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 Our reading this morning is from the book of Genesis, starting in chapter 11 and verse 27.

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 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot.

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 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred in Ur of the Chaldeans.

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 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife,

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 Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. Now Sarai was barren. She had no child.

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 Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son

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 Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan.

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 But when they came to Haran, they settled there. The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in

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 Haran. Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house

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 to the land that I will show you, and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make

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 your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors

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 you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. So Abram went, as the Lord

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 had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.

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 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered,

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 and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan.

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 When they came to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem,

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 to the oak of Morah. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram

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 and said, To your offspring I will give this land. So he built there an altar to the Lord who had

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 appeared to him. Hear the word of the Lord.

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 Good morning everyone. Now I need to confess to some poor planning on my part. When I sort of broke up

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 the book of Genesis for our next preaching series, I didn't realise that the first sermon from Genesis

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 16 would be given on Mother's Day. And I think if I had, I would have just pushed it back a week,

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 because I don't think, I can think of very few passages in the Bible less appropriate to preach

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 on Mother's Day than Genesis chapter 16. So that's entirely my fault. I'm sorry about that, but here we

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 are, and we're going to press on. Let me pray, and then we'll get into the Word of God together.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you that we can gather here, and that we can sing your praises,

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 and hear your Word. Lord, we pray that this part of Scripture, even today,

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 might, you might make it precious to us, and teach it, and instruct us by it,

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 for the strengthening of our faith. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, before we get into chapter 16 itself, I want to kind of reorient us in the book of Genesis

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 more broadly. But first, by way of introduction, the word Christian occurs three times in the New

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 Testament, three times. And it began, the use of the word Christian, as a designation other people

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 would give to Christians. Christians weren't calling themselves Christians. Other people were

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 calling them Christians. In the first century, what Christians called themselves, well, they used other

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 words. The most common four ways Christians referred to themselves in the New Testament are firstly as

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 brothers and sisters, around 270 times. Secondly, as disciples, around 250 times. Then as believers,

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 around 80 times. And fourthly, as saints, around 70 times. Now, disciples is a bit of a special case,

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 because that really is just concentrated in the four Gospels. It's kind of the words that the Gospel

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 writers and Jesus used. So, outside the Gospels, Christian most commonly referred to themselves,

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 not as disciples, but as brothers and sisters, i.e. referring to our relationship with one another,

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 and as believers, a way of designating our relationship with God.

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 Who are we? We are believers. A Christian is someone who has faith. A Christian is someone who believes.

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 And so, the creeds in the early church, as they developed, creeds that would be declared by people

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 who were presenting for baptism, or by the whole church when gathered together, quickly took the form

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 of statements of faith. I believe in God the Father Almighty, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

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 and in the Holy Spirit. Now, in the Bible, the supreme model of faith is the Old Testament figure of Abraham.

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 Galatians 3 verse 9 says,

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 Those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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 New Testament writers frequently refer to Abraham when they want to discuss

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 the need for faith, or the nature of faith.

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 And it's this foundational figure of Abraham, whom we're going to follow,

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 over the next few weeks, in this central part of the book of Genesis, from chapters 16 to 25.

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 Now, we have spoken on Genesis before at church, but we left off this series in chapter 24,

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 in 2024 at chapter 15.

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 So, if you've joined Grace since then, well, you missed out on those talks,

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 but even if you were around in 2024, you've probably forgotten them.

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 So, let me briefly summarise what's come in Genesis so far.

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 I mean, it's pretty familiar to most of us, so we'll keep it brief.

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 Genesis is the book of creation.

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 It tells us how God created the heavens and earth by his word,

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 making all things good,

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 with humans in a special place,

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 as his image bearers.

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 Genesis is the book of the fall.

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 It tells of the sin and rebellion of humanity

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 that plunged the world into disorder and misery

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 and brought God's curse upon the world.

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 And Genesis is the book of God's promises.

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 It tells of the promises God gives to reverse the curse

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 and undo the effects of the fall.

