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#18. Genesis 33-36 | The God Who Answers Me In My Distress and Has Been With Me Wherever I Have Gone · Dwelling Place: The Bible for Moms

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  I'm
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  Stephanie
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  Hickox,
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  and
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  today
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  I
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  am
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  so
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  thankful
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  that
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  no
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  matter
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  what
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  the
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  weather
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  is
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  outside,
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  that
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  the
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  God
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  that
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  longs
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  to
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  dwell
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  with
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  us
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  is
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  willing
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  to
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  meet
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  us
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  right
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  inside
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  homes.
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  This
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  will
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  certainly
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  be
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  an
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  episode
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  that
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  you'd
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  wanna
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  listen
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  to
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  privately,
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  as
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  we'll
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  cover
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  a
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  very
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  sensitive,
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  situation.
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  Remember
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  that
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  we're
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  looking
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  for
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  your
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  questions
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  regarding
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  Genesis
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  and
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  job
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  or
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  any
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  parenting
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  questions
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  you
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  have
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  in
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  general.
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  Betsy
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  will
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  be
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  sitting
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  down
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  with
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  me
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  to
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  record
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  this
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  week,
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  and
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  we
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  wanna
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  speak
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  to
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  exactly
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  the
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  things
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  that
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  are
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  on
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  your
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  heart.
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  I'll
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  link
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  the
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  email
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  address
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  in
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  the
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  show
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  notes
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  in
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  today's
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  reading.
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  From
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  Genesis
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  33
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  through
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  36,
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  we
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  see
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  the
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  power
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  of
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  the
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  Lord
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  to
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  transform
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  bitter
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  and
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  angry
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  hearts,
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  but
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  we'll
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  also.
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  See
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  how
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  righteous
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  anger
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  can
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  be
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  handled.
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  Un
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  righteously
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  today
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  will
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  conclude
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  with
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  Jacob
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  it
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  can
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  be
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  hard
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  to
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  go
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  through
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  and
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  say
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  goodbye
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  to
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  these
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  characters
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  so
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  quickly.
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  But
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  let's
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  not
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  forget
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  who
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  the
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  main
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  character
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  of
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  all
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  of
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  this
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  is.
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  It's
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  the
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  Lord.
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  Let's
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  hear
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  what
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  we
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  can
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  learn
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  about
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  him
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  today.
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  Yesterday's
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  reading
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  concluded
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  with
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  Jacob
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  pleading
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  to
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  the
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  Lord
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  to
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  deliver
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  him
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  from
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  the
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  hand
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  of
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  his
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  brother.
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  He
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  was
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  afraid
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  for
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  his
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  own
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  life,
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  but
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  also
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  the
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  lives
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  of
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  his
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  wives
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  and
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  children,
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  and
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  he
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  sends
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  550
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  animals
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  ahead
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  to
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  meet
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  his
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  brother.
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  He
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  heard
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  that
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  Esau
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  and
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  400
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  men
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  were
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  coming
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  to
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  meet
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  him.
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  Remember
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  when
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  he
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  left
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  the
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  land
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  21
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  years
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  ago
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  that
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  his
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  brother
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  was
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  threatening
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  to
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  murder
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  him.
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  His
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  fears
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  are
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  valid,
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  yesterday
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  I
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  asked
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  you
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  to
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  be
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  looking
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  for
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  the
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  moment
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  that
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  Jacob
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  calls
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  upon
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  God
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  as
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  his
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  God.
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  At
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  the
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  beginning
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  of
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  chapter
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  33,
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  he
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  can't
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  delay
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  this
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  reunion
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  anymore.
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  Esau
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  is
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  coming
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  towards
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  him,
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  and
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  Jacob
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  does
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  the
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  honorable
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  thing.
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  He
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  puts
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  himself
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  first
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  separating
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  everyone
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  else
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  and
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  setting
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  them
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  behind
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  him,
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  and
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  he
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  humbly
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  approaches
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  Esau,
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  bowing
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  himself
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  to
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  the
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  ground
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  seven
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  times.
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  I
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  can
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  so
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  relate
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  to
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  this
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  tension.
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  I
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  can
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  be
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  given
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  over
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  to
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  absolute.
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  Worry
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  and
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  anxiety.
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  If
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  I
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  get
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  the
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  dreaded
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  three
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  word
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  text,
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  can
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  we
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  talk?
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  I
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  love
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  resolution
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  and
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  working
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  things
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  through
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  for
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  peace
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  and
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  unity,
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  but
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  oh,
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  can
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  I
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  get
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  anxious
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  in
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  the
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  process
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  when
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  Jacob
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  sends
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  ahead
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  all
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  of
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  these
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  550
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  animals
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  to
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  appease
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  his
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  brother?
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  I
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  have
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  to
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  be
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  careful.
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  With
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  that
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  tendency
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  in
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  myself
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  to
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  people
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  please
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  or
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  to
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  Fawn,
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  or
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  to
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  try
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  to
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  make
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  th
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  sure
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  that
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  everything's
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  okay
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  and
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  that
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  I've
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  done
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  all
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  that
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  I
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  can.
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  There
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  can
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  be
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  something
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  really
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  godly
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  about
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  striving
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  for
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  peace,
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  but
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  it
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  can
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  also
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  reveal
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  a
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  lack
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  of
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  faith
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  in
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  the
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  Lord.
