</c><00:34:16.469><c> 17,</c><00:34:17.030><c> Verse</c><00:34:17.369><c> 1,</c>

00:34:19.150 --> 00:34:24.769
then<00:34:19.670><c> Chapter</c><00:34:20.030><c> 18,</c><00:34:20.969><c> 19,</c><00:34:22.030><c> 20</c><00:34:22.670><c> and</c><00:34:23.269><c> 21</c>

00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:29.150
must<00:34:26.809><c> have</c><00:34:26.969><c> all</c><00:34:27.150><c> happened</c><00:34:27.409><c> in</c><00:34:27.630><c> one</c><00:34:27.929><c> year.</c>

00:34:32.349 --> 00:34:34.710
And<00:34:32.489><c> it</c><00:34:32.550><c> was</c><00:34:32.670><c> even</c><00:34:32.909><c> more</c><00:34:33.110><c> than</c><00:34:33.289><c> that</c><00:34:33.489><c> because,</c>

00:34:34.710 --> 00:34:36.909
you<00:34:35.389><c> see</c><00:34:35.590><c> Genesis</c><00:34:36.010><c> Chapter</c><00:34:36.349><c> 17</c>

00:34:36.909 --> 00:34:39.190
gave<00:34:37.329><c> them</c><00:34:37.550><c> a</c><00:34:37.809><c> promise</c><00:34:38.070><c> when</c><00:34:38.349><c> he</c><00:34:38.469><c> was</c><00:34:38.670><c> ninety</c><00:34:38.989><c>-nine</c>

00:34:39.190 --> 00:34:41.489
that<00:34:39.329><c> they</c><00:34:39.489><c> would</c><00:34:39.630><c> have</c><00:34:39.849><c> a</c><00:34:40.030><c> child</c>

00:34:42.190 --> 00:34:44.150
twelve<00:34:42.710><c> months</c><00:34:43.110><c> later.</c>

00:34:44.650 --> 00:34:46.409
But<00:34:44.909><c> when</c><00:34:45.110><c> it</c><00:34:45.329><c> says</c><00:34:45.489><c> in</c><00:34:45.730><c> Chapter</c><00:34:45.989><c> 21,</c>

00:34:46.409 --> 00:34:49.909
well<00:34:46.610><c> look</c><00:34:46.750><c> what</c><00:34:46.909><c> it</c><00:34:47.070><c> says</c><00:34:47.230><c> in</c><00:34:47.389><c> Chapter</c><00:34:47.630><c> 21.</c>

00:34:56.829 --> 00:34:59.570
Chapter<00:34:57.269><c> 21</c><00:34:57.710><c> in</c><00:34:57.909><c> Verse</c><00:34:58.130><c> 1</c><00:34:58.409><c> says,</c>

00:34:59.909 --> 00:35:02.530
And<00:34:59.989><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:00.230><c> visited</c><00:35:00.610><c> Sarah</c><00:35:01.010><c> as</c><00:35:01.230><c> he</c><00:35:01.389><c> had</c><00:35:01.570><c> said</c><00:35:01.809><c> and</c><00:35:02.090><c> did,</c>

00:35:02.849 --> 00:35:04.530
as<00:35:02.949><c> he</c><00:35:03.050><c> had</c><00:35:03.250><c> spoken</c><00:35:03.489><c> for</c><00:35:03.690><c> Sarah,</c>

00:35:04.590 --> 00:35:06.389
conceived<00:35:05.030><c> and</c><00:35:05.369><c> bare</c><00:35:05.570><c> Abram</c><00:35:05.969><c> as</c><00:35:06.210><c> son</c>

00:35:06.389 --> 00:35:07.989
in<00:35:06.550><c> his</c><00:35:06.670><c> old</c><00:35:07.030><c> age</c><00:35:07.269><c> at</c><00:35:07.429><c> the</c><00:35:07.590><c> set</c><00:35:07.730><c> time</c>

00:35:07.989 --> 00:35:09.409
of<00:35:08.130><c> which</c><00:35:08.289><c> God</c><00:35:08.530><c> had</c><00:35:08.789><c> spoken</c><00:35:09.090><c> to</c><00:35:09.250><c> him.</c>

00:35:09.429 --> 00:35:12.070
So<00:35:09.750><c> the</c><00:35:10.730><c> promise</c><00:35:11.010><c> of</c><00:35:11.190><c> the</c><00:35:11.409><c> child</c><00:35:11.650><c> was</c>

00:35:12.070 --> 00:35:13.969
that<00:35:12.190><c> he</c><00:35:12.269><c> would</c><00:35:12.469><c> come</c><00:35:12.730><c> forth</c><00:35:12.969><c> in</c><00:35:13.110><c> twelve</c><00:35:13.349><c> months'</c><00:35:13.869><c> time,</c>

00:35:13.969 --> 00:35:16.289
but<00:35:14.090><c> he</c><00:35:14.190><c> wasn't</c><00:35:14.610><c> conceived</c><00:35:15.329><c> until</c><00:35:15.730><c> the</c><00:35:16.030><c> start</c>

00:35:16.289 --> 00:35:18.449
of<00:35:16.449><c> Genesis</c><00:35:16.809><c> Chapter</c><00:35:17.130><c> 21.</c>

00:35:21.150 --> 00:35:23.150
So<00:35:21.309><c> most</c><00:35:21.630><c> of</c><00:35:21.809><c> the</c><00:35:21.929><c> intervening</c><00:35:22.369><c> chapters</c><00:35:22.769><c> in</c><00:35:22.929><c> fact</c>

00:35:23.150 --> 00:35:24.710
occurred<00:35:23.530><c> in</c><00:35:23.849><c> a</c><00:35:24.090><c> space</c><00:35:24.269><c> of</c><00:35:24.530><c> probably</c>

00:35:24.710 --> 00:35:26.650
only<00:35:24.909><c> three</c><00:35:25.090><c> or</c><00:35:25.130><c> four</c><00:35:25.269><c> months.</c>

00:35:28.090 --> 00:35:31.929
Chapter<00:35:28.170><c> 18,</c><00:35:29.610><c> 19</c><00:35:30.130><c> and</c><00:35:31.510><c> 20.</c>

00:35:32.130 --> 00:35:33.409
Now<00:35:32.329><c> you</c><00:35:32.510><c> stop</c><00:35:32.650><c> and</c><00:35:32.769><c> think</c><00:35:32.929><c> about</c><00:35:33.150><c> this.</c>

00:35:33.769 --> 00:35:36.090
So<00:35:34.030><c> how</c><00:35:34.210><c> old</c><00:35:34.409><c> was</c><00:35:34.730><c> Abraham</c><00:35:35.130><c> in</c><00:35:35.329><c> total?</c>

00:35:36.610 --> 00:35:39.230
He<00:35:36.750><c> was</c><00:35:37.010><c> a</c><00:35:37.010><c> hundred</c><00:35:37.389><c> and</c><00:35:37.730><c> seventy</c><00:35:38.110><c>-five</c><00:35:38.650><c> when</c><00:35:38.809><c> he</c><00:35:39.070><c> died.</c>

00:35:39.269 --> 00:35:40.449
You<00:35:39.389><c> know</c><00:35:39.489><c> what</c><00:35:39.590><c> that's</c><00:35:39.869><c> really</c><00:35:40.170><c> telling</c><00:35:40.289><c> us,</c>

00:35:40.449 --> 00:35:42.889
that<00:35:40.610><c> little</c><00:35:40.849><c> chart,</c><00:35:41.530><c> it</c><00:35:41.789><c> tells</c><00:35:42.090><c> us</c>

00:35:42.889 --> 00:35:45.070
that<00:35:43.329><c> how</c><00:35:43.369><c> much</c><00:35:43.610><c> have</c><00:35:43.750><c> we</c><00:35:43.869><c> told</c><00:35:44.030><c> about</c><00:35:44.289><c> the</c><00:35:44.510><c> first</c>

00:35:45.070 --> 00:35:49.769
seventy<00:35:45.730><c>-five</c><00:35:46.150><c> years</c><00:35:46.949><c> of</c><00:35:47.989><c> Abram's</c><00:35:48.449><c> life?</c>

00:35:49.949 --> 00:35:51.530
Virtually<00:35:50.590><c> nothing.</c>

00:35:52.369 --> 00:35:54.150
What<00:35:52.590><c> do</c><00:35:52.769><c> we</c><00:35:52.849><c> know</c><00:35:53.050><c> about</c><00:35:53.349><c> the</c><00:35:53.590><c> last</c>

00:35:54.150 --> 00:35:57.369
seventy<00:35:54.710><c>-five</c><00:35:55.030><c> years</c><00:35:55.630><c> of</c><00:35:55.969><c> Abram's</c><00:35:56.449><c> life?</c>

00:35:57.650 --> 00:35:59.650
Virtually<00:35:58.489><c> nothing.</c>

00:36:00.650 --> 00:36:03.070
The<00:36:00.889><c> Divine</c><00:36:01.289><c> Record</c><00:36:01.730><c> focuses</c><00:36:02.309><c> on</c><00:36:02.650><c> only</c>

00:36:03.070 --> 00:36:06.670
twenty<00:36:03.769><c>-five</c><00:36:04.269><c> years</c><00:36:04.929><c> of</c><00:36:05.349><c> the</c><00:36:05.590><c> patriarch's</c><00:36:06.329><c> life</c>

00:36:06.670 --> 00:36:09.130
in<00:36:07.050><c> the</c><00:36:07.289><c> middle</c><00:36:07.730><c> of</c><00:36:08.050><c> his</c><00:36:08.210><c> life.</c>

00:36:10.329 --> 00:36:14.030
And<00:36:11.010><c> all</c><00:36:11.530><c> that</c><00:36:11.989><c> story</c><00:36:12.329><c> in</c><00:36:12.510><c> the</c><00:36:12.610><c> book</c><00:36:12.769><c> of</c><00:36:13.010><c> Genesis</c>

00:36:14.250 --> 00:36:19.630
is<00:36:14.929><c> really</c><00:36:15.329><c> the</c><00:36:15.650><c> story</c><00:36:16.030><c> just</c><00:36:16.489><c> of</c><00:36:16.690><c> those</c><00:36:17.090><c> twenty</c><00:36:17.469><c>-five</c><00:36:17.690><c> years.</c>

00:36:20.750 --> 00:36:25.869
Twenty<00:36:21.130><c>-five</c><00:36:21.949><c> out</c><00:36:23.269><c> of</c><00:36:23.469><c> a</c><00:36:23.489><c> hundred</c><00:36:23.909><c> and</c><00:36:24.230><c> seventy</c><00:36:24.690><c>-five.</c>

00:36:26.510 --> 00:36:29.929
That<00:36:26.929><c> tells</c><00:36:27.269><c> us</c><00:36:27.610><c> that</c><00:36:27.809><c> the</c><00:36:28.090><c> Record</c><00:36:28.369><c> has</c><00:36:28.710><c> chosen</c><00:36:29.289><c> events</c>

00:36:29.929 --> 00:36:33.730
that<00:36:30.230><c> must</c><00:36:30.570><c> have</c><00:36:30.909><c> been</c><00:36:31.530><c> very</c><00:36:32.429><c> significant.</c>

00:36:34.989 --> 00:36:36.710
That<00:36:35.309><c> the</c><00:36:35.489><c> chapters</c><00:36:35.809><c> that</c><00:36:36.050><c> we</c><00:36:36.250><c> do</c><00:36:36.530><c> have</c>

00:36:36.710 --> 00:36:38.329
and<00:36:36.849><c> the</c><00:36:36.969><c> episodes</c><00:36:37.449><c> that</c><00:36:37.710><c> we</c><00:36:37.889><c> do</c><00:36:38.170><c> have</c>

00:36:38.329 --> 00:36:40.630
and<00:36:38.510><c> the</c><00:36:38.829><c> stories</c><00:36:39.230><c> that</c><00:36:39.489><c> we</c><00:36:39.730><c> have</c><00:36:39.909><c> been</c><00:36:40.230><c> given</c>

00:36:40.630 --> 00:36:42.849
are<00:36:41.409><c> charged</c><00:36:41.869><c> with</c><00:36:42.269><c> importance,</c>

00:36:43.230 --> 00:36:46.369
they<00:36:43.349><c> are</c><00:36:43.610><c> obviously</c><00:36:44.210><c> highly</c><00:36:45.210><c> representative</c>

00:36:46.369 --> 00:36:48.670
of<00:36:46.809><c> what</c><00:36:47.170><c> went</c><00:36:47.429><c> on</c><00:36:47.710><c> in</c><00:36:48.070><c> Abram's</c><00:36:48.489><c> life.</c>

00:36:48.949 --> 00:36:51.389
They<00:36:49.170><c> are</c><00:36:49.449><c> typical</c><00:36:49.789><c> of</c><00:36:50.010><c> the</c><00:36:50.309><c> story</c><00:36:50.570><c> of</c><00:36:50.789><c> their</c><00:36:50.929><c> marriage</c>

00:36:51.389 --> 00:36:53.670
and<00:36:51.789><c> of</c><00:36:51.969><c> their</c><00:36:52.309><c> character</c><00:36:52.630><c> development</c><00:36:53.090><c> as</c><00:36:53.349><c> a</c><00:36:53.469><c> whole.</c>

00:36:53.989 --> 00:36:58.329
So<00:36:54.190><c> the</c><00:36:54.750><c> Spirit</c><00:36:55.070><c> selects</c><00:36:56.230><c> twenty</c><00:36:56.610><c>-five</c><00:36:56.849><c> years</c>

00:36:58.590 --> 00:37:00.650
and<00:36:59.150><c> says</c><00:36:59.289><c> now</c><00:36:59.449><c> you</c><00:36:59.610><c> look</c><00:36:59.750><c> at</c><00:36:59.889><c> those</c><00:37:00.150><c> years</c>

00:37:00.650 --> 00:37:03.710
because<00:37:01.590><c> that's</c><00:37:02.070><c> the</c><00:37:02.210><c> story</c><00:37:02.429><c> of</c><00:37:02.610><c> that</c><00:37:02.789><c> man.</c>

00:37:04.030 --> 00:37:06.650
Didn't<00:37:04.550><c> need</c><00:37:04.769><c> any</c><00:37:05.010><c> more.</c>

00:37:07.269 --> 00:37:09.849
What<00:37:07.349><c> the</c><00:37:07.690><c> Spirit</c><00:37:07.949><c> selected</c><00:37:08.469><c> and</c><00:37:08.690><c> put</c><00:37:08.849><c> into</c><00:37:09.050><c> the</c><00:37:09.170><c> book</c><00:37:09.329><c> of</c><00:37:09.550><c> Genesis</c>

00:37:09.849 --> 00:37:15.050
was<00:37:10.170><c> sufficient</c><00:37:10.769><c> to</c><00:37:11.530><c> show</c><00:37:11.730><c> us</c><00:37:12.409><c> the</c><00:37:13.050><c> development</c><00:37:13.530><c> of</c><00:37:13.809><c> this</c><00:37:14.269><c> couple.</c>

00:37:15.909 --> 00:37:21.750
And<00:37:16.050><c> above</c><00:37:16.230><c> all</c><00:37:16.550><c> things,</c><00:37:17.110><c> what</c><00:37:17.130><c> the</c><00:37:18.190><c> story</c><00:37:18.530><c> of</c><00:37:18.929><c> these</c><00:37:21.289><c> chapters</c>

00:37:21.750 --> 00:37:24.489
is<00:37:22.230><c> all</c><00:37:22.550><c> about</c><00:37:22.809><c> is</c><00:37:23.050><c> the</c><00:37:23.269><c> story</c><00:37:23.530><c> of</c><00:37:23.750><c> the</c><00:37:24.070><c> development</c>

00:37:24.489 --> 00:37:26.250
of<00:37:24.989><c> the</c><00:37:25.309><c> faith</c><00:37:25.570><c> of</c><00:37:25.809><c> this</c><00:37:26.070><c> couple.</c>

00:37:26.309 --> 00:37:27.309
And<00:37:26.489><c> they</c><00:37:26.610><c> were</c><00:37:26.769><c> going</c><00:37:26.869><c> to</c><00:37:27.050><c> do</c><00:37:27.170><c> that.</c>

00:37:27.309 --> 00:37:29.349
They<00:37:27.429><c> were</c><00:37:27.530><c> going</c><00:37:27.690><c> to</c><00:37:27.909><c> match</c><00:37:28.230><c> each</c><00:37:28.650><c> other,</c>

00:37:29.349 --> 00:37:32.929
strive<00:37:30.030><c> for</c><00:37:30.449><c> stride</c><00:37:30.969><c> in</c><00:37:31.369><c> the</c><00:37:31.690><c> story</c><00:37:31.969><c> of</c><00:37:32.190><c> the</c><00:37:32.369><c> development</c><00:37:32.730><c> of</c>

00:37:32.929 --> 00:37:33.849
their<00:37:33.130><c> faith.</c>

00:37:33.869 --> 00:37:36.789
And<00:37:33.929><c> one</c><00:37:34.329><c> or</c><00:37:34.829><c> other</c><00:37:35.210><c> of</c><00:37:35.389><c> this</c><00:37:35.630><c> couple</c><00:37:35.849><c> are</c><00:37:35.989><c> going</c><00:37:36.110><c> to</c><00:37:36.369><c> at</c><00:37:36.530><c> times</c>

00:37:36.789 --> 00:37:37.510
go<00:37:37.130><c> ahead</c>

00:37:37.510 --> 00:37:39.570
and<00:37:37.909><c> at</c><00:37:38.030><c> other</c><00:37:38.289><c> times</c><00:37:38.590><c> they</c><00:37:38.730><c> are</c><00:37:38.750><c> going</c><00:37:38.929><c> to</c><00:37:39.150><c> fall</c><00:37:39.389><c> back.</c>

00:37:39.610 --> 00:37:42.210
You<00:37:39.769><c> see</c><00:37:39.849><c> they</c><00:37:40.030><c> both</c><00:37:40.489><c> remember</c><00:37:40.869><c> had</c><00:37:41.130><c> strengths</c><00:37:41.550><c> and</c><00:37:41.789><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:37:42.630 --> 00:37:44.289
And<00:37:42.809><c> so</c><00:37:42.909><c> what</c><00:37:43.110><c> we</c><00:37:43.369><c> see</c><00:37:43.510><c> in</c><00:37:43.670><c> these</c><00:37:43.969><c> chapters</c>

00:37:44.289 --> 00:37:47.469
is<00:37:44.510><c> the</c><00:37:44.710><c> story</c><00:37:44.949><c> of</c><00:37:45.130><c> a</c><00:37:45.269><c> couple</c><00:37:45.630><c> who</c><00:37:46.289><c> struggled</c><00:37:46.690><c> with</c><00:37:46.909><c> their</c><00:37:47.190><c> faith</c>

00:37:47.469 --> 00:37:50.530
and<00:37:47.869><c> at</c><00:37:48.030><c> times</c><00:37:48.369><c> they</c><00:37:48.690><c> tried</c><00:37:49.050><c> and</c><00:37:49.510><c> at</c><00:37:49.710><c> other</c><00:37:49.909><c> times</c><00:37:50.269><c> they</c>

