Hi and welcome back
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you
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for being with me today.
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This morning when I was reading
in my own devotional time,
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I was reading in
Philippians where it says:
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"Don't be anxious for anything;
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but everything with
prayer and supplication
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let your request be
made known to God. "
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So for anybody here
who's joining me right now
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who has something on your heart
that you'd like to bring to God,
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let's do that together now
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and also ask Him to be
with us as we read His Word.
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Dear God, I know that myself
and a lot of others who are
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listening right
now... we have things that
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we don't have the answers for.
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But we want to bring
them to You yet again
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and ask You to send the answers
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at the time that
You know is right.
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And in the meantime,
please strengthen our faith
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as we read and hear
Your Word right now.
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May we rest in the peace of God
that passes all understanding
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and may it keep our hearts and
minds during this time together
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with You. Thank you for
loving us; we love You. Amen.
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When we were last reading,
we were reading the story of
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the birthright
that Esau sold to Jacob.
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And when it came
time that... that...
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Isaac was going to bless Esau,
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Rebekah overheard the
conversation, and she told Jacob
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that he needed
to trick his father
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so that he would
get the birthright.
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And so Jacob took and put
some, at his mother's bidding,
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put on Esau's clothes
and some hair on his hands
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and went in, and
he lied to his father
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and said: "Yes,
I'm your son Esau. "
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And so Isaac, who was blind,
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began to bless Jacob
believing he was Esau his son.
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And we are in the middle
of that blessing right now.
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We're picking it up
in Genesis chapter 27
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beginning with verse 28.
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And this is the
King James version.
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"Therefore God give
thee of the dew of heaven,
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and the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of corn and wine:
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let people serve thee,
and nations bow down to thee:
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be lord over thy brethren,
and let thy mother's sons
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bow down to thee:
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cursed be every
one that curseth thee,
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and blessed be he
that blesseth thee. "
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And it came to pass, as
soon as Isaac had made an end
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of blessing Jacob, and Jacob
was yet scarce gone out from
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the presence of Isaac his
father, that Esau his brother
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came in from his hunting.
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And he also had made savory
meat, and brought it unto his
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father, and
said unto his father,
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"Let my father arise,
and eat of his son's venison,
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that thy soul may bless me. "
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And Isaac his
father said unto him,
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"Who art thou? " And he said,
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"I am thy son, thy
first-born, Esau. "
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And Isaac trembled
very exceedingly, and said,
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"Who? where is he
that hath taken venison,
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and brought it me,
and I have eaten of all
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before thou camest,
and have blessed him?
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yea, and he shall be blessed. "
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And when Esau heard
the words of his father,
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he cried with a great
and exceeding bitter cry,
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and said unto his
father, "Bless me, even me also,
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O my father. "
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And he said, "Thy
brother came with subtilty,
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and hath taken
away thy blessing. "
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And he said, "Is not
he rightly named Jacob?
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for he hath
supplanted me these two times:
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he took away my
birthright; and, behold,
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now he hath taken
away my blessing. "
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And he said, "Hast thou not
reserved a blessing for me? "
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And Isaac answered
and said unto Esau,
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"Behold, I have
made him thy lord,
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and all his brethren have
I given to him for servants;
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and with corn and
wine have I sustained him:
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and what shall I do
now unto thee, my son? "
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And Esau said unto his father,
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"Hast thou but one
blessing, my father?
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bless me, even me
also, O my father, "
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And Esau lifted up
his voice, and wept.
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And Isaac his father
answered and said unto him,
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"Behold thy dwelling shall
be the fatness of the earth,
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and of the dew of
heaven from above;
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and by the
sword shalt thou live,
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and shalt serve thy brother:
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and it shall come to pass when
thou shalt have the dominion,
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that thou shalt break
his yoke from off thy neck. "
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And Esau hated Jacob because
of the blessing wherewith
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his father blessed him:
and Esau said in his heart,
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"The days of mourning
for my father are at hand;
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then will I slay
my brother Jacob. "
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And these words of Esau her
elder son were told to Rebekah:
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and she sent and
called Jacob her younger son,
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and said unto him,
"Behold, thy brother Esau,
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as touching thee,
doth comfort himself,
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purposing to kill
thee. Now therefore, my son,
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obey my voice; and arise,
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flee thou to Laban
my brother to Haran;
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And tarry with him a few days,
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until thy
brother's fury turn away;
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Until thy brother's
anger turn away from thee,
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and he forget that
which thou has done to him:
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then I will send, and
fetch thee from thence:
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why should I be deprived
also of you both in one day? "
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And Rebekah said to
Isaac, "I am weary of my life
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because of the
daughters of Heth:
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if Jacob take a wife
of the daughters of Heth,
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such as these which are
of the daughters of the land,
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what good shall my life do me? "
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We are continuing to read in the
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book of Genesis chapter 28.