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  Is
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  Jacob
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  trusting
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  that
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  the
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  Lord
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  will
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  really
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  protect
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  him?
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  And
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  do
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  I
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  do
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  that
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  through
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  the
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  years?
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  The
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  Lord
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  has
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  actually
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  guided
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  me
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  to
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  make
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  sure
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  that
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  I
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  fear
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  him
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  first
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  and
• 2:15
  foremost.
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  And
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  if
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  I
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  ever
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  get
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  a
• 2:17
  hint
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  that
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  someone
• 2:18
  might
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  be
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  coming
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  to
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  me
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  to
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  work
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  through
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  something,
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  I
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  literally
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  do
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  get
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  on
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  my
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  knees
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  and
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  ask,
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  Lord,
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  have
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  I
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  sinned
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  before
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  you?
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  Is
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  there
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  anything
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  I
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  need
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  to
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  correct
• 2:25
  before
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  you?
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  And
• 2:26
  I
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  pray
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  for
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  conviction.
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  If
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  I
• 2:28
  don't
• 2:28
  hear
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  anything,
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  then
• 2:29
  I
• 2:29
  ask
• 2:29
  for
• 2:30
  humility
• 2:30
  to
• 2:30
  receive
• 2:31
  anything
• 2:31
  that
• 2:31
  the
• 2:31
  person
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  has
• 2:32
  for
• 2:32
  me.
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  And
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  this
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  is
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  the
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  way
• 2:33
  that
• 2:33
  I'm
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  trying
• 2:34
  to
• 2:34
  train
• 2:34
  my
• 2:34
  kids
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  to
• 2:35
  have
• 2:35
  a
• 2:35
  stronger
• 2:36
  fear
• 2:36
  of
• 2:36
  the
• 2:36
  Lord.
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  And
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  to
• 2:37
  want
• 2:37
  to
• 2:37
  be
• 2:37
  holy
• 2:38
  before
• 2:38
  him,
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  but
• 2:39
  to
• 2:39
  not
• 2:39
  give
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  themselves
• 2:40
  over
• 2:40
  to
• 2:40
  a
• 2:40
  fear
• 2:41
  of
• 2:41
  man.
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  There
• 2:42
  is
• 2:42
  complete
• 2:42
  evidence
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  that
• 2:43
  the
• 2:43
  Lord
• 2:44
  has
• 2:44
  worked
• 2:44
  and
• 2:44
  transformed
• 2:45
  Esau
• 2:46
  as
• 2:46
  the
• 2:46
  word
• 2:46
  tells
• 2:47
  us.
• 2:47
  But
• 2:47
  Esau
• 2:47
  ran
• 2:48
  to
• 2:48
  meet
• 2:48
  him
• 2:48
  and
• 2:48
  embraced
• 2:49
  him
• 2:49
  and
• 2:49
  fell
• 2:50
  on
• 2:50
  his
• 2:50
  neck
• 2:50
  and
• 2:50
  kissed
• 2:51
  him,
• 2:51
  and
• 2:51
  they
• 2:51
  wept.
• 2:52
  Jacob
• 2:52
  tells
• 2:52
  him,
• 2:53
  for
• 2:53
  I
• 2:53
  have
• 2:53
  seen
• 2:54
  your
• 2:54
  face,
• 2:54
  which
• 2:54
  is
• 2:54
  like
• 2:55
  seeing
• 2:55
  the
• 2:55
  face
• 2:55
  of
• 2:55
  God,
• 2:56
  he's
• 2:56
  saying,
• 2:57
  I
• 2:57
  can
• 2:57
  tell
• 2:57
  God
• 2:58
  has
• 2:58
  transformed
• 2:58
  your
• 2:58
  heart.
• 2:59
  What
• 2:59
  a
• 2:59
  contrast
• 3:00
  to
• 3:00
  chapter
• 3:00
  four
• 3:01
  of
• 3:01
  Genesis.
• 3:02
  It's
• 3:02
  really
• 3:02
  encouraging
• 3:03
  to
• 3:03
  see
• 3:03
  the
• 3:03
  restoration
• 3:04
  that
• 3:04
  God
• 3:04
  worked
• 3:05
  in
• 3:05
  these
• 3:05
  two
• 3:05
  brothers.
• 3:06
  I.
• 3:06
  After
• 3:06
  they
• 3:06
  make
• 3:07
  peace,
• 3:07
  Jacob
• 3:08
  says,
• 3:08
  we've
• 3:08
  gotta
• 3:08
  slow
• 3:08
  down.
• 3:09
  This
• 3:09
  pace
• 3:09
  is
• 3:09
  too
• 3:09
  fast
• 3:10
  for
• 3:10
  the
• 3:10
  animals
• 3:11
  and
• 3:11
  the
• 3:11
  children.
• 3:11
  I'll
• 3:12
  catch
• 3:12
  up
• 3:12
  with
• 3:12
  you
• 3:12
  later.
• 3:13
  And
• 3:13
  then
• 3:13
  he
• 3:13
  buys
• 3:14
  some
• 3:14
  land
• 3:14
  and
• 3:15
  don't
• 3:15
  miss
• 3:15
  it.