00:37:50.530 --> 00:37:51.510
miserably<00:37:51.010><c> failed.</c>

00:37:51.909 --> 00:37:56.710
But<00:37:52.309><c> inevitably,</c><00:37:53.250><c> ultimately,</c><00:37:54.389><c> they</c><00:37:54.610><c> both</c><00:37:54.909><c> came</c><00:37:55.210><c> to</c><00:37:55.389><c> the</c><00:37:55.610><c> final</c><00:37:55.929><c> time</c><00:37:56.250><c> of</c><00:37:56.550><c> faith</c>

00:37:56.710 --> 00:38:00.730
and<00:37:56.789><c> when</c><00:37:56.949><c> they</c><00:37:57.250><c> did,</c><00:37:57.690><c> as</c><00:37:57.829><c> we</c><00:37:58.010><c> said</c><00:37:58.170><c> before,</c><00:37:58.889><c> they</c><00:37:59.090><c> came</c><00:37:59.369><c> to</c><00:37:59.530><c> it</c><00:37:59.750><c> together.</c>

00:38:01.750 --> 00:38:04.530
And<00:38:02.309><c> it</c><00:38:02.449><c> didn't</c><00:38:02.670><c> just</c><00:38:03.070><c> happen</c><00:38:03.469><c> all</c><00:38:03.989><c> at</c><00:38:04.190><c> once.</c>

00:38:04.969 --> 00:38:08.429
They<00:38:05.170><c> come</c><00:38:05.389><c> into</c><00:38:05.610><c> the</c><00:38:05.829><c> record</c><00:38:06.090><c> in</c><00:38:06.309><c> the</c><00:38:06.550><c> early</c><00:38:07.170><c> stages</c><00:38:07.630><c> of</c><00:38:07.949><c> the</c><00:38:08.210><c> story</c>

00:38:08.429 --> 00:38:10.670
as<00:38:08.610><c> a</c><00:38:08.769><c> couple</c><00:38:09.050><c> that</c><00:38:09.510><c> really</c><00:38:09.909><c> lacked</c><00:38:10.269><c> faith.</c>

00:38:11.030 --> 00:38:13.570
It's<00:38:11.409><c> almost</c><00:38:11.730><c> only</c><00:38:12.210><c> at</c><00:38:12.429><c> the</c><00:38:12.710><c> end</c><00:38:12.949><c> of</c><00:38:13.170><c> the</c><00:38:13.349><c> story</c>

00:38:13.570 --> 00:38:16.170
that<00:38:13.730><c> they</c><00:38:14.010><c> finally</c><00:38:14.530><c> have</c><00:38:14.969><c> developed</c><00:38:15.309><c> sufficient</c><00:38:15.849><c> faith</c>

00:38:16.170 --> 00:38:19.409
that<00:38:16.650><c> the</c><00:38:16.909><c> child</c><00:38:17.250><c> of</c><00:38:17.570><c> promise</c><00:38:17.789><c> might</c><00:38:18.050><c> be</c><00:38:18.349><c> brought</c><00:38:18.570><c> forth</c><00:38:18.929><c> for</c><00:38:19.190><c> them.</c>

00:38:19.630 --> 00:38:21.710
It<00:38:19.670><c> was</c><00:38:20.070><c> the</c><00:38:20.429><c> development</c><00:38:20.829><c> of</c><00:38:21.130><c> this</c><00:38:21.349><c> marriage</c>

00:38:21.710 --> 00:38:24.389
was<00:38:22.130><c> something</c><00:38:22.449><c> that</c><00:38:22.690><c> took</c><00:38:22.889><c> place</c><00:38:23.289><c> in</c><00:38:23.829><c> stages.</c>

00:38:24.389 --> 00:38:26.809
It<00:38:25.250><c> came</c><00:38:25.650><c> through</c><00:38:26.010><c> experience.</c>

00:38:27.210 --> 00:38:29.050
They<00:38:27.489><c> developed</c><00:38:27.929><c> out</c><00:38:28.309><c> of</c><00:38:28.710><c> trial.</c>

00:38:29.349 --> 00:38:31.650
And<00:38:29.530><c> that's</c><00:38:29.889><c> the</c><00:38:30.110><c> story</c><00:38:30.369><c> of</c><00:38:30.590><c> marriage</c><00:38:30.869><c> and</c><00:38:31.050><c> the</c><00:38:31.230><c> truth,</c><00:38:31.449><c> isn't</c><00:38:31.550><c> it?</c>

00:38:31.650 --> 00:38:34.150
And<00:38:31.829><c> not</c><00:38:31.989><c> just</c><00:38:32.150><c> of</c><00:38:32.349><c> marriage</c><00:38:32.590><c> but</c><00:38:32.929><c> of</c><00:38:33.409><c> experience</c><00:38:33.809><c> and</c><00:38:33.989><c> the</c>

00:38:34.150 --> 00:38:35.329
truth<00:38:34.289><c> itself.</c>

00:38:35.929 --> 00:38:41.269
Our<00:38:36.110><c> characters</c><00:38:36.510><c> are</c><00:38:36.949><c> developed</c><00:38:37.269><c> on</c><00:38:37.750><c> the</c><00:38:37.989><c> basis</c><00:38:38.329><c> of</c><00:38:38.789><c> experience</c><00:38:39.530><c> and</c><00:38:40.369><c> trial</c><00:38:40.730><c> in</c><00:38:41.110><c> life.</c>

00:38:41.309 --> 00:38:43.550
You<00:38:41.409><c> know,</c><00:38:41.510><c> everyone</c><00:38:41.769><c> has</c><00:38:42.110><c> trial</c><00:38:42.449><c> in</c><00:38:42.670><c> life.</c>

00:38:44.050 --> 00:38:47.210
And<00:38:44.329><c> this</c><00:38:44.610><c> couple</c><00:38:45.309><c> had</c><00:38:46.090><c> a</c><00:38:46.349><c> child.</c>

00:38:48.170 --> 00:38:51.110
In<00:38:48.409><c> fact,</c><00:38:48.550><c> I</c><00:38:48.789><c> suppose</c><00:38:48.989><c> that</c><00:38:49.250><c> most</c><00:38:49.489><c> of</c><00:38:49.670><c> us</c><00:38:50.170><c> may</c><00:38:50.409><c> look</c><00:38:50.610><c> back</c><00:38:50.869><c> upon</c>

00:38:51.110 --> 00:38:51.590
our<00:38:51.329><c> lives</c>

00:38:51.590 --> 00:38:54.550
and<00:38:51.769><c> see</c><00:38:52.030><c> that</c><00:38:52.230><c> there</c><00:38:52.369><c> are</c><00:38:52.690><c> certain</c><00:38:53.110><c> particular</c><00:38:54.110><c> things,</c>

00:38:54.769 --> 00:38:58.630
especially<00:38:55.409><c> that</c><00:38:56.030><c> have</c><00:38:56.230><c> been</c><00:38:56.530><c> a</c><00:38:56.750><c> trial</c><00:38:57.050><c> or</c><00:38:57.429><c> a</c><00:38:57.789><c> difficulty</c><00:38:58.110><c> to</c><00:38:58.389><c> us.</c>

00:38:58.849 --> 00:39:01.050
Well,<00:38:59.210><c> this</c><00:38:59.429><c> couple</c><00:38:59.710><c> were</c><00:38:59.989><c> no</c><00:39:00.369><c> exception.</c>

00:39:01.469 --> 00:39:05.550
They<00:39:01.769><c> had</c><00:39:01.989><c> a</c><00:39:02.469><c> special,</c><00:39:03.289><c> special</c><00:39:04.570><c> trial.</c>

00:39:06.809 --> 00:39:08.369
You<00:39:06.989><c> know</c><00:39:07.010><c> what</c><00:39:07.110><c> their</c><00:39:07.269><c> trial</c><00:39:07.510><c> was?</c>

00:39:08.929 --> 00:39:12.130
Well,<00:39:09.590><c> let's</c><00:39:09.829><c> see</c><00:39:09.969><c> what</c><00:39:10.150><c> it</c><00:39:10.369><c> was</c><00:39:10.769><c> simply</c><00:39:11.369><c> by</c><00:39:11.650><c> looking</c><00:39:11.849><c> at</c><00:39:12.010><c> the</c>

00:39:12.130 --> 00:39:12.769
divine<00:39:12.369><c> record.</c>

00:39:13.070 --> 00:39:16.849
Here's<00:39:13.510><c> the</c><00:39:13.809><c> story</c><00:39:14.250><c> of</c><00:39:14.849><c> the</c><00:39:15.130><c> particular</c><00:39:15.769><c> trial</c><00:39:16.329><c> that</c><00:39:16.590><c> this</c>

00:39:16.849 --> 00:39:17.829
couple<00:39:17.269><c> endured.</c>

00:39:17.969 --> 00:39:19.590
It<00:39:17.969><c> was</c><00:39:18.230><c> the</c><00:39:18.429><c> trial</c><00:39:18.829><c> of</c><00:39:19.250><c> barrenness.</c>

00:39:19.590 --> 00:39:22.969
Now,<00:39:20.110><c> just</c><00:39:20.210><c> look</c><00:39:20.530><c> at</c><00:39:20.690><c> the</c><00:39:20.849><c> story</c><00:39:21.070><c> of</c><00:39:21.230><c> the</c><00:39:21.289><c> book</c><00:39:21.510><c> of</c><00:39:21.690><c> Genesis.</c>

00:39:23.690 --> 00:39:26.230
Genesis<00:39:23.949><c> chapter</c><00:39:24.369><c> 11,</c><00:39:24.710><c> verse</c><00:39:25.010><c> 3.</c>

00:39:26.690 --> 00:39:30.510
But<00:39:26.849><c> Sarai</c><00:39:27.550><c> was</c><00:39:29.190><c> barren.</c>

00:39:31.869 --> 00:39:36.210
She<00:39:32.429><c> had</c><00:39:32.889><c> no</c><00:39:33.510><c> children,</c><00:39:34.929><c> says</c><00:39:35.050><c> the</c><00:39:35.269><c> record.</c>

00:39:38.829 --> 00:39:40.989
You<00:39:39.389><c> know,</c><00:39:39.489><c> the</c><00:39:39.610><c> Bible</c><00:39:39.769><c> didn't</c><00:39:39.989><c> need</c><00:39:40.150><c> to</c><00:39:40.329><c> say</c><00:39:40.429><c> that</c><00:39:40.690><c> second</c>

00:39:40.989 --> 00:39:42.929
statement,<00:39:41.329><c> did</c><00:39:41.510><c> it?</c>

00:39:44.530 --> 00:39:50.230
If<00:39:45.090><c> a</c><00:39:45.289><c> woman</c><00:39:45.449><c> is</c><00:39:45.730><c> barren,</c><00:39:47.929><c> of</c><00:39:48.130><c> course</c><00:39:48.349><c> she's</c><00:39:48.690><c> got</c><00:39:48.849><c> no</c><00:39:49.150><c> children.</c>

00:39:52.010 --> 00:39:54.429
That's<00:39:52.289><c> what</c><00:39:52.429><c> it</c><00:39:52.530><c> means</c><00:39:52.829><c> to</c><00:39:53.010><c> be</c><00:39:53.170><c> barren.</c>

00:39:56.469 --> 00:39:59.469
But<00:39:56.530><c> what</c><00:39:56.690><c> the</c><00:39:56.869><c> record</c><00:39:57.130><c> does,</c><00:39:57.489><c> what</c><00:39:57.690><c> the</c><00:39:57.989><c> Spirit</c><00:39:58.190><c> does</c><00:39:58.570><c> in</c><00:39:58.809><c> Genesis</c><00:39:59.110><c> 11,</c>

00:39:59.530 --> 00:40:00.110
verse<00:39:59.769><c> 30,</c>

00:40:00.190 --> 00:40:03.670
is<00:40:00.289><c> it</c><00:40:00.449><c> captures</c><00:40:00.869><c> for</c><00:40:01.130><c> us</c><00:40:01.610><c> the</c><00:40:02.070><c> sense</c><00:40:02.409><c> of</c><00:40:02.690><c> the</c><00:40:02.929><c> distress</c><00:40:03.429><c> that</c>

00:40:03.670 --> 00:40:05.369
was<00:40:03.969><c> felt</c><00:40:04.190><c> in</c><00:40:04.429><c> this</c><00:40:04.590><c> woman.</c>

00:40:05.969 --> 00:40:06.869
She<00:40:06.130><c> was</c><00:40:06.409><c> barren.</c>

00:40:07.170 --> 00:40:09.110
She<00:40:07.510><c> had</c><00:40:07.869><c> no</c><00:40:08.469><c> children.</c>

00:40:09.110 --> 00:40:12.610
And<00:40:09.389><c> that</c><00:40:09.690><c> was</c><00:40:09.949><c> going</c><00:40:10.110><c> to</c><00:40:10.289><c> be</c><00:40:10.429><c> the</c><00:40:10.730><c> trial</c><00:40:11.070><c> that</c><00:40:11.289><c> they</c><00:40:12.170><c> would</c>

00:40:12.610 --> 00:40:13.650
struggle<00:40:13.130><c> with</c><00:40:13.429><c> this</c>

00:40:13.650 --> 00:40:17.530
for<00:40:13.989><c> years</c><00:40:14.590><c> and</c><00:40:15.250><c> years</c><00:40:15.809><c> and</c><00:40:16.110><c> years</c><00:40:16.690><c> of</c><00:40:17.030><c> their</c><00:40:17.289><c> life.</c>

00:40:17.809 --> 00:40:20.530
It<00:40:17.889><c> was</c><00:40:17.889><c> going</c><00:40:17.969><c> to</c><00:40:18.050><c> be</c><00:40:18.190><c> a</c><00:40:18.309><c> very</c><00:40:18.809><c> distressing</c><00:40:19.389><c> experience</c><00:40:20.150><c> for</c><00:40:20.369><c> them.</c>

00:40:20.909 --> 00:40:24.489
And<00:40:21.050><c> just</c><00:40:21.309><c> as</c><00:40:21.489><c> Sarah</c><00:40:21.789><c> was</c><00:40:22.130><c> distressed</c><00:40:22.469><c> by</c><00:40:22.750><c> that,</c><00:40:23.309><c> so</c><00:40:23.590><c> also</c><00:40:24.210><c> was</c>

00:40:24.489 --> 00:40:25.150
her<00:40:24.769><c> husband.</c>

00:40:25.289 --> 00:40:28.429
Because<00:40:25.650><c> in</c><00:40:26.150><c> the</c><00:40:26.250><c> 15th</c><00:40:26.809><c> chapter,</c><00:40:27.170><c> in</c><00:40:27.289><c> verses</c><00:40:27.570><c> 2</c><00:40:27.829><c> and</c><00:40:27.929><c> 3,</c>

00:40:28.829 --> 00:40:30.289
Abraham<00:40:29.030><c> obviously</c><00:40:29.449><c> felt</c><00:40:29.710><c> the</c><00:40:29.949><c> same</c><00:40:30.170><c> thing.</c>

00:40:30.409 --> 00:40:31.269
He<00:40:30.429><c> says</c><00:40:30.750><c> to</c><00:40:30.949><c> God,</c>

00:40:31.269 --> 00:40:34.989
What<00:40:31.849><c> wilt</c><00:40:32.269><c> thou</c><00:40:32.469><c> give</c><00:40:32.670><c> me,</c><00:40:32.949><c> seeing</c><00:40:33.250><c> I</c><00:40:33.570><c> go</c><00:40:34.050><c> childless?</c>

00:40:35.449 --> 00:40:38.989
Thou<00:40:35.750><c> hast</c><00:40:36.130><c> given</c><00:40:36.369><c> me</c><00:40:36.730><c> no</c><00:40:37.550><c> seed,</c><00:40:38.230><c> says</c><00:40:38.489><c> Abraham.</c>

00:40:39.210 --> 00:40:41.090
Oh,<00:40:39.409><c> he</c><00:40:39.570><c> felt</c><00:40:39.789><c> that</c><00:40:40.090><c> too.</c>

00:40:42.610 --> 00:40:44.630
They<00:40:42.909><c> really</c><00:40:43.170><c> found</c><00:40:43.409><c> this</c><00:40:43.750><c> hard,</c><00:40:44.130><c> this</c><00:40:44.349><c> couple.</c>

00:40:45.110 --> 00:40:48.150
This<00:40:45.510><c> was</c><00:40:45.969><c> the</c><00:40:46.150><c> big</c><00:40:46.429><c> problem</c><00:40:46.809><c> for</c><00:40:47.050><c> them.</c>

00:40:51.590 --> 00:40:55.570
We're<00:40:51.829><c> told</c><00:40:52.070><c> in</c><00:40:52.269><c> chapter</c><00:40:52.510><c> 16</c><00:40:53.030><c> in</c><00:40:53.250><c> verses</c><00:40:53.530><c> 1</c><00:40:53.849><c> to</c><00:40:54.070><c> 2,</c>

00:40:55.570 --> 00:40:59.889
So<00:40:56.469><c> may</c><00:40:56.690><c> I</c><00:40:57.309><c> bear</c><00:40:57.750><c> him</c><00:40:58.110><c> no</c><00:40:58.510><c> children?</c>

00:41:01.789 --> 00:41:04.670
Yahweh,<00:41:02.230><c> says</c><00:41:02.429><c> Sarah,</c><00:41:02.949><c> has</c><00:41:03.269><c> restrained</c><00:41:03.809><c> me</c><00:41:04.090><c> from</c><00:41:04.309><c> bearing.</c>

00:41:04.889 --> 00:41:11.210
Go<00:41:05.170><c> in</c><00:41:05.309><c> unto</c><00:41:05.489><c> my</c><00:41:05.829><c> maid,</c><00:41:07.269><c> that</c><00:41:07.409><c> I</c><00:41:07.710><c> may</c><00:41:07.909><c> obtain</c><00:41:08.530><c> children</c><00:41:09.690><c> by</c><00:41:10.590><c> her,</c>

00:41:11.710 --> 00:41:14.349
says<00:41:12.050><c> Genesis</c><00:41:12.630><c> 16</c><00:41:13.369><c> in</c><00:41:13.630><c> verses</c><00:41:13.929><c> 1</c><00:41:14.190><c> and</c><00:41:14.309><c> 2.</c>

00:41:14.369 --> 00:41:16.949
You<00:41:14.510><c> see</c><00:41:14.690><c> the</c><00:41:14.889><c> thing</c><00:41:14.989><c> that</c><00:41:15.150><c> was</c><00:41:15.269><c> on</c><00:41:15.510><c> this</c><00:41:15.750><c> couple's</c><00:41:16.230><c> mind?</c>

00:41:17.230 --> 00:41:19.670
Oh,<00:41:17.530><c> they</c><00:41:17.750><c> were</c><00:41:18.030><c> really</c><00:41:18.869><c> hurt</c><00:41:19.170><c> by</c><00:41:19.449><c> this.</c>

00:41:19.889 --> 00:41:22.210
Well,<00:41:20.090><c> that's</c><00:41:20.309><c> this</c><00:41:20.409><c> one</c><00:41:20.550><c> here,</c><00:41:20.769><c> chapter</c><00:41:21.010><c> 17,</c><00:41:21.710><c> verse</c><00:41:21.909><c> 7.</c>

00:41:22.210 --> 00:41:25.349
Look<00:41:22.409><c> at</c><00:41:22.929><c> the</c><00:41:23.090><c> reaction</c><00:41:23.409><c> of</c><00:41:23.690><c> Abraham</c><00:41:23.989><c> to</c><00:41:24.269><c> the</c><00:41:24.710><c> promise</c><00:41:25.010><c> that's</c>