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 But the promises of God are placed within a narrative,

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 within a story.

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 Now, if we just had a list of God's promises,

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 you know, if the Bible were just a list of all the things God promised us,

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 well, that itself would be wonderful,

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 because God's promises are wonderful.

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 But God has given us more than that.

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 And we see God's promises play out in a story,

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 a true story,

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 an historical story, narrative.

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 And so we see real people receive God's promises,

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 wrestle with God's promises,

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 trust God's promises,

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 and doubt God's promises,

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 all in the midst of their messy experiences of life.

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 Now, I love biblical narrative,

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 as we're coming to in Genesis,

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 but we do need to come to biblical narrative

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 with the right expectations.

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 Biblical narrative,

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 you know,

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 tells stories,

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 it engages in storytelling with an economy of words.

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 Now, in this modern era,

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 we're used to really lengthy, drawn-out stories.

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 You know, Harry Potter,

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 The Wheel of Time,

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 if anyone's ploughed through that, I haven't.

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 How many seasons of The Gilmore Girls were they?

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 And they're all the same.

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 I mean, that...

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 And you think about it,

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 like, if you're in the entertainment industry,

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 you know, if you're producing TV series for Netflix,

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 or something,

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 it's actually a win for you

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 if you can come up with something

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 that goes on for 10 seasons.

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 Because you make more money

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 if you can hook people on a long story

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 that just drags on and on and on.

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 But biblical narratives are concise.

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 Their literary power comes from conveying much,

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 much meaning with few words.

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 There's a simple elegance here

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 that gives room for our imagination to soar.

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 So what I want us to do

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 is step through Genesis chapter 16,

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 verse by verse,

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 and it would be really helpful

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 if you can have your Bibles open,

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 because I want you to see the power of this story.

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 In Genesis 16,

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 we're picking up the story of Abram

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 and his wife, Sarai,

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 which began in chapter 11.

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 Now in time,

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 soon God will change their names

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 to Abraham and Sarah,

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 the names by which we better remember them.

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 But for now,

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 they're still Abram and Sarai.

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 In chapter 12,

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 God called Abram to leave his homeland,

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 his father's household,

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 journey to the land of Canaan,

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 and God gave Abram promises.

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 There were several promises,

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 but they revolved around two main ideas.

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 The first idea in the promises God gave Abram

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 is the idea of nationhood,

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 that God would make Abram into a great nation,

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 give many descendants

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 who would inherit the land of Canaan

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 as their possession.

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 The second main idea

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 in the promises God gave Abram

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 is the idea of universal blessing.

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 In you,

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 all the families of the earth

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 shall be blessed,

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 God promised.

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 Through Abram's family,

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 the curse of sin would be reversed

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 and God's blessing would be restored.

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 But time had passed

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 and there was a problem.

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 Chapter 16, verse 1.

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 Now Sarai, Abram's wife,

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 had borne him no children.

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 How could Abram become a great nation

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 and how could he be a source

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 of universal blessing

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 for all the families of the earth

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 when he himself had not a single offspring?

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 For God's promises to have any hope of fulfilment,

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 Abram needed a son.

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 But Sarai, Abram's wife,

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 had borne him no children.

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 Indeed, that obstacle has been evident

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 from the very beginning,

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 before God even first called Abram,

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 from the reading that Sean read out,

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 Genesis chapter 11, verse 30,

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 now Sarai was barren,

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 she had no child.

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 So the obstacle of Abram's

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 and Sarai's childlessness

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 has been ever-present

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 throughout their journeying.

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 But as the weeks and months

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 and years ticked by,

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 it weighed more and more heavily upon them.

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 And so when sometime after arriving in Canaan,

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 the Lord spoke again to Abram

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 in chapter 15,

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 Abram cut to the chase right away.

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 Just look back at chapter 15.

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 After these things,

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 the word of the Lord

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 came to Abram in a vision.