• 3:16
  33
• 3:16
  20
• 3:17
  says
• 3:17
  There
• 3:18
  he
• 3:18
  erected
• 3:18
  an
• 3:18
  altar
• 3:19
  and
• 3:19
  called
• 3:20
  it
• 3:20
  El
• 3:20
  Aloi
• 3:21
  Israel.
• 3:22
  I
• 3:22
  can't
• 3:22
  guarantee
• 3:23
  that
• 3:23
  I'm
• 3:23
  pronouncing
• 3:23
  it
• 3:24
  correctly,
• 3:24
  but
• 3:24
  I
• 3:24
  can
• 3:25
  tell
• 3:25
  you.
• 3:25
  That
• 3:26
  this
• 3:26
  means
• 3:26
  God,
• 3:27
  the
• 3:27
  God
• 3:28
  of
• 3:28
  Israel.
• 3:28
  When
• 3:29
  Jacob
• 3:29
  who
• 3:29
  was
• 3:29
  renamed
• 3:30
  as
• 3:30
  Israel,
• 3:31
  sees
• 3:32
  what
• 3:32
  God
• 3:32
  has
• 3:32
  done
• 3:33
  in
• 3:33
  his
• 3:33
  brother's
• 3:33
  heart,
• 3:34
  this
• 3:34
  is
• 3:34
  his
• 3:34
  final
• 3:35
  act
• 3:35
  of
• 3:35
  surrender,
• 3:36
  saying,
• 3:36
  this
• 3:37
  is
• 3:37
  my
• 3:37
  God
• 3:37
  and
• 3:37
  I
• 3:38
  will
• 3:38
  worship
• 3:38
  him.
• 3:39
  As
• 3:39
  we
• 3:39
  look
• 3:39
  at
• 3:39
  chapter
• 3:39
  34,
• 3:40
  I'll
• 3:40
  do
• 3:40
  something
• 3:40
  a
• 3:40
  little
• 3:41
  different
• 3:41
  and
• 3:41
  I'm
• 3:41
  actually
• 3:42
  taking
• 3:42
  my
• 3:43
  cue
• 3:43
  from
• 3:43
  something
• 3:44
  in
• 3:44
  this
• 3:44
  chapter.
• 3:45
  I'll
• 3:45
  read
• 3:45
  a
• 3:45
  few
• 3:45
  verses
• 3:46
  and
• 3:46
  then
• 3:46
  make
• 3:46
  a
• 3:46
  comment.
• 3:47
  Chapter
• 3:47
  34
• 3:47
  begins.
• 3:48
  Now,
• 3:48
  Dina,
• 3:49
  the
• 3:49
  daughter
• 3:49
  of
• 3:50
  Leah,
• 3:50
  whom
• 3:50
  she
• 3:50
  had
• 3:51
  born
• 3:51
  to
• 3:51
  Jacob,
• 3:51
  went
• 3:52
  out
• 3:52
  to
• 3:52
  see
• 3:52
  the
• 3:52
  women
• 3:53
  of
• 3:53
  the
• 3:53
  land.
• 3:53
  When
• 3:53
  I
• 3:53
  read
• 3:54
  that,
• 3:54
  I
• 3:54
  think,
• 3:54
  of
• 3:54
  course
• 3:55
  she
• 3:55
  did.
• 3:55
  The
• 3:55
  girl
• 3:55
  had
• 3:56
  11
• 3:56
  brothers
• 3:57
  jacob
• 3:57
  probably
• 3:57
  did
• 3:57
  have
• 3:58
  more
• 3:58
  daughters,
• 3:58
  but
• 3:58
  scripture
• 3:59
  specifically
• 4:00
  tells
• 4:00
  us
• 4:00
  about
• 4:00
  Dina
• 4:01
  because
• 4:01
  what
• 4:01
  happens
• 4:01
  in
• 4:01
  this
• 4:02
  story
• 4:02
  is
• 4:02
  so
• 4:02
  important
• 4:03
  And
• 4:03
  when
• 4:03
  Shechem,
• 4:04
  the
• 4:04
  son
• 4:04
  of
• 4:04
  Haymore,
• 4:05
  the
• 4:05
  Hitite,
• 4:05
  the
• 4:05
  prince
• 4:06
  of
• 4:06
  the
• 4:06
  land,
• 4:06
  saw
• 4:07
  her,
• 4:07
  he
• 4:07
  seized
• 4:08
  her
• 4:08
  and
• 4:08
  lay
• 4:08
  with
• 4:09
  her
• 4:09
  and
• 4:09
  humiliated
• 4:10
  her
• 4:10
  and
• 4:10
  his
• 4:10
  soul
• 4:11
  was
• 4:11
  drawn
• 4:11
  to
• 4:11
  Dina,
• 4:11
  the
• 4:12
  daughter
• 4:12
  of
• 4:12
  Jacob.
• 4:13
  He
• 4:13
  loved
• 4:13
  the
• 4:13
  young
• 4:14
  woman
• 4:14
  and
• 4:14
  spoke
• 4:14
  tenderly
• 4:15
  to
• 4:15
  her.
• 4:15
  So
• 4:16
  Shem
• 4:16
  spoke
• 4:16
  to
• 4:16
  his
• 4:17
  father,
• 4:17
  Haymore,
• 4:17
  saying,
• 4:18
  get
• 4:18
  me
• 4:18
  this
• 4:18
  girl
• 4:19
  for
• 4:19
  my
• 4:19
  wife.