00:41:25.349 --> 00:41:26.230
given<00:41:25.610><c> to</c><00:41:25.949><c> them.</c>

00:41:26.429 --> 00:41:31.449
He<00:41:26.469><c> says</c><00:41:26.809><c> there,</c><00:41:27.989><c> Shall</c><00:41:28.090><c> a</c><00:41:28.489><c> child</c><00:41:28.969><c> be</c><00:41:30.309><c> born</c><00:41:30.510><c> unto</c><00:41:30.789><c> him</c><00:41:31.030><c> that</c><00:41:31.170><c> is</c>

00:41:31.449 --> 00:41:32.630
a<00:41:31.570><c> hundred</c><00:41:31.849><c> years</c><00:41:32.250><c> old,</c>

00:41:32.670 --> 00:41:35.250
says<00:41:32.869><c> Abraham,</c><00:41:33.550><c> as</c><00:41:33.710><c> God</c><00:41:33.909><c> makes</c><00:41:34.190><c> that</c><00:41:34.429><c> promise</c><00:41:34.710><c> to</c><00:41:34.889><c> him</c><00:41:34.989><c> in</c><00:41:35.130><c> the</c>

00:41:35.250 --> 00:41:35.849
17th<00:41:35.769><c> chapter.</c>

00:41:35.849 --> 00:41:37.090
He<00:41:35.949><c> just</c><00:41:36.170><c> couldn't</c><00:41:36.289><c> believe</c><00:41:36.550><c> it.</c>

00:41:37.510 --> 00:41:39.349
Shall<00:41:37.650><c> a</c><00:41:37.989><c> child</c><00:41:38.369><c> be</c><00:41:38.650><c> born?</c>

00:41:39.849 --> 00:41:42.610
You<00:41:40.070><c> can</c><00:41:40.269><c> almost</c><00:41:40.610><c> see</c><00:41:40.849><c> the</c><00:41:41.070><c> tear,</c><00:41:41.369><c> can't</c><00:41:41.570><c> you,</c><00:41:41.710><c> in</c><00:41:41.849><c> Abraham's</c><00:41:42.409><c> eye,</c>

00:41:42.849 --> 00:41:44.909
as<00:41:43.010><c> he</c><00:41:43.230><c> thinks</c><00:41:43.530><c> about</c><00:41:43.789><c> the</c><00:41:44.030><c> wonder</c><00:41:44.250><c> of</c><00:41:44.449><c> that</c><00:41:44.630><c> promise.</c>

00:41:45.190 --> 00:41:47.449
Because<00:41:45.349><c> that</c><00:41:45.570><c> was</c><00:41:45.789><c> the</c><00:41:45.949><c> thing</c><00:41:46.070><c> that</c><00:41:46.269><c> this</c><00:41:46.489><c> couple</c><00:41:46.710><c> had</c><00:41:46.989><c> struggled</c><00:41:47.230><c> with</c>

00:41:47.449 --> 00:41:48.130
for<00:41:47.590><c> so</c><00:41:47.789><c> long.</c>

00:41:48.489 --> 00:41:50.750
Genesis<00:41:48.750><c> chapter</c><00:41:49.150><c> 18,</c><00:41:49.650><c> verses</c><00:41:49.969><c> 12</c><00:41:50.329><c> to</c><00:41:50.570><c> 13.</c>

00:41:50.750 --> 00:41:54.409
Remember<00:41:51.190><c> these</c><00:41:51.469><c> words</c><00:41:51.829><c> of</c><00:41:52.429><c> Sarah</c><00:41:52.670><c> that</c><00:41:52.869><c> she</c><00:41:53.090><c> uttered</c><00:41:53.329><c> in</c><00:41:53.449><c> the</c><00:41:53.630><c> tent?</c>

00:41:54.570 --> 00:41:56.730
After<00:41:54.590><c> I</c><00:41:54.829><c> am</c><00:41:54.989><c> waxed</c><00:41:55.429><c> old,</c><00:41:55.690><c> shall</c><00:41:55.829><c> I</c><00:41:56.070><c> have</c><00:41:56.289><c> pleasure?</c>

00:41:57.170 --> 00:42:00.670
Shall<00:41:57.369><c> I</c><00:41:57.690><c> of</c><00:41:57.909><c> a</c><00:41:58.110><c> surety</c><00:41:58.469><c> bear</c><00:41:58.690><c> a</c><00:41:59.050><c> child,</c><00:41:59.849><c> which</c><00:42:00.070><c> am</c><00:42:00.309><c> old?</c>

00:42:01.070 --> 00:42:04.610
She<00:42:01.329><c> cries</c><00:42:01.690><c> in</c><00:42:01.869><c> the</c><00:42:01.969><c> 18th</c><00:42:02.510><c> chapter,</c><00:42:03.150><c> and</c><00:42:03.289><c> verses</c><00:42:03.570><c> 12</c><00:42:03.909><c> and</c><00:42:04.070><c> 13.</c>

00:42:04.789 --> 00:42:06.750
And<00:42:04.909><c> what</c><00:42:05.030><c> about</c><00:42:05.230><c> chapter</c><00:42:05.530><c> 21,</c><00:42:06.070><c> verse</c><00:42:06.329><c> 7?</c>

00:42:07.070 --> 00:42:10.789
Who<00:42:07.489><c> would</c><00:42:07.809><c> have</c><00:42:08.070><c> said</c><00:42:08.369><c> unto</c><00:42:08.690><c> Abraham</c><00:42:09.309><c> that</c><00:42:09.750><c> Sarah</c><00:42:10.449><c> should</c>

00:42:10.789 --> 00:42:13.250
have<00:42:11.030><c> given</c><00:42:11.329><c> children</c><00:42:12.369><c> such,</c><00:42:12.750><c> she</c><00:42:13.030><c> says,</c>

00:42:13.389 --> 00:42:16.309
in<00:42:13.630><c> the</c><00:42:13.769><c> 21st</c><00:42:14.329><c> chapter,</c><00:42:14.630><c> now</c><00:42:14.849><c> that</c><00:42:15.010><c> the</c><00:42:15.170><c> little</c><00:42:15.389><c> boy's</c><00:42:15.690><c> been</c><00:42:16.050><c> born,</c>

00:42:16.510 --> 00:42:19.110
and<00:42:16.710><c> there</c><00:42:16.969><c> he</c><00:42:17.090><c> is,</c><00:42:17.210><c> just</c><00:42:17.429><c> a</c><00:42:17.590><c> little</c><00:42:17.789><c> bundle</c><00:42:18.170><c> in</c><00:42:18.489><c> her</c><00:42:18.809><c> arms,</c>

00:42:19.110 --> 00:42:23.230
an<00:42:19.349><c> old</c><00:42:19.809><c> woman,</c><00:42:21.329><c> and</c><00:42:21.510><c> she</c><00:42:21.829><c> clasps</c><00:42:22.289><c> the</c><00:42:22.510><c> bundle</c><00:42:22.769><c> and</c><00:42:22.949><c> says,</c>

00:42:23.289 --> 00:42:26.969
who<00:42:23.610><c> would</c><00:42:23.909><c> have</c><00:42:24.110><c> said</c><00:42:24.710><c> that</c><00:42:26.050><c> Sarah</c><00:42:26.369><c> should</c><00:42:26.550><c> have</c><00:42:26.750><c> given</c>

00:42:26.969 --> 00:42:28.329
children<00:42:27.510><c> such?</c>

00:42:28.550 --> 00:42:31.650
That's<00:42:28.909><c> the</c><00:42:29.030><c> story</c><00:42:29.210><c> of</c><00:42:29.349><c> this</c><00:42:29.510><c> couple,</c><00:42:29.750><c> isn't</c><00:42:29.889><c> it?</c>

00:42:32.750 --> 00:42:35.590
They<00:42:33.389><c> really</c><00:42:33.690><c> struggled</c><00:42:34.010><c> with</c><00:42:34.250><c> this.</c>

00:42:36.989 --> 00:42:38.630
This<00:42:37.190><c> wasn't</c><00:42:37.570><c> easy.</c>

00:42:40.469 --> 00:42:44.090
And<00:42:40.590><c> that</c><00:42:40.909><c> trial</c><00:42:41.269><c> haunted</c><00:42:41.610><c> them</c><00:42:41.849><c> for</c><00:42:42.050><c> 25</c><00:42:42.650><c> years.</c>

00:42:45.070 --> 00:42:49.010
You<00:42:45.510><c> know</c><00:42:45.670><c> that</c><00:42:45.849><c> every</c><00:42:46.190><c> incident</c><00:42:46.630><c> in</c><00:42:46.909><c> this</c><00:42:47.289><c> story,</c><00:42:48.050><c> in</c><00:42:48.210><c> the</c><00:42:48.329><c> book</c><00:42:48.469><c> of</c><00:42:48.670><c> Genesis,</c>

00:42:49.469 --> 00:42:52.409
every<00:42:49.730><c> time</c><00:42:49.989><c> that</c><00:42:50.190><c> this</c><00:42:50.409><c> couple</c><00:42:50.650><c> appear</c><00:42:50.909><c> in</c><00:42:51.070><c> the</c><00:42:51.250><c> divine</c><00:42:51.469><c> record,</c>

00:42:52.889 --> 00:42:56.909
every<00:42:53.329><c> episode</c><00:42:53.769><c> that</c><00:42:54.070><c> occurs</c><00:42:54.489><c> has</c><00:42:55.070><c> some</c><00:42:55.650><c> bearing</c><00:42:55.969><c> on</c><00:42:56.230><c> the</c><00:42:56.409><c> matter</c><00:42:56.630><c> of</c>

00:42:56.909 --> 00:42:57.949
this<00:42:57.150><c> child.</c>

00:42:59.429 --> 00:43:02.130
And<00:42:59.769><c> if</c><00:42:59.909><c> you</c><00:43:00.130><c> think</c><00:43:00.289><c> that</c><00:43:00.489><c> there</c><00:43:00.650><c> was</c><00:43:00.809><c> a</c><00:43:01.030><c> tension</c><00:43:01.349><c> there</c><00:43:01.570><c> because</c><00:43:01.869><c> they</c>

00:43:02.130 --> 00:43:03.010
were<00:43:02.289><c> childless,</c>

00:43:03.389 --> 00:43:05.690
well,<00:43:03.710><c> any</c><00:43:03.969><c> of</c><00:43:04.110><c> us</c><00:43:04.230><c> would</c><00:43:04.429><c> feel</c><00:43:04.650><c> that</c><00:43:04.869><c> way,</c><00:43:05.110><c> no</c><00:43:05.250><c> doubt,</c><00:43:05.590><c> within</c>

00:43:05.690 --> 00:43:06.090
a<00:43:05.849><c> marriage.</c>

00:43:06.269 --> 00:43:08.469
But<00:43:06.469><c> just</c><00:43:06.889><c> see</c><00:43:07.190><c> how</c><00:43:07.389><c> that</c><00:43:07.690><c> tension</c><00:43:07.969><c> was</c><00:43:08.309><c> heightened.</c>

00:43:08.550 --> 00:43:10.630
Come<00:43:08.730><c> back</c><00:43:08.889><c> to</c><00:43:09.030><c> chapter</c><00:43:09.269><c> 12,</c><00:43:09.809><c> and</c><00:43:09.969><c> I'll</c><00:43:10.050><c> show</c><00:43:10.230><c> you</c><00:43:10.329><c> something</c>

00:43:10.630 --> 00:43:11.269
in<00:43:10.769><c> the</c><00:43:10.949><c> record</c>

00:43:11.269 --> 00:43:17.349
that<00:43:11.650><c> made</c><00:43:11.989><c> it</c><00:43:12.469><c> 10</c><00:43:13.110><c>,000</c><00:43:13.809><c> times</c><00:43:14.409><c> worse</c><00:43:14.989><c> for</c><00:43:15.489><c> this</c><00:43:15.769><c> particular</c><00:43:16.449><c> couple.</c>

00:43:17.449 --> 00:43:19.429
It<00:43:17.550><c> was</c><00:43:17.829><c> bad</c><00:43:18.090><c> enough</c><00:43:18.409><c> to</c><00:43:18.510><c> be</c><00:43:18.809><c> childless.</c>

00:43:19.590 --> 00:43:21.050
They<00:43:19.909><c> felt</c><00:43:20.230><c> that</c><00:43:20.570><c> keenly.</c>

00:43:21.269 --> 00:43:24.409
But<00:43:21.389><c> imagine</c><00:43:21.849><c> how</c><00:43:22.070><c> this</c><00:43:22.349><c> couple</c><00:43:22.570><c> would</c><00:43:22.849><c> feel</c><00:43:23.050><c> it</c><00:43:23.429><c> on</c><00:43:23.670><c> the</c><00:43:23.829><c> basis</c><00:43:24.090><c> of</c>

00:43:24.409 --> 00:43:25.510
these<00:43:24.690><c> other</c><00:43:25.050><c> statements</c>

00:43:25.510 --> 00:43:26.929
in<00:43:26.050><c> the</c><00:43:26.250><c> book</c><00:43:26.489><c> of</c><00:43:26.690><c> Genesis.</c>

00:43:26.969 --> 00:43:30.530
Genesis<00:43:27.329><c> chapter</c><00:43:27.630><c> 12,</c><00:43:28.730><c> verse</c><00:43:28.889><c> 7.</c>

00:43:32.670 --> 00:43:38.469
And<00:43:32.809><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:33.110><c> appeared</c><00:43:33.489><c> unto</c><00:43:33.750><c> Abram</c><00:43:34.130><c> and</c><00:43:34.269><c> said,</c><00:43:36.409><c> unto</c><00:43:36.650><c> thy</c><00:43:37.289><c> seed</c><00:43:37.809><c> will</c><00:43:38.150><c> I</c>

00:43:38.469 --> 00:43:40.110
give<00:43:38.769><c> this</c><00:43:39.150><c> land.</c>

00:43:40.869 --> 00:43:42.570
Chapter<00:43:41.349><c> 13,</c><00:43:42.010><c> verse</c><00:43:42.130><c> 15.</c>

00:43:42.630 --> 00:43:45.989
For<00:43:42.710><c> all</c><00:43:43.190><c> the</c><00:43:43.449><c> land</c><00:43:43.750><c> which</c><00:43:44.050><c> thou</c><00:43:44.349><c> seest,</c><00:43:44.969><c> to</c><00:43:45.130><c> thee</c><00:43:45.289><c> will</c><00:43:45.530><c> I</c><00:43:45.670><c> give</c><00:43:45.809><c> it,</c>

00:43:46.090 --> 00:43:50.090
and<00:43:46.210><c> to</c><00:43:46.429><c> thy</c><00:43:47.050><c> seed</c><00:43:47.869><c> forever.</c>

00:43:51.469 --> 00:43:54.250
Genesis<00:43:51.750><c> chapter</c><00:43:52.030><c> 15,</c><00:43:52.710><c> verse</c><00:43:52.989><c> 5.</c>

00:43:54.289 --> 00:43:56.570
And<00:43:54.329><c> he</c><00:43:54.530><c> brought</c><00:43:54.750><c> them</c><00:43:55.610><c> forth</c><00:43:55.869><c> abroad</c><00:43:56.150><c> and</c><00:43:56.369><c> said,</c>

00:43:56.710 --> 00:43:59.150
Look<00:43:56.829><c> now</c><00:43:57.130><c> toward</c><00:43:57.429><c> heaven</c><00:43:57.670><c> and</c><00:43:57.909><c> tell</c><00:43:58.110><c> the</c><00:43:58.389><c> stars,</c><00:43:58.769><c> if</c><00:43:58.829><c> thou</c><00:43:59.010><c> be</c>

00:43:59.150 --> 00:43:59.829
able<00:43:59.369><c> to</c><00:43:59.550><c> number</c><00:43:59.710><c> them.</c>

00:43:59.829 --> 00:44:04.530
And<00:43:59.969><c> he</c><00:44:00.010><c> said</c><00:44:00.190><c> unto</c><00:44:00.329><c> him,</c><00:44:00.849><c> So</c><00:44:01.349><c> shall</c><00:44:02.050><c> thy</c><00:44:02.750><c> seed</c><00:44:03.429><c> be.</c>

00:44:05.429 --> 00:44:06.969
Genesis<00:44:05.750><c> 15,</c><00:44:06.429><c> verse</c><00:44:06.630><c> 18.</c>

00:44:06.969 --> 00:44:09.809
And<00:44:07.070><c> in</c><00:44:07.170><c> the</c><00:44:07.309><c> same</c><00:44:07.590><c> day</c><00:44:07.869><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:08.230><c> made</c><00:44:08.429><c> a</c><00:44:08.690><c> covenant</c><00:44:08.869><c> with</c><00:44:09.110><c> Abram</c><00:44:09.389><c> saying,</c>

00:44:10.110 --> 00:44:13.530
Unto<00:44:10.289><c> thy</c><00:44:11.030><c> seed</c><00:44:11.469><c> have</c><00:44:11.670><c> I</c><00:44:12.010><c> given</c><00:44:12.329><c> this</c><00:44:13.070><c> land.</c>

00:44:13.829 --> 00:44:15.929
Genesis<00:44:14.210><c> chapter</c><00:44:14.590><c> 17,</c><00:44:15.210><c> verse</c><00:44:15.469><c> 7.</c>

00:44:16.250 --> 00:44:19.070
And<00:44:16.329><c> I</c><00:44:16.550><c> will</c><00:44:16.789><c> establish</c><00:44:17.170><c> my</c><00:44:17.469><c> covenant</c><00:44:17.769><c> between</c><00:44:18.150><c> me</c><00:44:18.570><c> and</c><00:44:18.769><c> thee,</c>

00:44:19.269 --> 00:44:21.889
and<00:44:19.510><c> thy</c><00:44:19.929><c> seed</c><00:44:20.230><c> after</c><00:44:20.590><c> thee</c><00:44:20.769><c> in</c><00:44:20.889><c> their</c><00:44:21.070><c> generations</c><00:44:21.550><c> for</c><00:44:21.730><c> an</c>

00:44:21.889 --> 00:44:22.730
everlasting<00:44:22.289><c> covenant,</c>

00:44:23.010 --> 00:44:26.170
to<00:44:23.070><c> be</c><00:44:23.230><c> a</c><00:44:23.389><c> God</c><00:44:23.550><c> unto</c><00:44:23.809><c> thee,</c><00:44:24.130><c> and</c><00:44:24.250><c> to</c><00:44:24.429><c> thy</c><00:44:24.809><c> seed</c><00:44:25.329><c> after</c><00:44:25.889><c> thee.</c>

00:44:26.449 --> 00:44:30.170
And<00:44:26.690><c> the</c><00:44:26.969><c> promises</c><00:44:27.250><c> had</c><00:44:27.469><c> been</c><00:44:27.690><c> made</c><00:44:27.909><c> time</c><00:44:28.469><c> and</c><00:44:28.989><c> time</c><00:44:29.329><c> and</c><00:44:29.489><c> time</c><00:44:29.829><c> again,</c>

00:44:30.269 --> 00:44:33.409
to<00:44:30.389><c> thy</c><00:44:30.909><c> seed,</c><00:44:31.570><c> thy</c><00:44:31.909><c> seed,</c><00:44:32.610><c> thy</c><00:44:32.989><c> seed.</c>