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 Fear not, Abram,

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 I am your shield,

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 your reward shall be very great.

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 But Abram said,

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 O Lord God,

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 what will you give me?

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 For I continue childless

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 and the heir of my house

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 is Eliezer of Damascus.

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 And Abram said,

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 Behold, you've given me no offspring

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 and a member of my household

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 will be my heir.

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 Now on that occasion,

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 God renewed his promise.

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 As he promised,

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 verse 4,

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 the word of the Lord came to him.

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 Chapter 15, verse 4,

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 This man shall not be your heir.

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 Your very own son shall be your heir.

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 And he brought him outside and said,

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 Look toward heaven

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 and the number of stars,

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 if you're able to number them.

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 Then he said to him,

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 So shall your offspring be.

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 And at that time,

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 Genesis 15, verse 6,

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 Abram believed the Lord

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 and he counted it to him

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 as righteousness.

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 But still,

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 the years passed.

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 Still,

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 the promise was unfulfilled.

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 Still,

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 chapter 16,

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 Sarai,

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 Abram's wife,

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 had borne him no children.

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 The words of the promise receded into the past,

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 into memory.

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 Perhaps it was time to speed things up a bit.

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 Perhaps it was time to help God keep his promise.

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 So,

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 Sarai came up with a plan.

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 Chapter 16, verse 1,

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 She had a female Egyptian servant,

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 whose name was Hagar.

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 And Sarai said to Abram,

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 Behold now,

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 the Lord has prevented me from bearing children.

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 Go into my servant,

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 it may be that I shall obtain children by her.

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 Now,

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 there are several things we might notice about Sarai's plan.

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 Let's start with the personal.

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 It's no surprise

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 that Sarai deeply feels

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 the grief of her childlessness.

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 Not just grief,

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 but probably some shame too,

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 given the cultural expectations of her day.

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 She feels this.

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 It is painful for her.

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 A deep grief.

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 Notice in Sarai's words,

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 she doesn't mention God's promise.

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 She doesn't mention God's blessing.

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 Rather,

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 she bitterly dwells on what God had withheld.

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 The Lord has prevented me from bearing children.

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 I don't think we should judge Sarai too harshly here.

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 Someone,

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 whether they're married or unmarried,

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 who longs for children

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 and whose longing for children is unfulfilled,

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 someone in that position like Sarai

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 will feel the passing of years

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 in an acutely painful way.

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 And the Scriptures,

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 as a whole,

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 are tender

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 toward those who experience

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 the grief of childlessness.

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 that said,

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 it's worth noting that everything that follows in chapter 16

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 begins with Sarai's sense

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 that God is a miser.

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 It begins with Sarai's sense

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 that God has withheld something good from her,

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 something which she strongly,

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 and indeed rightly,

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 desires.

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 And with this sense

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 that God has held back

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 this good thing from her,

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.759
 Sarai takes matters into her own hands.

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 I wonder how many of our own

00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:42.659
 sinful behaviours,

00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:43.879
 actions,

00:16:44.319 --> 00:16:44.720
 habits

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 begin in the same way.

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 God hasn't given me this,

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 so I need to get it for myself.

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 But what about Sarai's plan itself,

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 this plan she comes up with?

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 Well, there were no fertility clinics

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:03.540
 in the year 2000 BC

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 or thereabouts,

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 so Sarai proposes

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 a rather extreme form of surrogacy.

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 Abram would take Sarai's maid servant

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 as a concubine

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 or as a second and junior wife

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 and Hagar's children

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 would be counted as Sarai's children.

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 That's Sarai's plan.

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 Now, this strikes us as extreme.

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 It's worth realising, though,

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:33.680
 this kind of surrogacy

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 was practised at times

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:38.500
 in the ancient world,

00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:39.659
 at least among the nations.

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 For ancient people

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 of this time

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 and in this part of the world,

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 what Sarai proposes here

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 was an option.

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 It was an option.