• 4:19
  Now,
• 4:20
  Jacob
• 4:20
  heard
• 4:20
  that
• 4:20
  he
• 4:21
  had
• 4:21
  defiled
• 4:21
  his
• 4:21
  daughter,
• 4:22
  Dina,
• 4:22
  but
• 4:22
  his
• 4:23
  sons
• 4:23
  were
• 4:23
  with
• 4:23
  the
• 4:23
  livestock
• 4:24
  in
• 4:24
  the
• 4:24
  field.
• 4:24
  So
• 4:25
  Jacob
• 4:25
  held
• 4:25
  his
• 4:26
  peace
• 4:26
  until
• 4:26
  they
• 4:26
  came.
• 4:27
  I
• 4:27
  am
• 4:27
  trying
• 4:27
  to
• 4:28
  be
• 4:28
  patient
• 4:28
  with
• 4:28
  Jacob
• 4:29
  here
• 4:29
  and
• 4:29
  why
• 4:29
  he
• 4:29
  doesn't
• 4:30
  respond
• 4:30
  with
• 4:30
  more
• 4:30
  righteous
• 4:31
  anger.
• 4:32
  I
• 4:32
  certainly
• 4:32
  respect
• 4:33
  that
• 4:33
  he
• 4:33
  held
• 4:33
  his
• 4:34
  peace,
• 4:34
  but
• 4:34
  it
• 4:34
  is
• 4:34
  my
• 4:35
  perspective
• 4:35
  that
• 4:36
  throughout
• 4:36
  this
• 4:36
  chapter,
• 4:37
  he
• 4:37
  is
• 4:37
  very
• 4:37
  passive.
• 4:38
  And
• 4:38
  Hamer,
• 4:39
  the
• 4:39
  father
• 4:39
  of
• 4:39
  Shaham
• 4:40
  went
• 4:40
  out
• 4:40
  to
• 4:40
  Jacob
• 4:40
  to
• 4:40
  speak
• 4:41
  with
• 4:41
  him.
• 4:41
  The
• 4:41
  sons
• 4:42
  of
• 4:42
  Jacob
• 4:42
  had
• 4:42
  come
• 4:42
  in
• 4:43
  from
• 4:43
  the
• 4:43
  field
• 4:43
  as
• 4:44
  soon
• 4:44
  as
• 4:44
  they
• 4:44
  heard
• 4:44
  of
• 4:44
  it,
• 4:45
  and
• 4:45
  the
• 4:45
  men
• 4:45
  were
• 4:45
  indignant
• 4:46
  and
• 4:46
  very
• 4:47
  angry
• 4:47
  because
• 4:48
  he
• 4:48
  had
• 4:48
  done
• 4:48
  an
• 4:48
  outrageous
• 4:49
  thing
• 4:49
  in
• 4:49
  Israel
• 4:50
  by
• 4:50
  lying
• 4:51
  with
• 4:51
  Jacob's
• 4:51
  daughter
• 4:52
  for
• 4:52
  such
• 4:52
  a
• 4:52
  thing
• 4:52
  must
• 4:53
  not
• 4:53
  be
• 4:53
  done.
• 4:54
  This
• 4:54
  is
• 4:54
  a
• 4:54
  rare
• 4:54
  but
• 4:55
  important
• 4:55
  interruption
• 4:56
  in
• 4:56
  the
• 4:56
  narrative.
• 4:56
  Usually
• 4:57
  when
• 4:58
  the
• 4:58
  purpose
• 4:58
  of
• 4:58
  scripture.
• 4:59
  Is
• 4:59
  to
• 4:59
  share
• 4:59
  these
• 5:00
  stories.
• 5:00
  We
• 5:01
  don't
• 5:01
  generally
• 5:01
  have
• 5:02
  these
• 5:02
  moral
• 5:02
  breaks
• 5:03
  telling
• 5:03
  us
• 5:03
  what
• 5:03
  is
• 5:04
  righteous
• 5:04
  and
• 5:04
  unrighteous.
• 5:05
  We
• 5:05
  have
• 5:06
  to
• 5:06
  use
• 5:06
  all
• 5:07
  of
• 5:07
  scripture
• 5:07
  to
• 5:07
  discern,
• 5:08
  but
• 5:08
  this
• 5:08
  is
• 5:09
  so
• 5:09
  important
• 5:09
  that
• 5:10
  God
• 5:10
  led
• 5:10
  Moses
• 5:10
  to
• 5:11
  tell
• 5:11
  us
• 5:11
  right
• 5:11
  there
• 5:12
  in
• 5:12
  the
• 5:12
  middle
• 5:12
  of
• 5:12
  the
• 5:12
  story,
• 5:13
  make
• 5:13
  sure
• 5:14
  they
• 5:14
  understand
• 5:15
  how
• 5:15
  evil
• 5:15
  this
• 5:15
  is.
• 5:16
  But
• 5:16
  Hamer
• 5:16
  spoke
• 5:17
  with
• 5:17
  them
• 5:17
  saying,
• 5:18
  the
• 5:18
  soul
• 5:18
  of
• 5:18
  my
• 5:18
  son
• 5:19
  Shaham
• 5:19
  longs
• 5:20
  for
• 5:20
  your
• 5:20
  daughter.