00:44:33.409 --> 00:44:36.269
And<00:44:33.869><c> she</c><00:44:34.150><c> didn't</c><00:44:34.489><c> have</c><00:44:34.849><c> any</c><00:44:35.289><c> seed.</c>

00:44:38.130 --> 00:44:39.690
How<00:44:38.349><c> would</c><00:44:38.530><c> you</c><00:44:38.690><c> feel?</c>

00:44:42.789 --> 00:44:44.849
There<00:44:42.889><c> was</c><00:44:43.070><c> real</c><00:44:43.349><c> pressure</c><00:44:43.690><c> in</c><00:44:43.829><c> this</c><00:44:44.010><c> marriage.</c>

00:44:46.849 --> 00:44:51.050
Because<00:44:46.989><c> all</c><00:44:47.309><c> the</c><00:44:47.730><c> promises</c><00:44:48.170><c> focused</c><00:44:49.250><c> on</c><00:44:49.489><c> the</c><00:44:49.730><c> seed</c><00:44:49.909><c> to</c><00:44:50.190><c> come.</c>

00:44:53.469 --> 00:44:55.210
But<00:44:53.690><c> the</c><00:44:53.909><c> seed</c><00:44:54.090><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:54.469><c> come.</c>

00:44:57.550 --> 00:45:00.090
You<00:44:57.730><c> know</c><00:44:57.809><c> that</c><00:44:57.929><c> was</c><00:44:58.210><c> such</c><00:44:58.489><c> a</c><00:44:58.730><c> severe</c><00:44:59.010><c> trial,</c>

00:45:00.789 --> 00:45:04.429
that<00:45:01.349><c> it</c><00:45:01.449><c> could</c><00:45:01.630><c> have</c><00:45:01.789><c> done</c><00:45:01.889><c> one</c><00:45:02.150><c> of</c><00:45:02.289><c> two</c><00:45:02.590><c> things</c><00:45:03.050><c> to</c><00:45:03.269><c> this</c><00:45:03.510><c> couple.</c>

00:45:05.989 --> 00:45:09.570
It<00:45:06.230><c> was</c><00:45:06.449><c> either</c><00:45:06.730><c> going</c><00:45:07.050><c> to</c><00:45:07.429><c> explode</c><00:45:07.989><c> them</c><00:45:08.269><c> apart,</c>

00:45:11.869 --> 00:45:14.269
or<00:45:11.929><c> it</c><00:45:11.949><c> was</c><00:45:12.110><c> going</c><00:45:12.309><c> to</c><00:45:12.489><c> fuse</c><00:45:12.670><c> them</c><00:45:12.929><c> together.</c>

00:45:16.329 --> 00:45:23.610
It<00:45:16.889><c> would</c><00:45:17.110><c> all</c><00:45:17.409><c> depend</c><00:45:18.050><c> upon</c><00:45:19.010><c> their</c><00:45:19.289><c> attitude</c><00:45:19.869><c> and</c><00:45:22.250><c> their</c><00:45:22.550><c> response.</c>

00:45:24.750 --> 00:45:27.650
Could<00:45:25.230><c> go</c><00:45:25.469><c> either</c><00:45:25.710><c> way,</c><00:45:26.070><c> couldn't</c><00:45:26.190><c> it?</c>

00:45:28.670 --> 00:45:31.809
And<00:45:29.150><c> God</c><00:45:29.590><c> kept</c><00:45:30.070><c> them</c><00:45:30.710><c> childless.</c>

00:45:32.250 --> 00:45:34.769
You<00:45:32.369><c> can</c><00:45:32.570><c> see</c><00:45:32.730><c> the</c><00:45:32.849><c> Spirit,</c><00:45:33.309><c> look,</c><00:45:33.510><c> children,</c><00:45:34.230><c> childless,</c>

00:45:34.869 --> 00:45:37.010
children,<00:45:35.389><c> children,</c><00:45:36.030><c> child,</c><00:45:36.409><c> child,</c><00:45:36.909><c> children.</c>

00:45:37.010 --> 00:45:38.869
You<00:45:37.110><c> can</c><00:45:37.289><c> see</c><00:45:37.409><c> what</c><00:45:37.570><c> the</c><00:45:37.710><c> problem</c><00:45:37.929><c> was.</c>

00:45:40.730 --> 00:45:43.210
And<00:45:40.949><c> God</c><00:45:41.230><c> kept</c><00:45:41.510><c> them</c><00:45:41.949><c> childless,</c><00:45:42.489><c> childless,</c>

00:45:43.670 --> 00:45:47.210
until<00:45:43.710><c> the</c><00:45:44.170><c> last</c><00:45:44.829><c> vestiges</c><00:45:45.429><c> of</c><00:45:45.869><c> human</c><00:45:46.329><c> hope</c><00:45:46.570><c> had</c><00:45:46.789><c> been</c><00:45:47.030><c> wrung</c>

00:45:47.210 --> 00:45:47.710
out<00:45:47.429><c> of</c><00:45:47.510><c> them,</c>

00:45:47.710 --> 00:45:52.309
until<00:45:48.110><c> it</c><00:45:48.449><c> was</c><00:45:48.789><c> not</c><00:45:49.230><c> possible</c><00:45:49.750><c> for</c><00:45:50.510><c> any</c><00:45:51.170><c> human</c><00:45:51.590><c> solution</c><00:45:52.130><c> to</c>

00:45:52.309 --> 00:45:52.750
that<00:45:52.469><c> problem.</c>

00:45:52.989 --> 00:45:55.929
And<00:45:53.170><c> only</c><00:45:53.329><c> when</c><00:45:53.429><c> they</c><00:45:53.610><c> got</c><00:45:53.750><c> to</c><00:45:53.949><c> that</c><00:45:54.150><c> point</c><00:45:54.349><c> and</c><00:45:54.750><c> beyond,</c>

00:45:56.030 --> 00:45:59.269
did<00:45:56.590><c> God</c><00:45:56.849><c> finally</c><00:45:57.309><c> grant</c><00:45:57.650><c> them</c><00:45:57.929><c> the</c><00:45:58.150><c> child</c><00:45:58.409><c> that</c><00:45:58.590><c> they</c><00:45:58.769><c> had</c><00:45:58.989><c> so</c>

00:45:59.269 --> 00:46:01.809
desperately<00:45:59.730><c> wanted</c><00:46:00.050><c> for</c><00:46:00.610><c> so</c><00:46:00.889><c> long.</c>

00:46:01.989 --> 00:46:04.590
Because<00:46:02.530><c> out</c><00:46:02.869><c> of</c><00:46:03.010><c> the</c><00:46:03.329><c> trial</c><00:46:03.590><c> that</c><00:46:03.730><c> they</c><00:46:04.010><c> experienced,</c>

00:46:04.849 --> 00:46:08.710
their<00:46:05.090><c> characters</c><00:46:05.550><c> had</c><00:46:06.130><c> been</c><00:46:06.989><c> built</c><00:46:07.269><c> before</c><00:46:07.650><c> God,</c>

00:46:08.909 --> 00:46:11.590
to<00:46:08.989><c> the</c><00:46:09.190><c> point</c><00:46:09.349><c> where</c><00:46:09.630><c> finally</c><00:46:09.989><c> their</c><00:46:10.269><c> faith</c><00:46:10.590><c> trod.</c>

00:46:15.730 --> 00:46:18.610
And<00:46:15.929><c> you</c><00:46:16.030><c> know</c><00:46:16.150><c> what,</c><00:46:16.449><c> brothers</c><00:46:16.550><c> and</c><00:46:16.789><c> sisters,</c><00:46:17.070><c> and</c><00:46:17.250><c> young</c><00:46:17.469><c> people,</c>

00:46:19.989 --> 00:46:24.650
we<00:46:20.829><c> don't</c><00:46:21.110><c> all</c><00:46:21.449><c> have</c><00:46:21.690><c> the</c><00:46:21.929><c> same</c><00:46:22.369><c> child</c><00:46:22.670><c> as</c><00:46:22.969><c> Abraham</c><00:46:23.389><c> and</c><00:46:23.769><c> Sarah.</c>

00:46:26.670 --> 00:46:29.909
But<00:46:27.369><c> we</c><00:46:27.550><c> will</c><00:46:27.809><c> all</c><00:46:28.090><c> have</c><00:46:28.849><c> child.</c>

00:46:32.710 --> 00:46:37.170
And<00:46:33.449><c> if</c><00:46:33.730><c> there</c><00:46:34.050><c> are</c><00:46:34.530><c> those</c><00:46:35.010><c> here</c><00:46:35.429><c> in</c><00:46:35.750><c> this</c><00:46:36.010><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:46:38.329 --> 00:46:42.769
who<00:46:38.449><c> are</c><00:46:38.610><c> married</c><00:46:39.409><c> and</c><00:46:41.230><c> yet</c><00:46:41.469><c> are</c><00:46:41.730><c> barren,</c>

00:46:42.829 --> 00:46:45.070
I<00:46:43.849><c> don't</c><00:46:44.110><c> know.</c>

00:46:46.289 --> 00:46:49.730
That<00:46:46.809><c> doesn't</c><00:46:47.230><c> necessarily</c><00:46:47.889><c> mean</c><00:46:48.230><c> that</c><00:46:48.829><c> your</c><00:46:49.170><c> problems</c>

00:46:49.730 --> 00:46:53.070
or<00:46:50.010><c> that</c><00:46:50.849><c> your</c><00:46:51.369><c> difficulties</c><00:46:51.849><c> in</c><00:46:52.030><c> life</c><00:46:52.250><c> are</c><00:46:52.469><c> related</c><00:46:52.730><c> to</c><00:46:52.929><c> the</c>

00:46:53.070 --> 00:46:53.530
same<00:46:53.309><c> things</c>

00:46:53.530 --> 00:46:57.090
that<00:46:53.730><c> this</c><00:46:53.969><c> couple</c><00:46:54.210><c> was</c><00:46:54.530><c> striving</c><00:46:54.789><c> for</c><00:46:55.170><c> and</c><00:46:55.429><c> struggling</c><00:46:55.750><c> with.</c>

00:46:59.090 --> 00:47:01.750
It<00:46:59.309><c> may</c><00:46:59.550><c> be</c><00:46:59.690><c> for</c><00:46:59.829><c> a</c><00:47:00.010><c> different</c><00:47:00.230><c> reason.</c>

00:47:03.329 --> 00:47:06.110
But<00:47:03.489><c> what</c><00:47:03.690><c> we</c><00:47:03.789><c> do</c><00:47:04.050><c> believe</c><00:47:04.409><c> is</c><00:47:04.650><c> that</c><00:47:04.909><c> Yahweh,</c><00:47:05.369><c> in</c><00:47:05.570><c> His</c><00:47:05.789><c> wisdom,</c>

00:47:06.210 --> 00:47:09.070
brings<00:47:06.630><c> trial</c><00:47:07.010><c> upon</c><00:47:07.369><c> all</c><00:47:07.789><c> of</c><00:47:07.949><c> us</c><00:47:08.150><c> for</c><00:47:08.329><c> the</c><00:47:08.590><c> development</c><00:47:08.849><c> of</c>

00:47:09.070 --> 00:47:09.769
our<00:47:09.329><c> character,</c>

00:47:09.769 --> 00:47:12.289
and<00:47:10.130><c> it's</c><00:47:10.449><c> different</c><00:47:10.769><c> in</c><00:47:10.949><c> each</c><00:47:11.170><c> case.</c>

00:47:13.949 --> 00:47:17.570
For<00:47:14.489><c> one</c><00:47:14.829><c> couple</c><00:47:15.190><c> it</c><00:47:15.309><c> is</c><00:47:15.670><c> that</c><00:47:15.809><c> they</c><00:47:15.989><c> might</c><00:47:16.250><c> be</c><00:47:16.489><c> married,</c>

00:47:18.809 --> 00:47:21.570
but<00:47:19.349><c> they</c><00:47:19.590><c> cannot</c><00:47:19.929><c> bear</c><00:47:20.510><c> offspring.</c>

00:47:24.650 --> 00:47:27.070
For<00:47:24.869><c> another</c><00:47:25.250><c> couple</c><00:47:25.550><c> it</c><00:47:25.670><c> might</c><00:47:25.949><c> be</c><00:47:26.190><c> that</c><00:47:26.309><c> they</c><00:47:26.469><c> have</c><00:47:26.730><c> children,</c>

00:47:27.170 --> 00:47:28.769
no<00:47:27.550><c> difficulties</c><00:47:28.070><c> whatsoever,</c>

00:47:28.929 --> 00:47:31.050
and<00:47:29.170><c> yet</c><00:47:29.389><c> their</c><00:47:29.670><c> children</c><00:47:30.010><c> have</c><00:47:30.190><c> been</c><00:47:30.409><c> afflicted</c><00:47:30.869><c> with</c>

00:47:31.050 --> 00:47:32.360
physical<00:47:31.590><c> infirmities,</c>

00:47:32.449 --> 00:47:35.050
with<00:47:32.750><c> sickness,</c><00:47:33.570><c> with</c><00:47:33.809><c> ill</c><00:47:34.070><c> health.</c>

00:47:35.769 --> 00:47:38.030
And<00:47:36.010><c> some</c><00:47:36.190><c> families</c><00:47:36.469><c> have</c><00:47:36.630><c> had</c><00:47:36.829><c> desperately</c><00:47:37.289><c> worrying</c><00:47:37.710><c> time</c>

00:47:38.030 --> 00:47:40.429
with<00:47:38.230><c> their</c><00:47:38.429><c> children</c><00:47:38.690><c> who've</c><00:47:38.929><c> not</c><00:47:39.250><c> been</c><00:47:39.449><c> well</c><00:47:39.650><c> in</c><00:47:39.789><c> all</c><00:47:40.130><c> sorts</c>

00:47:40.429 --> 00:47:40.710
of<00:47:40.590><c> ways.</c>

00:47:40.710 --> 00:47:43.769
Because<00:47:40.710><c> it's</c><00:47:40.849><c> been</c><00:47:41.150><c> a</c><00:47:41.289><c> worry</c><00:47:41.489><c> of</c><00:47:41.730><c> mine</c><00:47:41.989><c> for</c><00:47:42.190><c> father</c><00:47:42.530><c> and</c><00:47:42.690><c> mother.</c>

00:47:45.929 --> 00:47:48.630
And<00:47:46.070><c> yet</c><00:47:46.269><c> other</c><00:47:46.510><c> families</c><00:47:47.010><c> have</c><00:47:47.309><c> no</c><00:47:47.590><c> trouble</c><00:47:47.909><c> bearing</c><00:47:48.289><c> children.</c>

00:47:48.829 --> 00:47:50.630
Their<00:47:48.949><c> children</c><00:47:49.190><c> are</c><00:47:49.449><c> all</c><00:47:49.710><c> well.</c>

00:47:50.769 --> 00:47:53.670
They<00:47:51.010><c> grow</c><00:47:51.210><c> up</c><00:47:51.409><c> without</c><00:47:51.750><c> any</c><00:47:52.210><c> sickness</c><00:47:52.489><c> or</c><00:47:52.769><c> problems</c><00:47:53.090><c> whatsoever,</c>

00:47:53.849 --> 00:47:58.150
and<00:47:53.949><c> yet</c><00:47:54.329><c> two</c><00:47:54.690><c> of</c><00:47:54.829><c> them</c><00:47:56.210><c> drifted</c><00:47:56.789><c> away</c><00:47:57.010><c> from</c><00:47:57.190><c> the</c><00:47:57.429><c> truth</c><00:47:57.889><c> in</c>

00:47:58.150 --> 00:47:59.949
later<00:47:58.409><c> teenage</c><00:47:58.929><c> years.</c>

00:48:01.110 --> 00:48:04.369
And<00:48:01.670><c> they</c><00:48:01.849><c> lost</c><00:48:02.210><c> them</c><00:48:03.050><c> all</c><00:48:03.429><c> together.</c>

00:48:07.969 --> 00:48:10.329
And<00:48:08.449><c> then</c><00:48:08.929><c> there</c><00:48:09.070><c> are</c><00:48:09.130><c> those</c><00:48:09.369><c> who</c><00:48:09.530><c> have</c><00:48:09.670><c> no</c><00:48:09.869><c> trouble</c><00:48:10.110><c> with</c>

00:48:10.329 --> 00:48:10.789
their<00:48:10.530><c> children.</c>

00:48:11.030 --> 00:48:13.170
They're<00:48:11.349><c> well,</c><00:48:11.949><c> they're</c><00:48:12.329><c> spiritually</c><00:48:12.730><c> well,</c>

00:48:13.489 --> 00:48:14.949
the<00:48:13.690><c> children</c><00:48:14.050><c> come</c><00:48:14.269><c> into</c><00:48:14.429><c> the</c><00:48:14.710><c> truth,</c>

00:48:15.190 --> 00:48:17.630
and<00:48:15.309><c> yet</c><00:48:15.449><c> all</c><00:48:15.769><c> the</c><00:48:15.989><c> life</c><00:48:16.210><c> of</c><00:48:16.429><c> that</c><00:48:16.630><c> family</c><00:48:16.989><c> they've</c><00:48:17.389><c> struggled</c>

00:48:17.630 --> 00:48:19.409
with<00:48:17.829><c> financial</c><00:48:18.369><c> worries,</c>

00:48:20.130 --> 00:48:22.190
with<00:48:20.389><c> job</c><00:48:20.710><c> uncertainties,</c>

00:48:22.849 --> 00:48:26.389
with<00:48:23.110><c> bosses</c><00:48:23.449><c> at</c><00:48:23.730><c> work</c><00:48:23.929><c> who</c><00:48:24.070><c> have</c><00:48:24.170><c> been</c><00:48:24.389><c> unkind</c><00:48:24.989><c> and</c><00:48:25.289><c> tyrannical.</c>

00:48:27.449 --> 00:48:29.989
They<00:48:27.710><c> seem</c><00:48:27.849><c> to</c><00:48:27.989><c> have</c><00:48:28.130><c> had</c><00:48:28.510><c> financial</c><00:48:29.150><c> problems</c><00:48:29.670><c> after,</c>

00:48:30.210 --> 00:48:33.489
they've<00:48:30.409><c> never</c><00:48:30.750><c> ever</c><00:48:30.949><c> been</c><00:48:31.090><c> able</c><00:48:31.309><c> to</c><00:48:31.570><c> find</c><00:48:31.809><c> their</c><00:48:32.130><c> feet</c><00:48:32.329><c> financially.</c>

00:48:36.409 --> 00:48:39.090
And<00:48:36.969><c> for</c><00:48:37.230><c> yet</c><00:48:37.389><c> another</c><00:48:37.670><c> person,</c>

00:48:40.150 --> 00:48:45.170
it<00:48:40.349><c> may</c><00:48:40.670><c> be</c><00:48:41.590><c> that</c><00:48:42.929><c> they</c><00:48:43.090><c> never</c><00:48:43.369><c> will</c><00:48:43.650><c> be</c><00:48:43.909><c> married,</c>

00:48:46.389 --> 00:48:49.309
even<00:48:46.949><c> though</c><00:48:47.190><c> they</c><00:48:47.309><c> would</c><00:48:47.550><c> like</c><00:48:47.750><c> to</c><00:48:47.969><c> be.</c>

00:48:51.349 --> 00:48:54.969
I<00:48:51.909><c> don't</c><00:48:52.110><c> know</c><00:48:52.329><c> what</c><00:48:52.630><c> child</c><00:48:52.989><c> you</c><00:48:53.289><c> might</c><00:48:53.610><c> have,</c>