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 However, it's an option

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 that the Bible never endorses,

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 never endorses using a slave girl

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 as a surrogate mother,

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 and it certainly was using her.

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 And there are a couple of clues

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 in the text

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 that Sarai's plan

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 is not such a good one.

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 The first red flag

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:12.299
 is just that little detail

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 that Hagar is an Egyptian servant,

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 an Egyptian servant girl.

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 It might just trigger a memory

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 for readers of Genesis

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 to back in chapter 12,

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 where there was another episode

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 where an Egyptian came between

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 Abram and Sarai in their marriage.

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 On that occasion,

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 it was an Egyptian man,

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 Pharaoh,

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 and God opposed Pharaoh

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 by striking Pharaoh's household

00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:44.859
 with plagues

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 so that he couldn't insert himself

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 between Abram and Sarai

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 in their marriage.

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 Well, now we find another Egyptian,

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 a servant girl,

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 about to be placed in between them.

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 There's a second warning sign, perhaps,

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 and that is when Sarai says,

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 it may be that I shall obtain children by her,

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 the expression obtain children

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 is literally the verb to be built.

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 It may be that I will be built through her.

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 And it's the same verb

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 that's used in Genesis chapter 2, verse 22,

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 when the Lord God literally built a woman

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 from the rib taken from Adam.

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 If Sarai is to be built

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 in terms of bearing children,

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:39.519
 well, it is the Lord who will build her,

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 not Sarai's scheme.

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 In any case, this is Sarai's plan,

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 and you might notice that Abram doesn't argue,

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 he doesn't put up a fight at all.

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 Verse 2,

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 and Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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 Just as another husband

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 had been at a critical earlier moment in Genesis,

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 Abram is passive

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:10.680
 and silent

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 and entirely complicit.

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:15.839
 Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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 So after Abram had lived 10 years

00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:19.319
 in the land of Canaan,

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:21.159
 Sarai, Abram's wife,

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:23.679
 took Hagar, the Egyptian, her servant,

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 and gave her to Abram, her husband,

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 as a wife.

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 10 years.

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 I mean, we can understand

00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:32.819
 why Sarai was tired of waiting.

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 But notice in verse 3

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 that the words Abram's wife

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 and her husband

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 tell us no new information.

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 I mean, you could have,

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 you could cross those words out of verse 3,

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 it wouldn't change the sense of it at all,

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.360
 except that,

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.320
 what are those words doing?

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 They're just there to draw attention

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 to what is relevant,

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 the information that's relevant.

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 Sarai, Abram's wife,

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 gave Hagar to Abram,

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.200
 her husband.

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.519
 Can you feel

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:15.880
 the text's horror

00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:17.380
 at what is taking place here?

00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.140
 Likewise,

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:22.700
 the Egyptian,

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.299
 her servant,

00:21:25.120 --> 00:21:26.500
 adds no new information.

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 It just tells us

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.519
 the things we need

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.619
 to know about Hagar.

00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.099
 The two things

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:33.079
 we need to know about her,

00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:34.019
 that she's an Egyptian,

00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:34.759
 an outsider,

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:38.200
 and that she was a slave girl,

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:39.099
 she was powerless.

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:42.059
 This is something done to her,

00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.759
 not by her.

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:45.920
 But do you notice

00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:47.180
 something else about verse 3?

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.599
 Let me just read part of it together

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 and see if you can pick up

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.619
 an echo here.

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.500
 Abram's wife

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:56.240
 took Hagar

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:59.019
 and gave her

00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:00.680
 to her husband.

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.680
 Does that remind you

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.059
 of anything?

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.819
 You know,

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:09.019
 just as with the expression,

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.559
 Abram,

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.519
 listen to the voice

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.279
 of Sarai,

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.680
 we have another echo

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:14.259
 of Genesis chapter 3.

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.920
 Genesis chapter 3,

00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:16.420
 the woman

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 took some of the fruit

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:20.079
 and gave it

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.880
 to her husband.