• 5:20
  And
• 5:21
  he
• 5:21
  tries
• 5:21
  to
• 5:21
  convince
• 5:21
  them,
• 5:22
  Hey,
• 5:22
  why
• 5:23
  don't
• 5:23
  we
• 5:23
  just
• 5:23
  dwell
• 5:24
  together?
• 5:24
  We'll
• 5:25
  marry
• 5:25
  some
• 5:25
  of
• 5:25
  your
• 5:26
  daughters.
• 5:26
  Which
• 5:27
  I
• 5:27
  don't
• 5:27
  think
• 5:27
  there
• 5:27
  were
• 5:27
  that
• 5:27
  many.
• 5:28
  You
• 5:28
  can
• 5:28
  marry
• 5:29
  some
• 5:29
  of
• 5:29
  our
• 5:29
  daughters.
• 5:30
  In
• 5:30
  verse
• 5:30
  13,
• 5:31
  we
• 5:31
  hear
• 5:31
  the
• 5:31
  plot
• 5:32
  of
• 5:32
  Jacob's
• 5:32
  sons
• 5:33
  and
• 5:33
  how
• 5:33
  they
• 5:33
  wanna
• 5:33
  handle
• 5:34
  the
• 5:34
  situation.
• 5:34
  We
• 5:35
  know
• 5:35
  it's
• 5:35
  deceitful
• 5:36
  because
• 5:36
  scripture
• 5:36
  flat
• 5:37
  out
• 5:37
  tells
• 5:37
  us
• 5:38
  the
• 5:38
  sons
• 5:38
  of
• 5:38
  Jacob
• 5:38
  answered
• 5:39
  Chaum
• 5:39
  and
• 5:39
  his
• 5:39
  father
• 5:40
  Haymore
• 5:40
  deceitfully
• 5:41
  because
• 5:41
  he
• 5:42
  had
• 5:42
  defiled
• 5:42
  their
• 5:42
  sister
• 5:43
  Dina.
• 5:44
  They
• 5:44
  convinced
• 5:45
  er,
• 5:45
  and
• 5:45
  Shaham
• 5:45
  to
• 5:45
  go
• 5:46
  back
• 5:46
  to
• 5:46
  their
• 5:46
  people
• 5:47
  and
• 5:47
  to
• 5:47
  circumcise.
• 5:47
  All
• 5:48
  the
• 5:48
  males,
• 5:48
  They're
• 5:49
  not
• 5:49
  honoring
• 5:49
  God's
• 5:50
  purpose
• 5:50
  for
• 5:50
  circumcision,
• 5:51
  and
• 5:51
  they're
• 5:51
  certainly
• 5:52
  using
• 5:52
  it
• 5:52
  to
• 5:52
  accomplish
• 5:53
  evil.
• 5:53
  So
• 5:53
  when
• 5:54
  all
• 5:54
  of
• 5:54
  the
• 5:54
  men
• 5:54
  are
• 5:54
  sore
• 5:55
  from
• 5:55
  their
• 5:55
  surgery,
• 5:56
  Levi
• 5:57
  and
• 5:57
  Simeon
• 5:57
  come
• 5:58
  in
• 5:58
  and
• 5:58
  murder
• 5:58
  all
• 5:59
  of
• 5:59
  the
• 5:59
  men,
• 5:59
  Simeon
• 6:00
  and
• 6:00
  Levi.
• 6:01
  Our
• 6:01
  full
• 6:01
  brothers
• 6:02
  Edina,
• 6:02
  and
• 6:02
  that's
• 6:03
  probably
• 6:03
  why
• 6:03
  they
• 6:04
  were
• 6:04
  the
• 6:04
  most
• 6:04
  outraged,
• 6:05
  but
• 6:05
  the
• 6:05
  other
• 6:05
  sons
• 6:06
  come
• 6:06
  in
• 6:06
  and
• 6:07
  steal
• 6:07
  and
• 6:07
  plunder
• 6:08
  the
• 6:08
  city
• 6:08
  with
• 6:08
  them.
• 6:09
  They
• 6:09
  have
• 6:09
  absolute
• 6:10
  righteous
• 6:11
  anger,
• 6:11
  but
• 6:11
  the
• 6:12
  way
• 6:12
  that
• 6:12
  they
• 6:12
  carry
• 6:12
  it
• 6:13
  out
• 6:13
  is
• 6:13
  not
• 6:13
  righteous.
• 6:14
  They
• 6:14
  shouldn't
• 6:15
  have
• 6:15
  made
• 6:15
  all
• 6:15
  of
• 6:15
  the
• 6:15
  people
• 6:16
  answer
• 6:16
  for
• 6:16
  shems
• 6:17
  sin.
• 6:17
  It
• 6:18
  seems
• 6:18
  that
• 6:18
  Jacob's
• 6:18
  response
• 6:19
  is
• 6:19
  pretty
• 6:20
  fearful.
• 6:20
  About
• 6:21
  what
• 6:21
  his
• 6:21
  sons
• 6:21
  have
• 6:21
  done.