00:48:55.829 --> 00:48:59.289
and<00:48:56.170><c> you</c><00:48:56.329><c> may</c><00:48:56.530><c> not</c><00:48:56.670><c> know</c><00:48:56.869><c> what</c><00:48:57.150><c> child</c><00:48:57.469><c> I</c><00:48:57.769><c> will</c><00:48:58.030><c> have.</c>

00:49:00.010 --> 00:49:03.469
But<00:49:00.449><c> what</c><00:49:00.650><c> we</c><00:49:00.769><c> do</c><00:49:01.010><c> believe</c><00:49:01.309><c> is</c><00:49:01.510><c> that</c><00:49:01.769><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:02.190><c> in</c><00:49:02.429><c> His</c><00:49:02.650><c> wisdom</c>

00:49:04.849 --> 00:49:08.789
knows<00:49:05.449><c> what</c><00:49:05.929><c> trials</c><00:49:06.369><c> are</c><00:49:06.750><c> good</c><00:49:07.030><c> for</c><00:49:07.210><c> us.</c>

00:49:09.809 --> 00:49:13.869
For<00:49:10.050><c> the</c><00:49:10.289><c> development</c><00:49:10.590><c> of</c><00:49:10.809><c> our</c><00:49:11.090><c> character</c><00:49:11.550><c> according</c><00:49:12.150><c> to</c><00:49:12.590><c> our</c><00:49:12.889><c> needs,</c>

00:49:15.329 --> 00:49:19.869
we've<00:49:15.469><c> got</c><00:49:15.610><c> to</c><00:49:15.750><c> believe</c><00:49:16.050><c> that,</c><00:49:18.309><c> as</c><00:49:18.610><c> did</c><00:49:18.769><c> this</c><00:49:19.070><c> couple.</c>

00:49:21.289 --> 00:49:23.590
And<00:49:21.550><c> you</c><00:49:21.630><c> know</c><00:49:21.690><c> what</c><00:49:21.809><c> the</c><00:49:21.929><c> lesson</c><00:49:22.170><c> of</c><00:49:22.349><c> this</c><00:49:22.550><c> couple</c><00:49:22.730><c> is</c><00:49:22.889><c> all</c><00:49:23.170><c> about</c><00:49:23.389><c> in</c>

00:49:23.590 --> 00:49:24.710
this<00:49:23.869><c> story?</c>

00:49:25.710 --> 00:49:29.789
The<00:49:25.869><c> lesson</c><00:49:26.170><c> is</c><00:49:27.349><c> that</c><00:49:28.190><c> whatever</c><00:49:28.590><c> troubles</c><00:49:28.989><c> they</c><00:49:29.429><c> have,</c>

00:49:29.789 --> 00:49:35.289
they<00:49:31.010><c> tried,</c><00:49:32.630><c> they</c><00:49:33.250><c> really</c><00:49:34.090><c> tried.</c>

00:49:36.230 --> 00:49:39.369
And<00:49:36.530><c> because</c><00:49:36.829><c> they</c><00:49:37.190><c> tried,</c><00:49:37.989><c> and</c><00:49:38.369><c> tried</c><00:49:38.690><c> so</c><00:49:39.170><c> hard,</c>

00:49:39.489 --> 00:49:42.610
they<00:49:39.750><c> eventually</c><00:49:40.190><c> did</c><00:49:40.630><c> try,</c><00:49:41.010><c> and</c><00:49:41.289><c> their</c><00:49:41.570><c> faith</c><00:49:41.829><c> came</c><00:49:42.150><c> to</c><00:49:42.329><c> maturity.</c>

00:49:42.730 --> 00:49:45.610
Remember<00:49:43.010><c> the</c><00:49:43.150><c> words</c><00:49:43.429><c> of</c><00:49:44.250><c> the</c><00:49:44.329><c> book</c><00:49:44.510><c> of</c><00:49:44.789><c> Job?</c>

00:49:46.809 --> 00:49:49.309
Remember<00:49:47.030><c> those</c><00:49:47.489><c> lovely</c><00:49:47.909><c> words</c><00:49:48.190><c> in</c><00:49:48.349><c> the</c><00:49:48.409><c> book</c><00:49:48.570><c> of</c><00:49:48.809><c> Job</c><00:49:48.969><c> that,</c>

00:49:49.530 --> 00:49:52.389
though<00:49:49.690><c> their</c><00:49:50.110><c> root</c><00:49:50.309><c> had</c><00:49:50.670><c> waxed</c><00:49:51.329><c> old,</c>

00:49:53.070 --> 00:49:56.710
and<00:49:53.329><c> the</c><00:49:53.750><c> stock</c><00:49:54.050><c> was</c><00:49:54.570><c> dead</c><00:49:54.949><c> in</c><00:49:55.449><c> the</c><00:49:55.670><c> ground,</c>

00:49:57.449 --> 00:50:01.809
yet<00:49:58.010><c> through</c><00:49:58.329><c> the</c><00:49:58.530><c> scent</c><00:49:58.650><c> of</c><00:49:58.929><c> water</c><00:49:59.789><c> it</c><00:50:01.090><c> bothered.</c>

00:50:03.389 --> 00:50:08.210
And<00:50:03.710><c> what</c><00:50:03.929><c> appeared</c><00:50:04.329><c> to</c><00:50:04.570><c> be</c><00:50:04.710><c> the</c><00:50:05.090><c> barren</c><00:50:05.670><c> tree</c><00:50:06.170><c> of</c><00:50:06.710><c> this</c><00:50:07.190><c> marriage,</c>

00:50:09.250 --> 00:50:11.409
eventually<00:50:09.630><c> brought</c><00:50:10.050><c> forth</c><00:50:10.289><c> a</c><00:50:10.510><c> son.</c>

00:50:12.550 --> 00:50:15.690
And<00:50:12.750><c> in</c><00:50:13.010><c> spirit,</c><00:50:13.329><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:13.789><c> 11</c><00:50:14.230><c> came</c><00:50:14.590><c> forth,</c>

00:50:16.409 --> 00:50:18.710
and<00:50:16.530><c> there</c><00:50:16.690><c> came</c><00:50:16.909><c> a</c><00:50:17.090><c> rod</c><00:50:17.309><c> out</c><00:50:17.510><c> of</c><00:50:17.690><c> the</c><00:50:17.769><c> stem</c><00:50:18.010><c> of</c><00:50:18.250><c> Abraham,</c>

00:50:18.750 --> 00:50:20.710
and<00:50:18.909><c> a</c><00:50:19.110><c> branch</c><00:50:19.449><c> grew</c><00:50:19.829><c> out</c><00:50:20.110><c> of</c><00:50:20.210><c> his</c><00:50:20.389><c> roots,</c>

00:50:20.969 --> 00:50:24.670
and<00:50:21.150><c> the</c><00:50:21.489><c> son,</c><00:50:22.570><c> the</c><00:50:22.750><c> son</c><00:50:23.050><c> that</c><00:50:23.230><c> they'd</c><00:50:23.690><c> yearned</c><00:50:24.010><c> for</c><00:50:24.250><c> for</c><00:50:24.429><c> so</c>

00:50:24.670 --> 00:50:25.789
many<00:50:24.889><c> years</c><00:50:25.170><c> was</c><00:50:25.389><c> born,</c>

00:50:25.789 --> 00:50:28.730
and<00:50:26.110><c> he</c><00:50:26.190><c> was</c><00:50:26.389><c> born</c><00:50:26.650><c> in</c><00:50:27.010><c> circumstances</c><00:50:27.630><c> that</c><00:50:27.929><c> left</c><00:50:28.130><c> no</c><00:50:28.489><c> doubt</c>

00:50:28.730 --> 00:50:30.690
that<00:50:28.989><c> God</c><00:50:29.230><c> had</c><00:50:29.489><c> worked</c><00:50:29.769><c> finally</c><00:50:30.130><c> in</c><00:50:30.289><c> their</c><00:50:30.489><c> lives.</c>

00:50:30.730 --> 00:50:33.130
If<00:50:30.829><c> you</c><00:50:30.889><c> come</c><00:50:31.070><c> back</c><00:50:31.289><c> to</c><00:50:31.409><c> Genesis</c><00:50:31.730><c> chapter</c><00:50:32.090><c> 21,</c><00:50:32.469><c> it</c><00:50:32.550><c> was</c><00:50:32.829><c> clear,</c>

00:50:33.150 --> 00:50:33.710
wasn't<00:50:33.389><c> it?</c>

00:50:33.889 --> 00:50:39.050
In<00:50:34.030><c> Genesis</c><00:50:34.409><c> 21,</c><00:50:35.250><c> that</c><00:50:35.409><c> when</c><00:50:35.769><c> the</c><00:50:36.130><c> boy</c><00:50:36.570><c> finally</c><00:50:37.329><c> did</c><00:50:37.690><c> come,</c>

00:50:39.570 --> 00:50:45.670
he<00:50:39.869><c> only</c><00:50:40.409><c> came</c><00:50:41.050><c> because</c><00:50:42.989><c> God</c><00:50:43.489><c> had</c><00:50:43.949><c> intervened.</c>

00:50:45.730 --> 00:50:48.210
Genesis<00:50:46.130><c> 21,</c><00:50:46.730><c> verse</c><00:50:47.010><c> 1.</c>

00:50:48.250 --> 00:50:50.789
And<00:50:48.429><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:48.829><c> visited</c><00:50:49.289><c> Sarah</c><00:50:49.750><c> as</c><00:50:49.969><c> he</c><00:50:50.110><c> had</c><00:50:50.369><c> said,</c>

00:50:50.789 --> 00:50:55.489
and<00:50:51.889><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:52.329><c> did</c><00:50:52.570><c> unto</c><00:50:52.889><c> Sarah</c><00:50:53.150><c> as</c><00:50:53.530><c> he</c><00:50:54.070><c> had</c><00:50:54.409><c> spoken,</c>

00:50:55.849 --> 00:50:58.409
for<00:50:55.929><c> Sarah</c><00:50:56.309><c> conceived</c><00:50:56.809><c> and</c><00:50:57.070><c> bare</c><00:50:57.190><c> Abram</c><00:50:57.590><c> his</c><00:50:57.690><c> son</c><00:50:57.829><c> in</c><00:50:57.949><c> his</c><00:50:58.130><c> old</c>

00:50:58.409 --> 00:51:01.969
age<00:50:58.610><c> at</c><00:50:58.769><c> the</c><00:50:58.949><c> set</c><00:50:59.170><c> time</c><00:50:59.349><c> of</c><00:50:59.550><c> which</c><00:50:59.949><c> God</c><00:51:00.489><c> had</c><00:51:01.570><c> spoken.</c>

00:51:02.090 --> 00:51:05.489
It<00:51:02.130><c> was</c><00:51:02.289><c> all</c><00:51:02.510><c> of</c><00:51:02.750><c> God,</c><00:51:03.070><c> wasn't</c><00:51:03.210><c> it?</c>

00:51:05.550 --> 00:51:10.730
And<00:51:05.809><c> Abraham</c><00:51:06.349><c> and</c><00:51:06.869><c> Sarah,</c><00:51:09.090><c> husband</c><00:51:09.530><c> and</c><00:51:09.829><c> wife,</c>

00:51:12.269 --> 00:51:14.469
finally<00:51:12.710><c> became,</c><00:51:13.070><c> in</c><00:51:13.250><c> this</c><00:51:13.510><c> chapter,</c>

00:51:15.429 --> 00:51:17.809
Abraham<00:51:15.750><c> and</c><00:51:16.050><c> Sarah,</c>

00:51:17.929 --> 00:51:19.510
mom<00:51:18.369><c> and</c><00:51:18.610><c> dad.</c>

00:51:20.849 --> 00:51:23.750
And<00:51:21.190><c> that</c><00:51:21.309><c> was</c><00:51:21.489><c> a</c><00:51:21.590><c> very</c><00:51:21.809><c> special</c><00:51:22.170><c> time</c><00:51:22.489><c> for</c><00:51:22.710><c> this</c><00:51:22.929><c> couple.</c>

00:51:25.510 --> 00:51:26.909
You<00:51:25.590><c> know,</c><00:51:25.670><c> I'd</c><00:51:25.869><c> like</c><00:51:25.869><c> you</c><00:51:25.989><c> to</c><00:51:26.050><c> come</c><00:51:26.150><c> to</c><00:51:26.269><c> the</c><00:51:26.409><c> first</c><00:51:26.590><c> of</c><00:51:26.769><c> Peter</c>

00:51:26.909 --> 00:51:27.969
chapter<00:51:27.250><c> 3.</c>

00:51:28.289 --> 00:51:30.349
Remember<00:51:28.510><c> these</c><00:51:28.769><c> words</c><00:51:28.989><c> in</c><00:51:29.130><c> the</c><00:51:29.269><c> first</c><00:51:29.469><c> of</c><00:51:29.670><c> Peter?</c>

00:51:30.570 --> 00:51:33.210
They're<00:51:30.789><c> quite</c><00:51:31.050><c> well</c><00:51:31.329><c> known,</c><00:51:31.750><c> and</c><00:51:31.949><c> it's</c><00:51:32.150><c> on</c><00:51:32.269><c> the</c><00:51:32.409><c> subject</c><00:51:32.710><c> of</c><00:51:32.949><c> marriage,</c>

00:51:33.590 --> 00:51:36.730
and<00:51:33.590><c> the</c><00:51:33.789><c> more</c><00:51:33.929><c> we</c><00:51:34.090><c> look</c><00:51:34.170><c> at</c><00:51:34.349><c> these</c><00:51:34.550><c> words,</c><00:51:34.889><c> the</c><00:51:35.050><c> more</c><00:51:35.309><c> convinced</c><00:51:35.710><c> we</c><00:51:35.969><c> become</c><00:51:36.250><c> that</c>

00:51:36.730 --> 00:51:39.730
the<00:51:37.010><c> apostle</c><00:51:37.369><c> was</c><00:51:37.570><c> really</c><00:51:37.949><c> drawing</c><00:51:38.349><c> his</c><00:51:38.690><c> thinking</c><00:51:38.989><c> from</c><00:51:39.389><c> the</c>

00:51:39.730 --> 00:51:42.349
life<00:51:40.090><c> experience</c><00:51:41.070><c> of</c><00:51:41.349><c> this</c><00:51:41.570><c> particular</c><00:51:42.070><c> couple.</c>

00:51:42.349 --> 00:51:47.849
Now,<00:51:42.530><c> just</c><00:51:42.530><c> come</c><00:51:42.690><c> and</c><00:51:42.730><c> have</c><00:51:42.809><c> a</c><00:51:42.869><c> look</c><00:51:42.989><c> at</c><00:51:43.070><c> it.</c>

00:51:48.289 --> 00:51:50.610
First<00:51:48.389><c> of</c><00:51:48.570><c> Peter</c><00:51:48.750><c> chapter</c><00:51:49.110><c> 3.</c>

00:51:51.989 --> 00:51:54.309
Now,<00:51:52.170><c> remember</c><00:51:52.449><c> these</c><00:51:52.710><c> words</c><00:51:53.010><c> that</c><00:51:53.150><c> he</c><00:51:53.409><c> speaks</c><00:51:53.650><c> in</c><00:51:53.829><c> the</c><00:51:53.969><c> first</c>

00:51:54.309 --> 00:51:55.070
seven<00:51:54.710><c> verses</c>

00:51:55.070 --> 00:51:59.449
about<00:51:55.489><c> the</c><00:51:56.070><c> principles</c><00:51:56.550><c> of</c><00:51:56.829><c> marriage</c><00:51:57.170><c> and</c><00:51:57.530><c> of</c><00:51:57.849><c> husbands</c><00:51:58.230><c> and</c><00:51:58.670><c> wives?</c>

00:51:59.829 --> 00:52:02.010
The<00:51:59.909><c> first</c><00:52:00.110><c> thing</c><00:52:00.250><c> he</c><00:52:00.409><c> says,</c><00:52:01.230><c> he</c><00:52:01.269><c> says,</c>

00:52:02.750 --> 00:52:05.070
likewise<00:52:02.789><c> ye</c><00:52:03.309><c> wives,</c><00:52:03.710><c> in</c><00:52:03.869><c> the</c><00:52:03.949><c> first</c><00:52:04.170><c> of</c><00:52:04.329><c> Peter</c><00:52:04.510><c> chapter</c><00:52:04.809><c> 3,</c>

00:52:05.110 --> 00:52:06.090
in<00:52:05.210><c> verse</c><00:52:05.369><c> 1.</c>

00:52:06.110 --> 00:52:06.969
Likewise<00:52:06.510><c> ye</c><00:52:06.849><c> wives.</c>

00:52:07.269 --> 00:52:10.090
You<00:52:07.409><c> know</c><00:52:07.510><c> where</c><00:52:07.650><c> the</c><00:52:07.730><c> word</c><00:52:07.929><c> likeness</c><00:52:08.369><c> comes</c><00:52:08.650><c> from,</c><00:52:09.550><c> or</c><00:52:09.630><c> not</c>

00:52:10.090 --> 00:52:11.230
so<00:52:10.250><c> much</c><00:52:10.389><c> where</c><00:52:10.530><c> does</c><00:52:10.670><c> it</c><00:52:10.829><c> come</c><00:52:11.030><c> from,</c>

00:52:11.230 --> 00:52:12.829
but<00:52:11.429><c> what</c><00:52:11.630><c> does</c><00:52:11.730><c> it</c><00:52:11.929><c> mean?</c>

00:52:13.389 --> 00:52:14.449
Would<00:52:13.650><c> you</c><00:52:13.650><c> like</c><00:52:13.750><c> to</c><00:52:13.889><c> have</c><00:52:14.010><c> a</c><00:52:14.110><c> crack</c><00:52:14.210><c> at</c><00:52:14.349><c> that?</c>

00:52:14.510 --> 00:52:17.969
What<00:52:14.590><c> does</c><00:52:14.789><c> the</c><00:52:14.929><c> word</c><00:52:15.170><c> likewise</c><00:52:16.210><c> mean</c><00:52:16.570><c> in</c><00:52:16.730><c> the</c><00:52:16.869><c> first</c><00:52:17.070><c> of</c><00:52:17.230><c> Peter</c><00:52:17.389><c> chapter</c><00:52:17.650><c> 3,</c>

00:52:18.050 --> 00:52:19.389
verse<00:52:18.250><c> 1?</c>

00:52:20.469 --> 00:52:22.170
Likewise.<00:52:20.909><c> Likewise</c><00:52:21.349><c> what?</c>

00:52:24.130 --> 00:52:24.809
Yes?