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.120
 Do you hear it?

00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:25.459
 Abram's wife

00:22:25.459 --> 00:22:25.899
 took

00:22:25.899 --> 00:22:29.699
 Hagar

00:22:29.699 --> 00:22:31.719
 and gave her

00:22:31.719 --> 00:22:32.339
 to her husband.

00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:36.519
 With just a few words,

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.500
 Genesis 16

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.500
 has been framed

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.719
 as a parallel

00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:41.959
 to the fall

00:22:41.959 --> 00:22:43.079
 in Genesis 3.

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 And once we realise

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.059
 that,

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.720
 the similarities

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.439
 are striking.

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.399
 There's the same

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:49.980
 suspicion

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.679
 on the part

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:51.179
 of the woman

00:22:51.179 --> 00:22:51.939
 that God

00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:52.519
 has withheld

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.379
 something good.

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.299
 There's the same

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.939
 passive capitulation

00:22:56.939 --> 00:22:57.699
 on the part

00:22:57.699 --> 00:22:58.339
 of the man.

00:22:58.939 --> 00:22:59.839
 There's the same

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.879
 taking of matters

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:02.319
 into their own hands.

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.740
 The only thing

00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:04.980
 missing

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.639
 is the serpent.

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:09.020
 The faith

00:23:09.020 --> 00:23:10.340
 of Genesis 15

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:12.620
 is immediately

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.080
 followed

00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:14.460
 by the faithlessness

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:16.180
 of Genesis 16.

00:23:17.800 --> 00:23:19.320
 And Genesis 16

00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:20.980
 is to Genesis 15

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.259
 what Genesis 3

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.600
 is to Genesis 2.

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.960
 We know

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.520
 how badly

00:23:27.520 --> 00:23:28.340
 things turned out

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:29.320
 in Genesis 3.

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.440
 Well,

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.180
 what's the outcome

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.600
 here?

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.880
 Verse 4,

00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:35.140
 and he,

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.700
 Abram,

00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:36.840
 went into Hagar

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:38.100
 and she conceived.

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.500
 Immediately,

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:41.900
 Hagar

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.720
 becomes pregnant.

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.680
 It seems

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.620
 almost effortless

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.780
 after all

00:23:45.780 --> 00:23:46.200
 the waiting

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.120
 Abram and Sarai

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.480
 had had

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.100
 to that point.

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.000
 This would,

00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:50.480
 you think,

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.420
 be what Sarai

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.260
 had hoped for.

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.420
 She wanted

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.220
 Hagar

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.600
 to bear children

00:23:56.600 --> 00:23:57.500
 so that those

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.080
 children could

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:58.980
 be Sarai's.

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:04.520
 And Sarai's

00:24:04.520 --> 00:24:05.440
 grief and shame

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.200
 would come

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.820
 to an end

00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:08.220
 as Hagar

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.820
 bore children

00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.380
 for her.

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.920
 But when we

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.860
 rely on ourselves

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.900
 and our plans,

00:24:14.320 --> 00:24:15.340
 we never

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:15.960
 make things

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.260
 better

00:24:16.260 --> 00:24:17.760
 and quickly

00:24:17.760 --> 00:24:18.520
 things turn

00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:19.320
 sour in

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:19.820
 Abram's

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:20.380
 household.

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:22.320
 Verse 4 again,

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.920
 and when she,

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.620
 that's Hagar,

00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:25.360
 saw that she

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:25.960
 had conceived,

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.000
 she looked

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:28.040
 with contempt

00:24:28.040 --> 00:24:29.100
 on her

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.500
 mistress.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:31.039
 And Sarai

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.480
 said to

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.900
 Abram,

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.539
 may the

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.180
 wrong done

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.680
 to me

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.480
 be on you.

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.799
 I gave

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.299
 my servant

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:36.640
 to your

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.039
 embrace,

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.400
 and when

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.920
 she saw

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.539
 that she

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.140
 had conceived,

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.079
 she looked

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.420
 on me

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.140
 with contempt.