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This is the King James version.
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And Isaac called Jacob, and
blessed him, and charged him,
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and said unto him,
"Thou shalt not take a wife
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of the daughters of Canaan.
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Arise, go to Padanaram,
to the house of Bethuel
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thy mother's father; and
take thee a wife from thence
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of the daughters of
Laban thy mother's brother.
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And God Almighty bless
thee, and make thee fruitful,
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and multiply thee, that thou
mayest be a multitude of people;
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And give thee the
blessing of Abraham, to thee,
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and to thy seed with
thee; that thou mayest inherit
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the land wherein
thou art a stranger,
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which God gave unto Abraham. "
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And Isaac sent away
Jacob: and he went to Padanaram
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unto Laban, son of
Bethuel the Syrian,
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the brother of Rebekah,
Jacob's and Esau's mother.
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When Esau saw that
Isaac had blessed Jacob,
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and sent him away to Padanaram,
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to take him a wife from thence;
and that as he blessed him
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he gave him a charge, saying,
"Thou shalt not take a wife
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of the daughters of Canaan; "
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And that Jacob obeyed
his father and his mother,
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and was gone to Padanaram;
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And Esau seeing that the
daughters of Canaan pleased not
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Isaac his father; Then
went Esau unto Ishmael,
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and took unto the
wives which he had Mahalath
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the daughter of
Ishmael, Abraham's son,
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the sister of
Nebajoth, to be his wife.
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And Jacob went
out from Beersheba,
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and went toward Haran.
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And he lighted upon a
certain place, and tarried there
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all night,
because the sun was set;
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and he took of the
stones of that place,
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and put them for his pillows,
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and lay down in
that place to sleep.
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And he dreamed, and beheld
a ladder set up on the earth,
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and the top of it
reached to heaven:
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and behold the angels of God
ascending and descending on it.
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And, behold, the Lord
stood above it, and said,
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"I am the Lord God
of Abraham thy father,
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and the God of Isaac:
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the land whereon thou
liest, to thee will I give it,
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and to thy seed; And thy
seed shall be as the dust
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of the earth, and thou
shalt spread abroad to the west,
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and to the east, and to
the north, and to the south:
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and in thee and in thy
seed shall all the families
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of the earth be blessed.
And, behold, I am with thee,
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and will keep thee in all
places whither thou goest,
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and will bring thee
again unto this land;
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for I will not leave
thee, until I have done that
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which I have
spoken to thee of. "
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And Jacob awaked out
of his sleep, and he said,
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"Surely the Lord is in
this place, and I knew it not. "
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And he was afraid, and said,
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"How dreadful is this place!
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This is none other
but the house of God,
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and this is the
gate of heaven. "
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And Jacob rose up
early in the morning,
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and took the stone that
he had put for his pillows,
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and set it up for a pillar,
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and poured oil
upon the top of it.
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And he called the
name of that place Bethel:
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but the name of that city
was called Luz at the first.
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And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,
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"If God will be with me,
and will keep me in this way
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that I go, and will
give me bread to eat,
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and raiment to put
on, So that I come again
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to my father's house in peace;
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then shall the Lord be my God.
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And this stone, which
I have set for a pillar,
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shall be God's house: and
of all that Thou shalt give me
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I will surely give
the tenth unto Thee. "
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Continuing with chapter 29.
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Then Jacob went on his journey,
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and came into the land
of the people of the east.
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And he looked, and
behold a well in the field,
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and, lo, there were three
flocks of sheep lying by it;
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for out of that well
they watered the flocks:
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and a great stone was
upon the well's mouth.