00:52:25.690 --> 00:52:27.829
Similarly.<00:52:26.170><c> Yes,</c><00:52:26.429><c> that's</c><00:52:26.969><c> the</c><00:52:27.150><c> meaning</c><00:52:27.349><c> of</c><00:52:27.570><c> the</c><00:52:27.670><c> word.</c>

00:52:28.150 --> 00:52:29.630
So,<00:52:28.650><c> similarly</c><00:52:28.650><c> to</c><00:52:28.929><c> what?</c>

00:52:29.809 --> 00:52:31.610
So,<00:52:30.130><c> you</c><00:52:30.250><c> see,</c><00:52:30.849><c> chapter</c><00:52:30.949><c> 3</c><00:52:31.210><c> says,</c>

00:52:32.050 --> 00:52:34.869
now<00:52:32.269><c> similarly,</c><00:52:33.730><c> ye</c><00:52:33.849><c> wives,</c>

00:52:35.170 --> 00:52:35.949
similar<00:52:35.409><c> to</c><00:52:35.630><c> what?</c>

00:52:35.949 --> 00:52:39.650
Similar<00:52:35.949><c> to</c><00:52:38.190><c> whom?</c><00:52:39.150><c> No.</c>

00:52:42.050 --> 00:52:44.849
If<00:52:42.090><c> I</c><00:52:42.389><c> ever</c><00:52:42.570><c> use</c><00:52:42.730><c> the</c><00:52:42.909><c> word</c><00:52:43.130><c> in</c><00:52:43.210><c> a</c><00:52:43.429><c> context</c><00:52:43.929><c> similarly,</c><00:52:44.710><c> what</c>

00:52:44.849 --> 00:52:46.389
would<00:52:44.969><c> that</c><00:52:45.289><c> tell</c><00:52:45.469><c> us?</c>

00:52:46.809 --> 00:52:50.530
If<00:52:47.050><c> we</c><00:52:47.190><c> use</c><00:52:47.429><c> the</c><00:52:47.570><c> word</c><00:52:47.989><c> similarly</c><00:52:48.469><c> in</c><00:52:48.690><c> the</c><00:52:48.789><c> middle</c><00:52:48.969><c> of</c><00:52:50.130><c> a</c><00:52:50.269><c> statement,</c>

00:52:50.650 --> 00:52:52.469
what<00:52:50.710><c> would</c><00:52:50.889><c> that</c><00:52:51.130><c> tell</c><00:52:51.269><c> us</c><00:52:51.530><c> to</c><00:52:51.730><c> do?</c>

00:52:54.829 --> 00:52:58.250
So,<00:52:55.530><c> yes,</c><00:52:56.110><c> compare,</c><00:52:56.769><c> compare</c><00:52:57.030><c> with</c><00:52:57.250><c> what?</c>

00:53:01.750 --> 00:53:02.949
Pretty<00:53:01.989><c> good.</c>

00:53:03.550 --> 00:53:06.869
You<00:53:04.150><c> can</c><00:53:04.349><c> only</c><00:53:04.590><c> compare</c><00:53:05.289><c> with</c><00:53:05.969><c> what's</c><00:53:06.309><c> gone</c><00:53:06.409><c> before.</c>

00:53:07.090 --> 00:53:08.030
Now,<00:53:07.130><c> what's</c><00:53:07.389><c> gone</c><00:53:07.570><c> before?</c>

00:53:08.309 --> 00:53:11.969
Well,<00:53:08.409><c> what's</c><00:53:08.750><c> actually</c><00:53:09.030><c> gone</c><00:53:09.230><c> before</c><00:53:09.670><c> from</c><00:53:09.909><c> verse</c><00:53:10.269><c> 21</c><00:53:10.949><c> of</c><00:53:11.449><c> the</c><00:53:11.550><c> first</c><00:53:11.789><c> of</c>

00:53:11.969 --> 00:53:13.210
Peter<00:53:12.110><c> chapter</c><00:53:12.469><c> 2,</c>

00:53:13.650 --> 00:53:16.489
verses<00:53:13.789><c> 21</c><00:53:14.230><c> to</c><00:53:14.389><c> 25,</c><00:53:14.829><c> is</c><00:53:15.050><c> the</c><00:53:15.190><c> example</c><00:53:15.530><c> of</c><00:53:15.769><c> Christ,</c><00:53:16.230><c> isn't</c><00:53:16.329><c> it?</c>

00:53:16.570 --> 00:53:19.610
You<00:53:16.690><c> know</c><00:53:16.809><c> that</c><00:53:16.929><c> Christ</c><00:53:17.190><c> did</c><00:53:17.329><c> two</c><00:53:17.590><c> things</c><00:53:18.090><c> in</c><00:53:18.909><c> those</c><00:53:19.210><c> verses.</c>

00:53:19.849 --> 00:53:21.309
Two<00:53:20.050><c> things.</c>

00:53:23.110 --> 00:53:26.710
He<00:53:23.710><c> sacrificed</c><00:53:24.309><c> himself</c><00:53:25.190><c> for</c><00:53:25.710><c> others,</c>

00:53:26.869 --> 00:53:29.869
verse<00:53:27.130><c> 21,</c><00:53:28.150><c> he</c><00:53:28.469><c> suffered</c><00:53:28.929><c> for</c><00:53:29.570><c> us.</c>

00:53:29.869 --> 00:53:32.369
You<00:53:30.329><c> see</c><00:53:30.369><c> that?</c><00:53:30.690><c> He</c><00:53:31.170><c> suffered</c><00:53:31.650><c> for</c><00:53:32.110><c> us.</c>

00:53:32.630 --> 00:53:37.849
So,<00:53:32.949><c> one</c><00:53:33.150><c> of</c><00:53:33.289><c> the</c><00:53:33.449><c> things</c><00:53:33.690><c> that</c><00:53:33.889><c> the</c><00:53:34.030><c> Lord</c><00:53:34.150><c> did</c><00:53:34.369><c> was</c><00:53:34.630><c> he</c><00:53:35.289><c> sacrificed</c><00:53:35.869><c> himself</c><00:53:36.510><c> for</c><00:53:37.010><c> others.</c>

00:53:39.269 --> 00:53:42.489
And<00:53:39.489><c> the</c><00:53:39.670><c> other</c><00:53:39.889><c> thing</c><00:53:40.030><c> he</c><00:53:40.269><c> did,</c><00:53:40.630><c> verse</c><00:53:40.849><c> 23,</c>

00:53:43.570 --> 00:53:45.409
was<00:53:43.710><c> he</c><00:53:44.010><c> submitted</c><00:53:44.369><c> himself</c><00:53:44.909><c> to</c><00:53:45.130><c> God.</c>

00:53:45.550 --> 00:53:49.690
He<00:53:46.030><c> committed</c><00:53:46.409><c> himself,</c><00:53:47.309><c> yielded</c><00:53:47.789><c> himself,</c><00:53:48.230><c> as</c><00:53:48.349><c> the</c><00:53:48.530><c> word</c><00:53:48.670><c> means,</c>

00:53:49.769 --> 00:53:52.230
surrendered<00:53:50.309><c> himself</c><00:53:50.849><c> to</c><00:53:51.030><c> him</c><00:53:51.230><c> that</c><00:53:51.409><c> judges</c><00:53:51.710><c> righteously.</c>

00:53:52.349 --> 00:53:56.590
He<00:53:52.809><c> sacrificed</c><00:53:53.289><c> for</c><00:53:53.630><c> others</c><00:53:54.010><c> and</c><00:53:54.429><c> he</c><00:53:54.829><c> submitted</c><00:53:55.210><c> to</c><00:53:55.469><c> his</c><00:53:55.730><c> God.</c>

00:53:56.829 --> 00:54:00.309
So,<00:53:57.489><c> there</c><00:53:57.489><c> were</c><00:53:57.670><c> two</c><00:53:58.010><c> principles</c><00:53:58.489><c> at</c><00:53:58.849><c> work</c><00:53:59.110><c> in</c><00:53:59.449><c> the</c><00:53:59.730><c> life's</c>

00:54:00.309 --> 00:54:02.050
experience<00:54:00.730><c> of</c><00:54:01.030><c> the</c><00:54:01.150><c> Lord.</c>

00:54:03.269 --> 00:54:05.530
Sacrifice<00:54:03.829><c> and</c><00:54:04.389><c> submission.</c>

00:54:06.389 --> 00:54:08.650
Now,<00:54:06.510><c> in</c><00:54:06.590><c> the</c><00:54:06.610><c> first</c><00:54:06.849><c> of</c><00:54:07.010><c> Peter</c><00:54:07.230><c> chapter</c><00:54:07.570><c> 3</c><00:54:07.849><c> and</c><00:54:08.030><c> verse</c><00:54:08.309><c> 1,</c>

00:54:08.829 --> 00:54:09.889
Peter<00:54:08.909><c> says,</c>

00:54:10.789 --> 00:54:12.510
Likewise,<00:54:11.869><c> ye</c><00:54:12.130><c> wives.</c>

00:54:12.809 --> 00:54:16.769
And<00:54:13.010><c> then</c><00:54:13.130><c> you</c><00:54:13.230><c> see</c><00:54:13.309><c> what</c><00:54:13.429><c> he</c><00:54:13.590><c> says</c><00:54:13.949><c> in</c><00:54:14.510><c> verse</c><00:54:14.809><c> 7,</c><00:54:15.550><c> over</c><00:54:15.769><c> the</c><00:54:15.989><c> page.</c>

00:54:18.929 --> 00:54:21.730
Likewise,<00:54:20.530><c> ye</c><00:54:20.690><c> husbands.</c>

00:54:21.909 --> 00:54:23.210
Ah,<00:54:22.130><c> so</c><00:54:22.289><c> you</c><00:54:22.389><c> see</c><00:54:22.550><c> the</c><00:54:22.750><c> point</c><00:54:22.929><c> now.</c>

00:54:23.210 --> 00:54:26.309
The<00:54:23.730><c> first</c><00:54:24.030><c> of</c><00:54:24.190><c> Peter</c><00:54:24.389><c> chapter</c><00:54:24.730><c> 3</c><00:54:24.969><c> is</c><00:54:25.250><c> drawing</c><00:54:25.530><c> forth</c><00:54:25.929><c> now</c>

00:54:26.309 --> 00:54:29.070
an<00:54:26.730><c> application</c><00:54:27.230><c> to</c><00:54:27.630><c> both</c><00:54:27.909><c> husbands</c><00:54:28.369><c> and</c><00:54:28.670><c> wives</c>

00:54:29.070 --> 00:54:31.969
that<00:54:29.530><c> comes</c><00:54:29.969><c> from</c><00:54:30.230><c> the</c><00:54:30.550><c> example</c><00:54:30.869><c> of</c><00:54:31.090><c> the</c><00:54:31.269><c> Lord</c><00:54:31.570><c> in</c><00:54:31.829><c> the</c>

00:54:31.969 --> 00:54:33.289
previous<00:54:32.329><c> chapter.</c>

00:54:34.690 --> 00:54:36.789
Now,<00:54:34.909><c> which</c><00:54:34.989><c> belongs</c><00:54:35.469><c> to</c><00:54:35.789><c> who?</c>

00:54:37.610 --> 00:54:42.530
Well,<00:54:38.949><c> in</c><00:54:39.250><c> the</c><00:54:39.670><c> story</c><00:54:40.230><c> of</c><00:54:40.789><c> these</c><00:54:41.130><c> principles,</c>

00:54:44.170 --> 00:54:48.349
submission<00:54:44.849><c> is</c><00:54:45.530><c> that</c><00:54:45.769><c> which</c><00:54:45.929><c> he's</c><00:54:46.190><c> going</c><00:54:46.309><c> to</c><00:54:46.570><c> enjoin</c><00:54:46.869><c> upon</c><00:54:47.250><c> wives.</c>

00:54:50.269 --> 00:54:53.050
And<00:54:50.710><c> sacrifice</c><00:54:51.150><c> is</c><00:54:51.570><c> that</c><00:54:51.769><c> which</c><00:54:51.929><c> he</c><00:54:52.130><c> is</c><00:54:52.289><c> going</c><00:54:52.429><c> to</c><00:54:52.710><c> enjoin</c>

00:54:53.050 --> 00:54:55.289
upon<00:54:54.030><c> husbands.</c>

00:54:55.550 --> 00:54:59.329
But<00:54:55.710><c> both</c><00:54:56.190><c> those</c><00:54:56.630><c> principles</c><00:54:57.130><c> come</c><00:54:57.809><c> from</c><00:54:58.130><c> the</c><00:54:58.449><c> example</c><00:54:58.949><c> of</c>

00:54:59.329 --> 00:55:00.449
the<00:54:59.469><c> Lord.</c>

00:55:01.590 --> 00:55:02.849
So,<00:55:02.269><c> likewise,</c><00:55:02.590><c> ye</c><00:55:02.650><c> wives.</c>

00:55:03.070 --> 00:55:05.210
So,<00:55:03.289><c> the</c><00:55:03.449><c> main</c><00:55:03.710><c> thing</c><00:55:03.969><c> that</c><00:55:04.150><c> the</c><00:55:04.269><c> apostle</c><00:55:04.550><c> is</c><00:55:04.690><c> going</c><00:55:04.789><c> to</c><00:55:04.969><c> draw</c><00:55:05.070><c> out,</c>

00:55:05.210 --> 00:55:06.829
and<00:55:05.309><c> we're</c><00:55:05.389><c> going</c><00:55:05.489><c> to</c><00:55:05.610><c> see</c><00:55:05.750><c> this</c><00:55:05.929><c> in</c><00:55:06.070><c> our</c><00:55:06.250><c> next</c><00:55:06.489><c> study,</c>

00:55:07.230 --> 00:55:12.590
the<00:55:07.369><c> main</c><00:55:07.750><c> thing</c><00:55:08.010><c> that</c><00:55:08.409><c> these</c><00:55:10.570><c> first</c><00:55:11.369><c> few</c><00:55:11.550><c> verses</c><00:55:11.889><c> of</c><00:55:12.070><c> the</c><00:55:12.190><c> first</c><00:55:12.409><c> of</c>

00:55:12.590 --> 00:55:12.869
Peter<00:55:12.690><c> 3</c>

00:55:12.869 --> 00:55:16.349
are<00:55:13.030><c> going</c><00:55:13.190><c> to</c><00:55:13.409><c> draw</c><00:55:13.550><c> out</c><00:55:13.929><c> for</c><00:55:14.929><c> wives</c><00:55:15.449><c> in</c><00:55:15.889><c> particular</c>

00:55:16.349 --> 00:55:22.050
is<00:55:16.869><c> the</c><00:55:17.130><c> principle</c><00:55:17.630><c> of</c><00:55:18.650><c> being</c><00:55:19.250><c> in</c><00:55:19.670><c> subjection,</c><00:55:20.690><c> as</c><00:55:20.909><c> he</c><00:55:21.190><c> calls</c><00:55:21.429><c> it.</c>

00:55:22.489 --> 00:55:25.170
And<00:55:22.730><c> the</c><00:55:22.869><c> principle</c><00:55:23.349><c> that</c><00:55:23.750><c> husbands</c><00:55:24.170><c> ought</c><00:55:24.449><c> to</c><00:55:24.690><c> espouse</c>

00:55:25.170 --> 00:55:28.050
is<00:55:25.710><c> to</c><00:55:26.510><c> sacrifice</c><00:55:27.230><c> for</c><00:55:27.449><c> their</c><00:55:27.730><c> wives.</c>

00:55:28.090 --> 00:55:29.110
But<00:55:28.230><c> he</c><00:55:28.289><c> doesn't</c><00:55:28.469><c> actually</c><00:55:28.789><c> say</c><00:55:28.949><c> that.</c>

00:55:29.110 --> 00:55:31.449
What<00:55:29.230><c> he</c><00:55:29.389><c> says</c><00:55:29.590><c> in</c><00:55:29.750><c> the</c><00:55:29.909><c> seventh</c><00:55:30.110><c> verse</c><00:55:30.349><c> is</c><00:55:30.610><c> to</c><00:55:30.889><c> give</c><00:55:31.130><c> honor</c>

00:55:31.449 --> 00:55:32.170
unto<00:55:31.809><c> the</c><00:55:32.050><c> wife.</c>

00:55:32.230 --> 00:55:34.130
That's<00:55:32.510><c> the</c><00:55:32.610><c> way</c><00:55:33.110><c> that</c><00:55:33.429><c> Peter</c><00:55:33.570><c> puts</c><00:55:33.869><c> it.</c>

00:55:34.369 --> 00:55:37.409
So,<00:55:34.769><c> the</c><00:55:34.849><c> wife</c><00:55:35.070><c> should</c><00:55:35.309><c> be</c><00:55:35.550><c> in</c><00:55:35.730><c> subjection,</c><00:55:36.750><c> likewise,</c>

00:55:37.590 --> 00:55:39.849
that<00:55:37.789><c> is,</c><00:55:38.010><c> after</c><00:55:38.369><c> the</c><00:55:38.610><c> Spirit</c><00:55:38.769><c> of</c><00:55:38.929><c> Christ</c><00:55:39.210><c> who</c><00:55:39.389><c> submitted</c><00:55:39.650><c> to</c>

00:55:39.849 --> 00:55:40.869
his<00:55:40.010><c> father.</c>

00:55:40.909 --> 00:55:44.250
And<00:55:41.289><c> the</c><00:55:41.510><c> husband</c><00:55:41.809><c> should</c><00:55:42.170><c> sacrifice</c><00:55:42.929><c> for</c><00:55:43.349><c> their</c><00:55:43.690><c> wives</c><00:55:43.949><c> by</c>

00:55:44.250 --> 00:55:45.170
giving<00:55:44.570><c> honor</c><00:55:44.789><c> to</c><00:55:45.010><c> them</c>

00:55:45.170 --> 00:55:48.329
in<00:55:45.389><c> the</c><00:55:45.630><c> same</c><00:55:45.789><c> way</c><00:55:45.989><c> that</c><00:55:46.190><c> Christ</c><00:55:46.570><c> suffered</c><00:55:47.190><c> for</c><00:55:47.650><c> us.</c>

00:55:48.630 --> 00:55:52.369
Both<00:55:48.929><c> the</c><00:55:49.909><c> Spirit</c><00:55:50.130><c> of</c><00:55:50.289><c> husband</c><00:55:50.710><c> and</c><00:55:51.050><c> wife</c><00:55:51.389><c> towards</c><00:55:51.769><c> each</c><00:55:52.050><c> other</c>

00:55:52.369 --> 00:55:54.909
is<00:55:52.809><c> drawn</c><00:55:52.989><c> from</c><00:55:53.190><c> the</c><00:55:53.449><c> example</c><00:55:53.769><c> of</c><00:55:53.969><c> the</c><00:55:54.090><c> Lord.</c>

00:55:55.650 --> 00:55:57.590
Now,<00:55:56.409><c> tell</c><00:55:56.550><c> you</c><00:55:56.590><c> where</c><00:55:56.750><c> I</c><00:55:56.809><c> think</c><00:55:56.989><c> he</c><00:55:57.130><c> got</c><00:55:57.230><c> it</c><00:55:57.429><c> from.</c>

00:55:57.750 --> 00:56:01.090
Come<00:55:57.909><c> back</c><00:55:58.070><c> and</c><00:55:58.130><c> have</c><00:55:58.269><c> a</c><00:55:58.349><c> look</c><00:55:58.570><c> at</c><00:55:59.110><c> Genesis</c><00:55:59.650><c> chapter</c><00:56:00.010><c> 17.</c>

00:56:02.110 --> 00:56:03.849
This<00:56:02.250><c> is</c><00:56:02.309><c> where</c><00:56:02.449><c> I</c><00:56:02.530><c> think</c><00:56:02.730><c> Peter</c><00:56:02.949><c> got</c><00:56:03.170><c> his</c><00:56:03.329><c> idea</c><00:56:03.650><c> from.</c>

00:56:04.050 --> 00:56:05.829
I<00:56:04.170><c> know</c><00:56:04.230><c> he's</c><00:56:04.389><c> talking</c><00:56:04.590><c> about</c><00:56:04.809><c> the</c><00:56:04.989><c> example</c><00:56:05.329><c> of</c><00:56:05.570><c> Christ,</c>