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.759
 May the

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.299
 Lord judge

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.900
 between you

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.460
 and me.

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.539
 And Abram

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.940
 said to

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.279
 Sarai,

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.759
 behold,

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.339
 your servant

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.660
 is in

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.339
 your power,

00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:47.880
 do to

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.299
 her as

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.079
 you please.

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.140
 Then Sarai

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.480
 dealt

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.079
 harshly

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.460
 with her

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.859
 and she

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.220
 fled

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.240
 from her.

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.339
 Notice

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.900
 the progression

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.380
 in verses

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.039
 4 to 6,

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.099
 from Hagar

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.140
 to Sarai

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.099
 to Abram,

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.440
 then back

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.140
 to Sarai,

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.640
 then back

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.240
 to Hagar.

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.420
 First Hagar

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.980
 looked with

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.500
 contempt

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.960
 on her

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.259
 mistress.

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.059
 The servant

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.339
 girl

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.299
 understandably

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.000
 starts to

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.519
 imagine that

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.380
 her rank

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:09.720
 in the

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.240
 household

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.980
 has increased.

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.940
 Her status

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.839
 has risen

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:15.099
 because she's

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.460
 the one

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.859
 who's been

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.740
 able to

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.859
 fall pregnant

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.519
 to Abram

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.099
 and bear

00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:20.079
 a conceiver

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.779
 child for

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.000
 him.

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.099
 Rather

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.859
 than relieve

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.660
 Sarai's

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.200
 torment,

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:27.380
 Hagar's

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.859
 pregnancy

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.380
 has only

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.920
 increased

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.240
 it.

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.019
 Sarai

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.400
 then,

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.759
 feeling

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.259
 tormented

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.099
 by Hagar,

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.519
 blames

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.940
 everything

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.299
 on her

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.680
 husband.

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.079
 You know,

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.579
 this is

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.039
 your fault,

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.400
 the Lord

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.680
 judged

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.019
 between

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.380
 you and

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.680
 me.

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.240
 And Abram

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.180
 is once

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.480
 again

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.059
 completely

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.539
 passive,

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.240
 he refuses

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.799
 to accept

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.039
 any

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.700
 responsibility,

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.559
 he just

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.059
 tries to

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.480
 appease

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.000
 his wife

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.559
 and he

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.799
 says,

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:51.960
 well,

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.319
 you go

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.579
 and do

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:52.799
 whatever

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.240
 you want.

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:55.559
 so

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.039
 Sarai

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.460
 treats

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.759
 Hagar

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.079
 so

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.720
 harshly

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.599
 that she

00:25:58.599 --> 00:25:58.859
 runs

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.220
 away.

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.160
 I mean,

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.539
 Genesis

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.640
 16

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.319
 verses 1

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.759
 to 6

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.220
 is an

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.700
 absolute

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.620
 train wreck.

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.240
 Abram and

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.039
 Sarai blow

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.460
 it big

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.859
 time.

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.720
 Everything

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.539
 they say

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:12.819
 and

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.299
 everything

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.880
 they do

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.100
 is

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:14.720
 deplorable.

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.960
 Doubting

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.160
 and

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.539
 forgetting

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.980
 God's

00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.360
 promises

00:26:20.360 --> 00:26:20.680
 or

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.100
 tiring

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.339
 of

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.600
 waiting

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:21.839
 on

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.039
 them,

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.100
 they

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.480
 take

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.799
 matters

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.000
 into

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.259
 their

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.519
 own

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.100
 hands.

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.000
 They

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.380
 try

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.740
 to do

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:26.940
 for

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.500
 themselves

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.980
 by

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.360
 very

00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:29.019
 dubious

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.500
 means

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.860
 what

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.400
 God

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.019
 had

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.380
 already

00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:31.960
 promised.

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.740
 Galatians

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.380
 chapter 5

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.860
 verse 6

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.319
 says that

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.779
 faith

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.440
 works

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.779
 through

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.259
 love.