• 6:22
  He
• 6:22
  says,
• 6:23
  we
• 6:23
  don't
• 6:23
  have
• 6:23
  that
• 6:23
  many
• 6:24
  people,
• 6:24
  you're
• 6:25
  making
• 6:25
  me
• 6:25
  a
• 6:25
  stink
• 6:26
  to
• 6:26
  the
• 6:26
  inhabitants
• 6:26
  of
• 6:27
  the
• 6:27
  land.
• 6:27
  We're
• 6:27
  all
• 6:28
  gonna
• 6:28
  be
• 6:28
  destroyed.
• 6:29
  To
• 6:29
  which
• 6:29
  his
• 6:29
  sons
• 6:30
  responded,
• 6:30
  should
• 6:31
  he
• 6:31
  treat
• 6:31
  our
• 6:31
  sister
• 6:32
  like
• 6:32
  a
• 6:32
  prostitute?
• 6:33
  You
• 6:33
  would
• 6:33
  think
• 6:33
  Jacob
• 6:34
  would
• 6:34
  have
• 6:34
  more
• 6:34
  trust
• 6:35
  after
• 6:35
  how
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  Lord
• 6:35
  protected
• 6:36
  him
• 6:36
  with
• 6:36
  Esau.
• 6:37
  But
• 6:37
  the
• 6:37
  Lord
• 6:38
  actually
• 6:38
  uses
• 6:38
  his
• 6:38
  circumstance
• 6:39
  to
• 6:40
  actually
• 6:40
  put
• 6:40
  fear
• 6:41
  in
• 6:41
  the
• 6:41
  surrounding
• 6:41
  people.
• 6:42
  Interestingly,
• 6:43
  my
• 6:43
  family
• 6:43
  and
• 6:44
  I
• 6:44
  were
• 6:44
  sitting
• 6:44
  at
• 6:44
  the
• 6:44
  dinner
• 6:44
  table
• 6:45
  this
• 6:45
  week.
• 6:45
  And
• 6:46
  I
• 6:46
  had
• 6:46
  three
• 6:46
  sons
• 6:47
  and
• 6:47
  then
• 6:47
  a
• 6:47
  daughter,
• 6:48
  one
• 6:48
  of
• 6:48
  my
• 6:49
  boys
• 6:49
  said
• 6:49
  to
• 6:49
  my
• 6:49
  daughter,
• 6:50
  if
• 6:50
  any
• 6:51
  boy
• 6:51
  ever
• 6:51
  hurts
• 6:52
  you,
• 6:52
  oh,
• 6:52
  he
• 6:52
  better
• 6:53
  watch
• 6:53
  it.
• 6:53
  And
• 6:54
  she
• 6:54
  had
• 6:54
  this
• 6:54
  sweet
• 6:55
  smile
• 6:55
  on
• 6:55
  her
• 6:55
  face
• 6:55
  knowing
• 6:56
  that
• 6:56
  her,
• 6:56
  brothers
• 6:57
  love
• 6:57
  her
• 6:57
  so
• 6:57
  much
• 6:57
  that
• 6:58
  they
• 6:58
  will
• 6:58
  protect
• 6:58
  her.
• 6:59
  And
• 6:59
  I
• 6:59
  told
• 6:59
  my
• 6:59
  sons,
• 7:00
  I'm
• 7:00
  glad
• 7:00
  you
• 7:01
  wanna
• 7:01
  protect
• 7:01
  your
• 7:01
  sister,
• 7:02
  but
• 7:02
  do
• 7:02
  you
• 7:02
  know
• 7:02
  what
• 7:02
  your
• 7:02
  main
• 7:03
  job
• 7:03
  is?
• 7:03
  Your
• 7:03
  main
• 7:04
  job
• 7:04
  is
• 7:05
  to
• 7:05
  love
• 7:05
  her
• 7:05
  so
• 7:06
  well
• 7:06
  now
• 7:07
  that
• 7:07
  she
• 7:07
  would
• 7:07
  never
• 7:07
  even
• 7:08
  be
• 7:08
  tempted
• 7:08
  to
• 7:09
  date
• 7:09
  someone
• 7:10
  who
• 7:10
  didn't
• 7:10
  treat
• 7:10
  her
• 7:10
  honorably.
• 7:11
  That's
• 7:12
  your
• 7:12
  charge.
• 7:12
  Love
• 7:13
  her.
• 7:13
  Well
• 7:13
  now,
• 7:14
  and
• 7:14
  I
• 7:14
  certainly
• 7:14
  don't
• 7:14
  wanna
• 7:15
  be
• 7:15
  insensitive
• 7:15
  here,
• 7:16
  but
• 7:16
  as
• 7:16
  Simeon
• 7:17
  and
• 7:17
  Levi
• 7:17
  acted
• 7:18
  with
• 7:18
  impulsivity
• 7:19
  and
• 7:19
  intense
• 7:19
  emotion,
• 7:20
  if
• 7:20
  you're
• 7:20
  also
• 7:21
  struggling
• 7:21
  with
• 7:21
  a
• 7:21
  kiddo
• 7:21
  in
• 7:22
  your
• 7:22
  home
• 7:22
  that's
• 7:22
  given
• 7:23
  to
• 7:23
  these
• 7:23
  tendencies.