00:56:06.130 --> 00:56:08.230
but<00:56:06.269><c> he's</c><00:56:06.530><c> talking</c><00:56:06.650><c> about</c><00:56:06.929><c> more</c><00:56:07.170><c> than</c><00:56:07.289><c> the</c><00:56:07.469><c> example</c><00:56:07.769><c> of</c><00:56:08.070><c> Christ.</c>

00:56:08.469 --> 00:56:11.130
He's<00:56:08.829><c> actually</c><00:56:09.230><c> drawing</c><00:56:09.489><c> his</c><00:56:09.869><c> teaching</c><00:56:10.269><c> on</c><00:56:10.650><c> marriage</c>

00:56:11.130 --> 00:56:13.789
from<00:56:11.710><c> the</c><00:56:12.010><c> story</c><00:56:12.230><c> of</c><00:56:12.489><c> Abraham</c><00:56:12.849><c> and</c><00:56:13.449><c> Sarah.</c>

00:56:13.789 --> 00:56:19.030
Now,<00:56:14.309><c> just</c><00:56:14.489><c> have</c><00:56:14.630><c> a</c><00:56:14.690><c> look</c><00:56:14.809><c> at</c><00:56:14.929><c> this.</c>

00:56:19.289 --> 00:56:23.929
Twin<00:56:19.690><c> principles</c><00:56:20.449><c> for</c><00:56:21.670><c> husbands</c><00:56:22.349><c> and</c><00:56:22.969><c> wives.</c>

00:56:25.789 --> 00:56:31.210
In<00:56:25.949><c> Genesis</c><00:56:26.329><c> 17</c><00:56:27.849><c> and</c><00:56:28.690><c> verse</c><00:56:29.289><c> 17</c><00:56:29.829><c> we're</c><00:56:30.150><c> told,</c>

00:56:31.829 --> 00:56:35.449
Then<00:56:32.070><c> Abraham</c><00:56:32.829><c> fell</c><00:56:33.170><c> upon</c><00:56:33.429><c> his</c><00:56:33.690><c> face</c><00:56:34.050><c> and</c><00:56:34.489><c> laughed</c><00:56:34.889><c> and</c><00:56:35.269><c> said</c>

00:56:35.449 --> 00:56:36.050
in<00:56:35.630><c> his</c><00:56:35.809><c> heart,</c>

00:56:36.230 --> 00:56:38.429
Shall<00:56:36.309><c> a</c><00:56:36.670><c> child</c><00:56:37.050><c> be</c><00:56:37.289><c> born</c><00:56:37.449><c> unto</c><00:56:37.650><c> him</c><00:56:37.849><c> that</c><00:56:37.989><c> is</c><00:56:38.130><c> an</c><00:56:38.250><c> hundred</c>

00:56:38.429 --> 00:56:39.010
years<00:56:38.690><c> old,</c>

00:56:39.010 --> 00:56:43.269
and<00:56:39.650><c> shall</c><00:56:39.849><c> Sarah</c><00:56:40.309><c> that</c><00:56:40.510><c> is</c><00:56:40.710><c> 90</c><00:56:41.730><c> years</c><00:56:42.070><c> old</c><00:56:42.329><c> bear?</c>

00:56:43.630 --> 00:56:45.590
Now,<00:56:43.769><c> there</c><00:56:43.849><c> are</c><00:56:43.989><c> two</c><00:56:44.210><c> things</c><00:56:44.550><c> that</c><00:56:44.710><c> we</c><00:56:44.829><c> need</c><00:56:45.010><c> to</c><00:56:45.170><c> notice</c><00:56:45.389><c> out</c>

00:56:45.590 --> 00:56:47.130
of<00:56:45.710><c> that</c><00:56:45.949><c> verse.</c>

00:56:49.409 --> 00:56:55.010
The<00:56:49.550><c> first</c><00:56:49.869><c> thing</c><00:56:50.170><c> is,</c><00:56:51.489><c> it</c><00:56:51.869><c> says</c><00:56:52.190><c> that</c><00:56:52.610><c> what</c><00:56:52.789><c> he</c><00:56:53.030><c> did,</c><00:56:54.250><c> he</c><00:56:54.429><c> did</c>

00:56:55.010 --> 00:56:57.429
in<00:56:56.170><c> his</c><00:56:56.530><c> heart.</c>

00:56:57.670 --> 00:56:58.869
You<00:56:57.789><c> notice</c><00:56:57.929><c> that?</c>

00:56:59.389 --> 00:57:03.769
He<00:56:59.510><c> fell</c><00:56:59.730><c> upon</c><00:56:59.909><c> his</c><00:57:00.190><c> face</c><00:57:00.429><c> and</c><00:57:00.809><c> laughed</c><00:57:01.070><c> and</c><00:57:01.469><c> said</c><00:57:01.829><c> in</c><00:57:02.469><c> his</c><00:57:03.329><c> heart.</c>

00:57:03.809 --> 00:57:05.429
So<00:57:03.969><c> this</c><00:57:04.170><c> is</c><00:57:04.329><c> how</c><00:57:04.510><c> Abraham</c><00:57:04.869><c> really</c><00:57:05.349><c> felt.</c>

00:57:05.449 --> 00:57:06.809
He<00:57:05.550><c> didn't</c><00:57:05.730><c> say</c><00:57:05.929><c> this</c><00:57:06.090><c> out</c><00:57:06.250><c> to</c><00:57:06.369><c> other</c><00:57:06.530><c> people.</c>

00:57:06.809 --> 00:57:07.989
He<00:57:07.110><c> said</c><00:57:07.309><c> this</c><00:57:07.469><c> in</c><00:57:07.570><c> his</c><00:57:07.809><c> heart.</c>

00:57:08.150 --> 00:57:10.329
This<00:57:08.289><c> is</c><00:57:08.389><c> how</c><00:57:08.469><c> he</c><00:57:08.670><c> really</c><00:57:08.949><c> felt</c><00:57:09.150><c> inside.</c>

00:57:11.269 --> 00:57:12.789
It<00:57:11.349><c> wasn't</c><00:57:11.590><c> for</c><00:57:11.769><c> the</c><00:57:11.929><c> benefit</c><00:57:12.170><c> of</c><00:57:12.349><c> other</c><00:57:12.510><c> people.</c>

00:57:12.949 --> 00:57:17.889
This<00:57:13.190><c> is</c><00:57:13.409><c> an</c><00:57:13.570><c> expression</c><00:57:14.150><c> of</c><00:57:14.829><c> this</c><00:57:15.230><c> man's</c><00:57:16.269><c> thinking</c><00:57:16.550><c> inside.</c>

00:57:18.329 --> 00:57:20.530
And<00:57:18.389><c> you</c><00:57:18.449><c> see</c><00:57:18.489><c> what</c><00:57:18.590><c> he</c><00:57:18.710><c> says</c><00:57:18.849><c> at</c><00:57:19.050><c> the</c><00:57:19.110><c> end</c><00:57:19.289><c> of</c><00:57:19.449><c> that</c><00:57:19.650><c> phrase,</c>

00:57:20.730 --> 00:57:23.710
And<00:57:20.929><c> shall</c><00:57:21.409><c> Sarah</c><00:57:22.090><c> that</c><00:57:22.309><c> is</c><00:57:22.510><c> 90</c><00:57:22.829><c> years</c><00:57:23.110><c> old</c><00:57:23.409><c> bear?</c>

00:57:24.190 --> 00:57:26.269
Now,<00:57:24.429><c> you</c><00:57:24.550><c> know</c><00:57:24.750><c> what's</c><00:57:25.150><c> remarkable</c><00:57:25.469><c> about</c><00:57:25.730><c> that</c><00:57:26.010><c> phrase,</c>

00:57:26.469 --> 00:57:28.190
don't<00:57:26.550><c> you?</c>

00:57:29.110 --> 00:57:31.369
Well,<00:57:29.389><c> can</c><00:57:29.510><c> someone</c><00:57:29.710><c> tell</c><00:57:29.949><c> me</c><00:57:30.369><c> what</c><00:57:30.570><c> is</c><00:57:30.789><c> remarkable</c><00:57:31.150><c> about</c>

00:57:31.369 --> 00:57:31.650
that<00:57:31.550><c> phrase?</c>

00:57:31.789 --> 00:57:35.530
And<00:57:32.230><c> shall</c><00:57:32.670><c> Sarah</c><00:57:33.469><c> that</c><00:57:34.329><c> is</c><00:57:34.590><c> 90</c><00:57:34.949><c> years</c><00:57:35.230><c> old</c><00:57:35.449><c> bear?</c>

00:57:35.530 --> 00:57:40.869
What's<00:57:35.829><c> so</c><00:57:36.789><c> remarkable</c><00:57:37.250><c> about</c><00:57:37.590><c> that</c><00:57:37.889><c> phrase,</c><00:57:38.309><c> that</c><00:57:38.630><c> little</c><00:57:38.949><c> phrase?</c>

00:57:46.670 --> 00:57:47.690
Yes?

00:57:48.730 --> 00:57:50.489
Now,<00:57:48.869><c> I'll</c><00:57:48.989><c> give</c><00:57:49.090><c> you</c><00:57:49.250><c> a</c><00:57:49.409><c> clue.</c>

00:57:51.849 --> 00:57:54.329
One<00:57:52.050><c> word</c><00:57:52.429><c> is</c><00:57:52.650><c> in</c><00:57:52.789><c> a</c><00:57:52.949><c> different</c><00:57:53.230><c> colour.</c>

00:57:57.329 --> 00:58:01.110
He<00:57:57.570><c> uses</c><00:57:58.230><c> his</c><00:57:58.889><c> wife's</c><00:57:59.909><c> new</c><00:58:00.150><c> name.</c>

00:58:04.989 --> 00:58:07.190
Now,<00:58:05.389><c> look,</c><00:58:05.570><c> we're</c><00:58:05.769><c> not</c><00:58:05.949><c> told</c><00:58:06.110><c> how</c><00:58:06.289><c> long</c><00:58:06.369><c> they've</c><00:58:06.530><c> been</c><00:58:06.670><c> married</c><00:58:06.969><c> for,</c>

00:58:07.230 --> 00:58:10.269
but<00:58:07.670><c> they've</c><00:58:08.150><c> been</c><00:58:08.309><c> married</c><00:58:08.449><c> for</c><00:58:08.590><c> quite</c><00:58:08.730><c> a</c><00:58:08.829><c> few</c><00:58:08.909><c> years</c><00:58:09.130><c> by</c><00:58:09.349><c> now.</c>

00:58:11.050 --> 00:58:15.750
They've<00:58:11.190><c> been</c><00:58:11.369><c> in</c><00:58:11.489><c> the</c><00:58:11.650><c> land</c><00:58:11.969><c> for</c><00:58:12.170><c> about</c><00:58:12.869><c> 25</c><00:58:14.610><c> years.</c>

00:58:16.170 --> 00:58:17.389
They<00:58:16.349><c> were</c><00:58:16.530><c> married</c><00:58:16.789><c> before</c><00:58:17.030><c> they</c><00:58:17.190><c> left.</c>

00:58:17.630 --> 00:58:19.630
Let's<00:58:17.989><c> say</c><00:58:18.090><c> they've</c><00:58:18.269><c> been</c><00:58:18.389><c> married</c><00:58:18.590><c> for</c><00:58:18.769><c> 30</c><00:58:18.989><c> or</c><00:58:19.110><c> 40</c><00:58:19.329><c> years.</c>

00:58:20.030 --> 00:58:22.090
I<00:58:20.070><c> don't</c><00:58:20.289><c> know,</c><00:58:20.750><c> husbands</c><00:58:21.070><c> that</c><00:58:21.250><c> have</c><00:58:21.329><c> been</c><00:58:21.489><c> married</c><00:58:21.670><c> for</c><00:58:21.829><c> 30</c>

00:58:22.090 --> 00:58:22.570
or<00:58:22.250><c> 40</c><00:58:22.429><c> years,</c>

00:58:22.590 --> 00:58:25.170
you<00:58:22.750><c> sort</c><00:58:22.849><c> of</c><00:58:22.949><c> get</c><00:58:23.050><c> used</c><00:58:23.250><c> to</c><00:58:23.369><c> your</c><00:58:23.489><c> wife's</c><00:58:23.789><c> name,</c><00:58:23.909><c> don't</c><00:58:24.110><c> you?</c>

00:58:25.269 --> 00:58:26.889
You<00:58:25.429><c> know,</c><00:58:25.769><c> you</c><00:58:25.969><c> use</c><00:58:26.130><c> it</c><00:58:26.269><c> every</c><00:58:26.449><c> day.</c>

00:58:26.889 --> 00:58:29.690
Sarai,<00:58:28.210><c> where's</c><00:58:28.489><c> my</c><00:58:28.730><c> socks?</c>

00:58:31.650 --> 00:58:33.630
Now,<00:58:31.750><c> you</c><00:58:31.869><c> imagine</c><00:58:32.130><c> having</c><00:58:32.389><c> called</c><00:58:32.710><c> your</c><00:58:32.929><c> wife</c><00:58:33.090><c> by</c><00:58:33.269><c> the</c><00:58:33.429><c> same</c>

00:58:33.630 --> 00:58:34.210
name,<00:58:33.889><c> Sarai,</c>

00:58:34.269 --> 00:58:37.289
for<00:58:34.489><c> 30</c><00:58:34.889><c> or</c><00:58:35.210><c> 40</c><00:58:35.670><c> years</c><00:58:36.289><c> every</c><00:58:36.869><c> day.</c>

00:58:37.650 --> 00:58:39.969
And<00:58:37.789><c> in</c><00:58:37.909><c> that</c><00:58:38.170><c> chapter,</c><00:58:38.570><c> her</c><00:58:38.750><c> name</c><00:58:38.989><c> is</c><00:58:39.230><c> changed</c><00:58:39.489><c> to</c><00:58:39.809><c> Sarah.</c>

00:58:40.369 --> 00:58:42.849
And<00:58:40.650><c> quick</c><00:58:40.809><c> as</c><00:58:40.989><c> a</c><00:58:41.150><c> flash,</c><00:58:41.769><c> Abraham</c><00:58:41.969><c> uses</c><00:58:42.210><c> it</c><00:58:42.429><c> straight</c><00:58:42.630><c> away.</c>

00:58:42.969 --> 00:58:45.670
And<00:58:43.309><c> shall</c><00:58:43.570><c> Sarah</c><00:58:44.230><c> bear?</c><00:58:44.630><c> He</c><00:58:44.769><c> says.</c>

00:58:46.949 --> 00:58:48.230
Just<00:58:47.170><c> like</c><00:58:47.389><c> that.</c>

00:58:48.550 --> 00:58:51.070
That's<00:58:49.070><c> giving</c><00:58:49.329><c> honour</c><00:58:49.750><c> to</c><00:58:49.989><c> his</c><00:58:50.210><c> wife,</c><00:58:50.409><c> isn't</c><00:58:50.610><c> it?</c>

00:58:51.269 --> 00:58:55.130
He<00:58:51.570><c> gave</c><00:58:51.869><c> her</c><00:58:52.070><c> the</c><00:58:52.389><c> honour</c><00:58:52.650><c> of</c><00:58:53.030><c> that</c><00:58:53.349><c> new</c><00:58:53.630><c> name</c><00:58:53.909><c> that</c><00:58:54.210><c> God</c><00:58:54.489><c> Almighty</c><00:58:54.869><c> had</c>

00:58:55.130 --> 00:58:55.570
given<00:58:55.309><c> to</c><00:58:55.489><c> him.</c>

00:58:55.570 --> 00:58:57.750
He<00:58:55.630><c> did</c><00:58:55.750><c> it</c><00:58:56.050><c> straight</c><00:58:56.409><c> away,</c><00:58:56.670><c> and</c><00:58:56.829><c> he</c><00:58:56.909><c> did</c><00:58:57.050><c> it</c><00:58:57.190><c> in</c><00:58:57.269><c> his</c><00:58:57.489><c> heart.</c>

00:58:57.869 --> 00:59:00.309
This<00:58:58.090><c> is</c><00:58:58.230><c> how</c><00:58:58.289><c> he</c><00:58:58.429><c> really</c><00:58:58.829><c> felt</c><00:58:59.090><c> about</c><00:58:59.349><c> this</c><00:58:59.550><c> woman.</c>

00:59:00.769 --> 00:59:03.590
He<00:59:01.170><c> honoured</c><00:59:01.429><c> her</c><00:59:01.969><c> with</c><00:59:02.309><c> that</c><00:59:02.469><c> new</c><00:59:02.750><c> name.</c>

00:59:04.730 --> 00:59:08.389
You<00:59:04.730><c> know,</c><00:59:05.769><c> a</c><00:59:05.849><c> person's</c><00:59:06.409><c> name</c><00:59:06.590><c> gets</c><00:59:07.030><c> impregnated</c><00:59:07.829><c> into</c><00:59:08.030><c> our</c><00:59:08.269><c> minds.</c>

00:59:08.449 --> 00:59:10.110
A<00:59:08.550><c> very</c><00:59:08.829><c> hard</c><00:59:09.110><c> sort</c><00:59:09.369><c> of</c><00:59:09.449><c> habit</c><00:59:09.610><c> to</c><00:59:09.869><c> change.</c>

00:59:10.369 --> 00:59:11.269
Wasn't<00:59:10.590><c> a</c><00:59:10.769><c> problem</c><00:59:10.889><c> to</c><00:59:11.130><c> Abraham.</c>

00:59:11.309 --> 00:59:14.489
He<00:59:11.630><c> immediately</c><00:59:12.190><c> gave</c><00:59:12.449><c> honour</c><00:59:12.610><c> to</c><00:59:12.789><c> his</c><00:59:12.949><c> wife</c><00:59:13.190><c> by</c><00:59:13.789><c> giving</c><00:59:14.190><c> her</c>

00:59:14.489 --> 00:59:15.269
that<00:59:14.690><c> new</c><00:59:14.989><c> name.</c>

00:59:15.570 --> 00:59:18.710
Shall<00:59:16.010><c> Sarah</c><00:59:16.989><c> bear</c><00:59:17.329><c> a</c><00:59:17.550><c> child?</c><00:59:17.889><c> He</c><00:59:17.929><c> said.</c>

00:59:19.489 --> 00:59:21.469
That's<00:59:19.809><c> how</c><00:59:19.929><c> he</c><00:59:20.070><c> felt</c><00:59:20.269><c> about</c><00:59:20.530><c> her.</c>

00:59:22.309 --> 00:59:29.469
Now<00:59:22.789><c> come</c><00:59:23.030><c> over</c><00:59:23.250><c> the</c><00:59:23.409><c> page</c><00:59:23.690><c> to</c><00:59:23.869><c> Genesis</c><00:59:24.190><c> 18</c><00:59:25.369><c> and</c><00:59:26.670><c> verse</c><00:59:26.929><c> 12.</c>

00:59:35.889 --> 00:59:38.889
Therefore<00:59:36.150><c> Sarah</c><00:59:36.590><c> laughed</c><00:59:36.949><c> within</c><00:59:37.230><c> herself,</c><00:59:37.690><c> saying,</c>