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And thither were
all the flocks gathered:
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and they rolled the
stone from the well's mouth,
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and watered the sheep,
and put the stone again
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upon the well's
mouth in his place.
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And Jacob said unto them,
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"My brethren, whence be ye? "
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And they said,
"Of Haran are we. "
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And he said unto them, "Know
ye Laban the son of Nahor? "
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And they said, "We know him. "
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And he said unto
them, "Is he well? "
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And they said, "He
is well: and, behold,
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Rachel his daughter
cometh with the sheep. "
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And he said, "Lo,
it is yet high day,
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neither is it time that
the cattle should be gathered
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together, water ye the
sheep, and go and feed them. "
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And they said, "We cannot,
until all the flocks be gathered
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together, and till they roll
the stone from the well's mouth;
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then we water the sheep. "
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And while he yet spake
with them, Rachel came with her
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father's sheep,
for she kept them.
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And it came to pass,
when Jacob saw Rachel
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the daughter of
Laban his mother's brother,
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and the sheep of
Laban his mother's brother,
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that Jacob went
near, and rolled the stone
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from the well's mouth,
and watered the flock of Laban
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his mother's brother.
And Jacob kissed Rachel,
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and lifted up
his voice, and wept:
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And Jacob told Rachel that
he was her father's brother,
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and that he was Rebekah's son:
and she ran and told her father.
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And it came to pass,
when Laban heard the tidings
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of Jacob his sister's
son, that he ran to meet him,
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and embraced
him, and kissed him,
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and brought him to his house.
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And he told
Laban all these things.
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And Laban said to him,
"Surely thou art my bone
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and my flesh. " And he abode
with him the space of a month.
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And Laban said unto Jacob,
"Because thou art my brother,
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shouldest thou
therefore serve me for nought?
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tell me, what
shalt thy wages be? "
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And Laban had two daughters:
the name of the elder was Leah,
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and the name of
the younger was Rachel.
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Leah was tender-eyed;
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but Rachel was
beautiful and well-favored.
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And Jacob loved
Rachel, and said,
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"I will serve thee seven years
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for Rachel thy
younger daughter. "
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And Laban said, "It is
better that I give her to thee,
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than that I should give her
to another man: abide with me. "
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And Jacob served seven years
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for Rachel; and they seemed
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unto him but a few days,
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for the love he had to her.
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And Jacob said unto Laban,
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"Give me my wife, for
my days are fulfilled,
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that I may go in unto her. "
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And Laban gathered together
all the men of the place,
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and made a feast.
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And it came to
pass in the evening,
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that he took Leah his daughter,
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and brought her to him;
and he went in unto her.
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And Laban gave unto his
daughter Leah Zilpah his maid
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for a handmaid.
And it came to pass,
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that in the
morning, behold, it was Leah:
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and he said to Laban,
"What is this thou hast done
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unto me? did not I
serve with thee for Rachel?
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wherefore then
hast thou beguiled me? "
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And Laban said, "It must
not be so done in our country,
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to give the younger
before the first-born.
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Fulfill her week, and
we will give thee this also
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for the service which
thou shalt serve with me
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yet seven other years. "
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And Jacob did so,
and fulfilled her week:
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and he gave him Rachel
his daughter to wife also.
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And Laban gave to Rachel
his daughter Bilhah his handmaid
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to be her maid. And he
went in also unto Rachel,
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and he loved also
Rachel more than Leah,
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and served with him
yet seven other years.
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And when the Lord
saw that Leah was hated,
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he opened her womb:
but Rachel was barren.
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And Leah
conceived, and bare a son,
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and she called his name Reuben:
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for she said,
"Surely the Lord hath looked
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upon my affliction;
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now therefore my
husband will love me. "
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And she conceived
again, and bare a son:
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and said, "Because the Lord
hath heard that I was hated,
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He hath therefore
given me this son also: "
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and she called his name Simeon.
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And she conceived again,
and bare a son; and said,
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"Now this time will my
husband be joined unto me,
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because I have
born him three sons: "
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therefore was
his name called Levi.
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And she conceived
again, and bare a son:
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and she said, "Now
will I praise the Lord:
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therefore she called his
name Judah; " and left bearing.
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Thank you again for joining
with me to read the Word of God
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today. And until next time,
may He keep you in His peace,
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His care, and His love. Goodbye.
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