• 7:24
  We
• 7:24
  just
• 7:24
  had
• 7:25
  a
• 7:25
  couple
• 7:25
  incredibly
• 7:25
  encouraging
• 7:26
  interviews
• 7:27
  on
• 7:27
  how
• 7:27
  to
• 7:27
  parent
• 7:28
  A
• 7:28
  DHD
• 7:29
  Biblically,
• 7:29
  on
• 7:29
  the
• 7:30
  again,
• 7:30
  podcast,
• 7:31
  i'll
• 7:31
  link
• 7:31
  that
• 7:31
  in
• 7:31
  the
• 7:31
  show
• 7:31
  notes
• 7:32
  because
• 7:32
  if
• 7:33
  you're
• 7:33
  dealing
• 7:33
  with
• 7:33
  that
• 7:33
  on
• 7:34
  a
• 7:34
  daily
• 7:34
  basis,
• 7:34
  you
• 7:34
  certainly
• 7:35
  need
• 7:35
  some
• 7:35
  encouragement.
• 7:36
  I
• 7:36
  am
• 7:36
  gonna
• 7:36
  close
• 7:36
  saying
• 7:37
  that
• 7:37
  the
• 7:37
  Lord
• 7:37
  cares
• 7:38
  so
• 7:38
  deeply
• 7:39
  about
• 7:39
  every
• 7:40
  person
• 7:40
  who
• 7:40
  is
• 7:41
  violated
• 7:41
  and
• 7:41
  harmed
• 7:42
  on
• 7:42
  this
• 7:42
  earth.
• 7:42
  Simeon
• 7:43
  and
• 7:43
  Levi
• 7:44
  and
• 7:44
  all
• 7:44
  of
• 7:44
  Jacob's
• 7:45
  brothers
• 7:45
  had
• 7:46
  righteous
• 7:46
  anger
• 7:47
  that
• 7:47
  their
• 7:47
  sister
• 7:48
  Dina
• 7:48
  would
• 7:48
  be
• 7:48
  treated
• 7:48
  this
• 7:49
  way.
• 7:49
  It's
• 7:49
  difficult
• 7:50
  to
• 7:50
  understand
• 7:51
  why
• 7:51
  there's
• 7:51
  so
• 7:51
  much
• 7:51
  suffering
• 7:52
  and
• 7:52
  injustice
• 7:52
  in
• 7:53
  the
• 7:53
  world.
• 7:53
  And
• 7:53
  as
• 7:54
  believers,
• 7:54
  we
• 7:55
  are
• 7:55
  called
• 7:56
  to
• 7:56
  be
• 7:56
  a
• 7:56
  voice
• 7:57
  of
• 7:57
  those
• 7:57
  in
• 7:57
  need
• 7:58
  and
• 7:58
  to
• 7:58
  rise
• 7:58
  up
• 7:59
  for
• 7:59
  those
• 7:59
  who
• 7:59
  can't
• 7:59
  help
• 8:00
  themselves.
• 8:00
  But
• 8:01
  we
• 8:01
  also
• 8:01
  know
• 8:02
  a
• 8:02
  second
• 8:02
  Peter
• 8:03
  three
• 8:03
  13
• 8:03
  tells
• 8:04
  us
• 8:04
  that
• 8:04
  we're
• 8:05
  looking
• 8:05
  forward
• 8:05
  to
• 8:05
  a
• 8:06
  new
• 8:06
  heaven
• 8:06
  and
• 8:07
  a
• 8:07
  new
• 8:07
  earth.
• 8:07
  Where
• 8:08
  righteousness
• 8:08
  will
• 8:08
  dwell
• 8:09
  someday,
• 8:10
  Jesus
• 8:10
  Christ
• 8:11
  will
• 8:11
  come
• 8:11
  again.
• 8:11
  And
• 8:12
  he
• 8:12
  will
• 8:12
  make
• 8:12
  all
• 8:12
  things
• 8:13
  right.
• 8:13
  He
• 8:14
  will.
• 8:14
  Right
• 8:14
  Every
• 8:14
  wrong.
• 8:15
  In
• 8:15
  the
• 8:15
  meantime,
• 8:16
  we're
• 8:16
  told
• 8:16
  that
• 8:17
  vengeance
• 8:17
  is
• 8:17
  mine,
• 8:18
  sayeth
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  Lord.
• 8:19
  He
• 8:19
  often
• 8:19
  calls
• 8:19
  us
• 8:20
  to
• 8:20
  patience
• 8:21
  as
• 8:21
  he
• 8:21
  brings
• 8:21
  justice.
• 8:22
  Often
• 8:22
  we
• 8:23
  have
• 8:23
  to
• 8:23
  submit
• 8:23
  to
• 8:24
  the
• 8:24
  systems
• 8:24
  in
• 8:24
  place
• 8:25
  to
• 8:25
  write
• 8:26
  the
• 8:26
  injustices
• 8:27
  of
• 8:27
  the
• 8:27
  world.
• 8:27
  And
• 8:27
  it
• 8:28
  often
• 8:28
  requires
• 8:28
  us
• 8:29
  to
• 8:29
  be
• 8:29
  way
• 8:29
  more
• 8:30
  patient
• 8:30
  than
• 8:30
  we
• 8:30
  would
• 8:30
  like,
• 8:31
  but
• 8:31
  we
• 8:31
  can
• 8:31
  trust
• 8:32
  that
• 8:32
  this
• 8:32
  is
• 8:33
  the
• 8:33
  God
• 8:33
  working
• 8:33
  on
• 8:34
  our
• 8:34
  behalf.