00:59:39.289 --> 00:59:42.250
After<00:59:39.750><c> I</c><00:59:39.989><c> am</c><00:59:40.090><c> waxed</c><00:59:40.489><c> old,</c><00:59:40.730><c> shall</c><00:59:40.889><c> I</c><00:59:41.090><c> have</c><00:59:41.309><c> pleasure,</c><00:59:41.809><c> my</c><00:59:41.989><c> lord</c>

00:59:42.250 --> 00:59:43.130
being<00:59:42.530><c> old</c><00:59:42.750><c> also?</c>

00:59:43.590 --> 00:59:47.090
I<00:59:44.070><c> don't</c><00:59:44.210><c> need</c><00:59:44.369><c> to</c><00:59:44.550><c> tell</c><00:59:44.670><c> you</c><00:59:44.789><c> which</c><00:59:44.989><c> words</c><00:59:45.230><c> ought</c><00:59:45.409><c> to</c><00:59:45.510><c> be</c><00:59:45.690><c> underlined,</c><00:59:46.090><c> do</c><00:59:46.329><c> I?</c>

00:59:48.409 --> 00:59:49.789
What<00:59:48.849><c> words?</c>

00:59:52.590 --> 00:59:55.750
Well,<00:59:52.809><c> it</c><00:59:52.809><c> would</c><00:59:52.989><c> have</c><00:59:53.150><c> to</c><00:59:53.349><c> be,</c><00:59:54.949><c> first</c><00:59:55.170><c> of</c><00:59:55.329><c> all,</c><00:59:55.530><c> that</c><00:59:55.550><c> she</c>

00:59:55.750 --> 00:59:57.030
said<00:59:55.929><c> within</c><00:59:56.190><c> herself.</c>

00:59:57.429 --> 00:59:59.269
That's<00:59:57.750><c> exactly</c><00:59:57.969><c> what</c><00:59:58.110><c> her</c><00:59:58.170><c> husband</c><00:59:58.449><c> had</c><00:59:58.650><c> done.</c>

00:59:59.789 --> 01:00:00.969
She<01:00:00.050><c> said</c><01:00:00.269><c> within</c><01:00:00.530><c> herself.</c>

01:00:01.389 --> 01:00:02.969
And<01:00:01.510><c> what</c><01:00:01.670><c> did</c><01:00:01.710><c> she</c><01:00:01.949><c> say</c><01:00:02.090><c> at</c><01:00:02.269><c> the</c><01:00:02.349><c> end</c><01:00:02.489><c> of</c><01:00:02.610><c> that</c><01:00:02.769><c> phrase?</c>

01:00:03.269 --> 01:00:08.289
She<01:00:03.389><c> said,</c><01:00:03.889><c> Shall</c><01:00:04.130><c> I</c><01:00:04.469><c> of</c><01:00:04.670><c> a</c><01:00:04.789><c> surety</c><01:00:05.090><c> bear</c><01:00:06.469><c> a</c><01:00:06.690><c> child,</c><01:00:07.130><c> my</c><01:00:07.429><c> lord</c>

01:00:08.289 --> 01:00:10.849
being<01:00:08.989><c> old</c><01:00:09.769><c> also?</c>

01:00:11.590 --> 01:00:13.730
Now<01:00:11.889><c> there</c><01:00:11.949><c> was</c><01:00:12.150><c> no</c><01:00:12.289><c> one</c><01:00:12.449><c> around</c><01:00:12.750><c> when</c><01:00:13.030><c> Sarah</c><01:00:13.269><c> said</c><01:00:13.550><c> that.</c>

01:00:13.769 --> 01:00:15.929
She<01:00:13.889><c> didn't</c><01:00:14.110><c> have</c><01:00:14.369><c> to</c><01:00:14.650><c> impress</c><01:00:14.949><c> anybody.</c>

01:00:16.289 --> 01:00:18.789
This<01:00:16.730><c> is</c><01:00:16.909><c> how</c><01:00:17.090><c> she</c><01:00:17.250><c> really</c><01:00:17.710><c> felt</c><01:00:17.929><c> within</c><01:00:18.210><c> herself.</c>

01:00:18.969 --> 01:00:20.510
And<01:00:19.010><c> you</c><01:00:19.130><c> know</c><01:00:19.170><c> what</c><01:00:19.170><c> she</c><01:00:19.289><c> calls</c><01:00:19.570><c> Abraham?</c>

01:00:21.070 --> 01:00:22.449
My<01:00:21.510><c> lord.</c>

01:00:24.989 --> 01:00:29.210
Isn't<01:00:25.090><c> that</c><01:00:25.230><c> what</c><01:00:25.409><c> Peter</c><01:00:25.570><c> says</c><01:00:25.909><c> about</c><01:00:27.389><c> being</c><01:00:28.349><c> in</c><01:00:28.570><c> subjection</c>

01:00:29.210 --> 01:00:30.349
to<01:00:29.369><c> the</c><01:00:29.510><c> husband?</c>

01:00:32.610 --> 01:00:35.070
So<01:00:32.869><c> Peter</c><01:00:33.090><c> says,</c><01:00:34.590><c> Peter</c><01:00:34.829><c> says,</c>

01:00:35.170 --> 01:00:36.710
You<01:00:35.210><c> want</c><01:00:35.269><c> to</c><01:00:35.309><c> have</c><01:00:35.389><c> a</c><01:00:35.469><c> good</c><01:00:35.590><c> marriage?</c>

01:00:36.849 --> 01:00:37.829
Then<01:00:36.969><c> you've</c><01:00:37.030><c> got</c><01:00:37.090><c> to</c><01:00:37.269><c> do</c><01:00:37.289><c> two</c><01:00:37.510><c> things.</c>

01:00:37.929 --> 01:00:39.650
It's<01:00:38.030><c> really</c><01:00:38.349><c> awfully</c><01:00:38.670><c> simple.</c>

01:00:40.429 --> 01:00:44.289
You<01:00:40.929><c> want</c><01:00:41.090><c> to</c><01:00:41.250><c> have</c><01:00:41.250><c> a</c><01:00:41.389><c> really</c><01:00:41.769><c> successful,</c><01:00:43.110><c> happy,</c><01:00:43.869><c> fruitful</c>

01:00:44.289 --> 01:00:46.510
marriage<01:00:44.829><c> in</c><01:00:45.250><c> the</c><01:00:45.429><c> truth.</c>

01:00:46.590 --> 01:00:49.250
Only<01:00:46.750><c> two</c><01:00:46.969><c> things,</c><01:00:47.989><c> just</c><01:00:48.250><c> two.</c>

01:00:49.530 --> 01:00:53.730
Wives,<01:00:51.710><c> be</c><01:00:51.869><c> in</c><01:00:52.070><c> subjection</c><01:00:52.510><c> to</c><01:00:52.630><c> your</c><01:00:52.849><c> husbands.</c>

01:00:55.929 --> 01:00:59.150
Husbands,<01:00:57.590><c> give</c><01:00:57.769><c> on</c><01:00:57.969><c> to</c><01:00:58.130><c> your</c><01:00:58.289><c> wives.</c>

01:00:59.170 --> 01:01:01.090
All<01:00:59.369><c> you</c><01:00:59.469><c> need</c><01:00:59.670><c> to</c><01:00:59.809><c> do,</c><01:01:00.150><c> says</c><01:01:00.150><c> Peter.</c>

01:01:02.150 --> 01:01:03.590
That's<01:01:02.369><c> where</c><01:01:02.530><c> he</c><01:01:02.550><c> gets</c><01:01:02.789><c> it</c><01:01:02.989><c> from.</c>

01:01:04.849 --> 01:01:07.550
You<01:01:05.369><c> know</c><01:01:05.530><c> that</c><01:01:05.710><c> those</c><01:01:05.989><c> two</c><01:01:06.250><c> statements</c><01:01:06.630><c> from</c><01:01:06.829><c> those</c><01:01:07.150><c> two</c><01:01:07.329><c> people,</c>

01:01:07.570 --> 01:01:11.869
both<01:01:07.909><c> said</c><01:01:08.170><c> within</c><01:01:08.409><c> their</c><01:01:08.750><c> hearts</c><01:01:09.050><c> about</c><01:01:09.469><c> each</c><01:01:09.809><c> other,</c>

01:01:11.949 --> 01:01:14.010
happened<01:01:12.010><c> within</c><01:01:12.230><c> the</c><01:01:12.389><c> space</c><01:01:12.530><c> of</c><01:01:12.670><c> a</c><01:01:12.789><c> few</c><01:01:12.889><c> weeks.</c>

01:01:15.889 --> 01:01:18.170
Those<01:01:16.170><c> two</c><01:01:16.409><c> statements</c><01:01:16.710><c> occurred</c><01:01:17.030><c> within,</c><01:01:17.530><c> at</c><01:01:17.550><c> the</c><01:01:17.670><c> very</c><01:01:17.869><c> most,</c>

01:01:18.269 --> 01:01:20.050
just<01:01:18.590><c> a</c><01:01:18.889><c> few</c><01:01:19.090><c> weeks</c><01:01:19.630><c> apart.</c>

01:01:20.170 --> 01:01:22.190
They<01:01:20.469><c> loved</c><01:01:20.730><c> each</c><01:01:21.030><c> other,</c><01:01:21.210><c> this</c><01:01:21.369><c> couple.</c>

01:01:23.789 --> 01:01:25.590
They<01:01:24.170><c> loved</c><01:01:24.429><c> each</c><01:01:24.690><c> other.</c>

01:01:27.449 --> 01:01:35.230
And<01:01:28.130><c> she,</c><01:01:29.110><c> this</c><01:01:29.590><c> woman,</c><01:01:32.369><c> on</c><01:01:32.409><c> one</c><01:01:32.670><c> occasion</c><01:01:33.510><c> berated</c><01:01:34.570><c> her</c><01:01:34.829><c> husband,</c>

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forced<01:01:35.690><c> trips</c><01:01:35.969><c> on</c><01:01:36.309><c> him.</c>

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And<01:01:38.849><c> he</c><01:01:40.610><c> betrayed</c><01:01:41.630><c> her</c><01:01:42.170><c> in</c><01:01:42.469><c> the</c><01:01:42.610><c> house</c><01:01:42.809><c> affair.</c>

01:01:45.869 --> 01:01:48.329
But<01:01:46.170><c> this</c><01:01:46.349><c> is</c><01:01:46.469><c> how</c><01:01:46.570><c> they</c><01:01:46.750><c> really</c><01:01:47.030><c> felt</c><01:01:47.329><c> about</c><01:01:47.710><c> each</c><01:01:47.989><c> other,</c>

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notwithstanding<01:01:49.449><c> their</c><01:01:49.869><c> weaknesses.</c>

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I<01:01:52.050><c> believe</c><01:01:52.210><c> that's</c><01:01:52.610><c> the</c><01:01:52.710><c> very</c><01:01:52.989><c> basis,</c><01:01:53.449><c> the</c><01:01:53.789><c> very</c><01:01:54.130><c> basis,</c>

01:01:54.730 --> 01:02:00.909
for<01:01:55.630><c> Peter's</c><01:01:56.610><c> comments</c><01:01:56.889><c> upon</c><01:01:57.570><c> ideal</c><01:01:58.570><c> marriage</c><01:01:59.630><c> principles.</c>

01:02:03.949 --> 01:02:06.949
So<01:02:04.090><c> you</c><01:02:04.269><c> see,</c><01:02:04.489><c> here</c><01:02:04.690><c> we</c><01:02:04.849><c> have</c><01:02:05.050><c> a</c><01:02:05.230><c> couple</c><01:02:05.550><c> that</c><01:02:06.090><c> began</c><01:02:06.510><c> marriage</c>

01:02:06.949 --> 01:02:09.349
as<01:02:07.329><c> pagan</c><01:02:07.889><c> idolaters.</c>

01:02:10.250 --> 01:02:12.909
But<01:02:10.369><c> by</c><01:02:10.730><c> the</c><01:02:10.869><c> time</c><01:02:11.030><c> the</c><01:02:11.309><c> record</c><01:02:11.590><c> closes</c><01:02:12.130><c> on</c><01:02:12.389><c> their</c><01:02:12.630><c> life,</c>

01:02:13.150 --> 01:02:16.289
they<01:02:13.369><c> are</c><01:02:13.610><c> brought</c><01:02:13.909><c> forth</c><01:02:14.150><c> in</c><01:02:14.329><c> the</c><01:02:14.550><c> divine</c><01:02:14.849><c> record</c><01:02:15.289><c> as</c><01:02:15.710><c> the</c>

01:02:16.289 --> 01:02:18.090
ideal<01:02:17.329><c> marriage</c>

01:02:18.090 --> 01:02:21.170
according<01:02:18.650><c> to</c><01:02:19.150><c> scriptural</c><01:02:20.110><c> principles.</c>

01:02:21.489 --> 01:02:23.429
And<01:02:21.650><c> they</c><01:02:21.789><c> began</c><01:02:22.050><c> as</c><01:02:22.369><c> idolaters.</c>

01:02:24.730 --> 01:02:27.110
And<01:02:25.170><c> I</c><01:02:25.230><c> think</c><01:02:25.349><c> what</c><01:02:25.530><c> that</c><01:02:25.730><c> tells</c><01:02:26.030><c> us,</c><01:02:26.750><c> you</c><01:02:26.969><c> see,</c>

01:02:27.210 --> 01:02:30.909
is<01:02:27.289><c> that</c><01:02:27.429><c> the</c><01:02:27.670><c> power</c><01:02:27.989><c> of</c><01:02:28.250><c> the</c><01:02:28.510><c> truth</c><01:02:28.750><c> is</c><01:02:29.590><c> all</c><01:02:30.070><c> sufficient</c><01:02:30.570><c> to</c>

01:02:30.909 --> 01:02:31.750
transform<01:02:31.469><c> us,</c>

01:02:31.909 --> 01:02:33.590
irrespective<01:02:32.869><c> of</c><01:02:33.030><c> our</c><01:02:33.269><c> background.</c>

01:02:33.650 --> 01:02:37.289
It<01:02:33.969><c> doesn't</c><01:02:34.710><c> matter</c><01:02:35.309><c> where</c><01:02:35.630><c> we've</c><01:02:36.010><c> come</c><01:02:36.309><c> from.</c>

01:02:37.969 --> 01:02:40.829
It<01:02:38.250><c> doesn't</c><01:02:38.590><c> matter</c><01:02:38.909><c> if</c><01:02:39.070><c> we've</c><01:02:39.230><c> been</c><01:02:39.469><c> in</c><01:02:39.610><c> the</c><01:02:39.809><c> truth</c><01:02:39.969><c> all</c><01:02:40.170><c> our</c><01:02:40.429><c> lives</c>

01:02:40.829 --> 01:02:43.230
or<01:02:41.210><c> whether</c><01:02:41.429><c> we've</c><01:02:41.710><c> come</c><01:02:41.989><c> in</c><01:02:42.349><c> from</c><01:02:42.650><c> outside.</c>

01:02:43.349 --> 01:02:45.510
The<01:02:43.789><c> truth</c><01:02:44.269><c> can</c><01:02:44.730><c> change</c><01:02:45.150><c> us.</c>

01:02:45.929 --> 01:02:50.170
This<01:02:46.269><c> couple</c><01:02:46.750><c> were</c><01:02:47.210><c> pagans</c><01:02:48.590><c> when</c><01:02:48.989><c> they</c><01:02:49.309><c> started.</c>

01:02:51.769 --> 01:02:56.730
They<01:02:52.210><c> finish</c><01:02:52.610><c> as</c><01:02:52.769><c> the</c><01:02:52.909><c> most</c><01:02:53.289><c> outstanding</c><01:02:54.010><c> marriage</c><01:02:54.590><c> in</c><01:02:55.070><c> the</c><01:02:55.190><c> Bible,</c>

01:02:57.849 --> 01:03:01.170
of<01:02:58.010><c> whom</c><01:02:58.329><c> the</c><01:02:58.489><c> New</c><01:02:58.710><c> Testament</c><01:02:59.170><c> writers</c><01:02:59.809><c> exhort</c><01:03:00.309><c> us</c>

01:03:01.329 --> 01:03:04.889
that<01:03:01.769><c> we</c><01:03:01.869><c> should</c><01:03:02.070><c> emulate</c><01:03:02.449><c> as</c><01:03:03.030><c> the</c><01:03:03.289><c> ideal</c><01:03:04.170><c> prototype</c>

01:03:04.889 --> 01:03:06.969
of<01:03:05.610><c> successful</c><01:03:06.170><c> marriage</c><01:03:06.510><c> and</c><01:03:06.690><c> the</c><01:03:06.829><c> truth.</c>

01:03:07.250 --> 01:03:10.030
Now<01:03:07.409><c> if</c><01:03:07.510><c> the</c><01:03:07.650><c> truth</c><01:03:07.750><c> can</c><01:03:07.969><c> do</c><01:03:08.110><c> that</c><01:03:08.309><c> to</c><01:03:08.449><c> them,</c><01:03:09.429><c> brothers</c><01:03:09.610><c> and</c><01:03:09.809><c> sisters,</c>

01:03:10.050 --> 01:03:12.050
it<01:03:10.130><c> can</c><01:03:10.309><c> do</c><01:03:10.409><c> it</c><01:03:10.530><c> to</c><01:03:10.650><c> us.</c>

01:03:12.909 --> 01:03:15.929
And<01:03:13.250><c> that</c><01:03:13.489><c> is</c><01:03:13.610><c> what</c><01:03:13.809><c> this</c><01:03:14.110><c> story</c><01:03:14.309><c> is</c><01:03:14.429><c> all</c><01:03:14.650><c> about.</c>

01:03:16.630 --> 01:03:19.030
Is<01:03:17.150><c> how</c><01:03:17.449><c> the</c><01:03:17.650><c> truth</c><01:03:17.789><c> can</c><01:03:18.110><c> change</c><01:03:18.449><c> us</c>

01:03:19.030 --> 01:03:22.349
if<01:03:20.070><c> we</c><01:03:20.309><c> will</c><01:03:20.489><c> but</c><01:03:20.590><c> be</c><01:03:20.849><c> faithful</c><01:03:21.170><c> to</c><01:03:21.409><c> God</c>

01:03:22.670 --> 01:03:25.570
and<01:03:23.190><c> live</c><01:03:23.389><c> according</c><01:03:23.730><c> to</c><01:03:23.929><c> His</c><01:03:24.150><c> ways.</c>

01:03:26.750 --> 01:03:28.329
This<01:03:26.829><c> is</c><01:03:26.989><c> what</c><01:03:27.070><c> we</c><01:03:27.269><c> hope</c><01:03:27.389><c> to</c><01:03:27.530><c> look</c><01:03:27.710><c> together</c>

01:03:28.329 --> 01:03:32.050
and<01:03:29.070><c> see</c><01:03:29.329><c> out</c><01:03:29.510><c> of</c><01:03:29.670><c> this</c><01:03:29.909><c> story</c><01:03:30.269><c> in</c><01:03:30.690><c> the</c><01:03:30.809><c> book</c><01:03:30.929><c> of</c><01:03:31.130><c> Genesis</c>

01:03:32.050 --> 01:03:35.650
concerning<01:03:33.070><c> Abraham</c><01:03:33.570><c> and</c><01:03:34.090><c> Sarah,</c>

01:03:35.769 --> 01:03:38.710
heirs<01:03:36.289><c> together</c><01:03:36.809><c> of</c><01:03:37.389><c> the</c><01:03:37.530><c> grace</c><01:03:37.750><c> of</c><01:03:37.969><c> love.</c>