• 8:34
  As
• 8:35
  Jacob
• 8:35
  says
• 8:35
  in
• 8:36
  chapter
• 8:36
  35.
• 8:37
  Verse
• 8:37
  three,
• 8:38
  then
• 8:38
  let
• 8:38
  us
• 8:38
  arise
• 8:39
  and
• 8:39
  go
• 8:39
  up
• 8:39
  to
• 8:39
  Bethel
• 8:40
  so
• 8:40
  that
• 8:40
  I
• 8:40
  may
• 8:41
  make
• 8:41
  there
• 8:41
  an
• 8:41
  altar
• 8:42
  to
• 8:42
  the
• 8:42
  God
• 8:42
  who
• 8:43
  answers
• 8:43
  me
• 8:43
  in
• 8:43
  the
• 8:44
  day
• 8:44
  of
• 8:44
  my
• 8:44
  distress
• 8:45
  and
• 8:45
  has
• 8:45
  been
• 8:45
  with
• 8:46
  me
• 8:46
  wherever
• 8:46
  I
• 8:46
  have
• 8:47
  gone.
• 8:47
  We
• 8:47
  do
• 8:48
  not
• 8:48
  worship
• 8:48
  a
• 8:48
  God
• 8:49
  that
• 8:49
  always
• 8:49
  spares
• 8:49
  us
• 8:49
  from
• 8:50
  trouble,
• 8:50
  but
• 8:50
  he
• 8:51
  is
• 8:51
  always
• 8:51
  with
• 8:51
  us
• 8:52
  in
• 8:52
  the
• 8:52
  trouble.
• 8:53
  He's
• 8:53
  the
• 8:53
  God
• 8:53
  who
• 8:54
  dwells
• 8:54
  with
• 8:54
  us.
• 8:55
  Lord,
• 8:56
  we
• 8:56
  come
• 8:56
  before
• 8:56
  you
• 8:57
  seeing
• 8:57
  the
• 8:57
  heaviness
• 8:58
  and
• 8:58
  the
• 8:58
  evil
• 8:59
  present
• 8:59
  in
• 8:59
  this
• 8:59
  passage,
• 9:00
  but
• 9:00
  also
• 9:00
  present
• 9:01
  in
• 9:01
  our
• 9:01
  world.
• 9:02
  And
• 9:02
  we
• 9:02
  long
• 9:03
  for
• 9:03
  you
• 9:03
  to
• 9:03
  set
• 9:04
  it
• 9:04
  right
• 9:04
  to
• 9:05
  punish
• 9:05
  unrighteousness
• 9:06
  and
• 9:06
  to
• 9:06
  protect
• 9:07
  the
• 9:07
  innocent.
• 9:08
  And
• 9:08
  we
• 9:08
  ask
• 9:09
  that
• 9:09
  where
• 9:09
  we
• 9:09
  are,
• 9:10
  that
• 9:10
  we
• 9:10
  would
• 9:10
  fight
• 9:10
  for
• 9:10
  the
• 9:11
  cause
• 9:11
  of
• 9:11
  others.
• 9:12
  But
• 9:12
  we
• 9:12
  also
• 9:12
  ask
• 9:13
  for
• 9:13
  patience
• 9:13
  in
• 9:13
  our
• 9:13
  hearts,
• 9:14
  waiting
• 9:14
  for
• 9:15
  you
• 9:15
  to
• 9:15
  make
• 9:15
  all
• 9:15
  things
• 9:16
  right.
• 9:17
  Please
• 9:17
  work
• 9:17
  forgiveness
• 9:18
  in
• 9:18
  us.
• 9:18
  When
• 9:19
  we've
• 9:19
  been
• 9:19
  wronged
• 9:19
  or
• 9:20
  when
• 9:20
  our
• 9:20
  children
• 9:20
  have
• 9:20
  been
• 9:20
  wronged,
• 9:21
  may
• 9:21
  we
• 9:21
  advocate
• 9:22
  for
• 9:22
  them,
• 9:22
  but
• 9:23
  also
• 9:23
  respond
• 9:23
  in
• 9:23
  righteousness
• 9:24
  when
• 9:24
  they
• 9:25
  need
• 9:25
  a
• 9:25
  offender.
• 9:26
  We
• 9:26
  pray
• 9:26
  for
• 9:26
  their
• 9:27
  protection
• 9:27
  from
• 9:27
  evil
• 9:28
  and
• 9:28
  for
• 9:28
  blessing
• 9:29
  upon
• 9:29
  their
• 9:30
  sibling
• 9:30
  relationships
• 9:31
  that
• 9:31
  they
• 9:31
  would
• 9:31
  honor
• 9:32
  one
• 9:32
  another.
• 9:33
  Thank
• 9:33
  you,
• 9:33
  Jesus,
• 9:34
  that
• 9:34
  you're
• 9:34
  coming
• 9:34
  back
• 9:35
  and
• 9:35
  that
• 9:35
  you
• 9:35
  will
• 9:36
  rule
• 9:36
  perfectly
• 9:37
  and
• 9:37
  justly.
• 9:38
  It's
• 9:38
  in
• 9:38
  your
• 9:38
  name
• 9:39
  that
• 9:39
  we
• 9:39
  pray.
• 9:40
  Amen.