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.579
 In

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.019
 Genesis

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.880
 chapter 16

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.760
 when faith

00:26:41.760 --> 00:26:42.460
 fails,

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.120
 love

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.520
 goes

00:26:43.520 --> 00:26:43.760
 with

00:26:43.760 --> 00:26:43.980
 it.

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.700
 Not

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.260
 once

00:26:46.260 --> 00:26:46.460
 do

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.880
 Abram

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.080
 or

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.480
 Sarai

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.900
 pause

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.080
 to

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.480
 consider

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.940
 Hagar

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.340
 her

00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:49.780
 needs,

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:50.040
 her

00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.600
 well-being,

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.060
 her

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.500
 dignity.

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.400
 She

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.600
 is

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:53.180
 used,

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.920
 abused

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.240
 and

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.680
 abandoned.

00:26:56.820 --> 00:26:57.560
 After

00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:57.740
 the

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.320
 magnificent

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.260
 sweeping

00:26:59.260 --> 00:26:59.800
 promises

00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:00.140
 of

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.500
 Genesis

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.940
 12

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.100
 and

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.640
 15,

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.600
 Abram

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:02.820
 and

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.220
 Sarai

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.720
 quickly

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.200
 proved

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.700
 themselves

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.160
 to be

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.640
 utterly

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.680
 unworthy

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.440
 of the

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.860
 promises

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.420
 they

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.620
 had

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.180
 received.

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:11.900
 And as

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.519
 we read

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.180
 this chapter

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.759
 it is

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.360
 plain as

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.840
 day to

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.259
 us

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.180
 that the

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.519
 greater

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.039
 obstacle

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.420
 to the

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.759
 promises

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.420
 of God

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.299
 would not

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.799
 be their

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.600
 childlessness

00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:22.120
 but their

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.840
 faithlessness.

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.080
 And the

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:26.779
 questions these

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.500
 verses raise

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.060
 for us

00:27:28.060 --> 00:27:28.539
 are

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:30.440
 can the

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.200
 plans of

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:31.660
 men

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.900
 derail

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.680
 the plan

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.220
 of God?

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:36.240
 does

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.720
 our

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.640
 faithlessness

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:39.240
 nullify

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.920
 God's

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:41.019
 faithfulness?

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.940
 When

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.299
 we

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.759
 wobble

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.000
 in

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.519
 faith

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.259
 as

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.640
 Abram

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:45.839
 and

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.240
 Sarai

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.759
 wobbled

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:48.500
 does

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:48.880
 God

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.460
 wobble

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.720
 in

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:49.940
 his

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.360
 commitment?

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.519
 In

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.000
 one sense

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.360
 Genesis

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:54.920
 16

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.279
 leaves

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.519
 those

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:55.960
 questions

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.299
 hanging

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.100
 unanswered.

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.579
 In

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.860
 another

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.380
 sense

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:01.019
 though

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.839
 they'd

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.119
 already

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.439
 been

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:03.959
 answered.

00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:07.519
 In

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:07.859
 Genesis

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.240
 chapter

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.959
 15

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:11.179
 when

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.480
 God

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.839
 renewed

00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:12.059
 his

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.399
 promise

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:12.619
 to

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.659
 Abram

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.919
 when

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.419
 God

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:16.139
 Genesis

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.759
 15

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.079
 verse

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.659
 18

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.599
 made

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:18.879
 a

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:19.359
 covenant

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.500
 with

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.139
 Abram

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:23.159
 the

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.579
 Lord

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.039
 bound

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.459
 no

00:28:24.459 --> 00:28:24.839
 one

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.199
 but

00:28:25.199 --> 00:28:25.879
 himself

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:28.299
 he

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.579
 gave

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:28.759
 an

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.419
 unconditional

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.159
 promise

00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:31.859
 promise

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:32.439
 that would

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.940
 not be

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.960
 revoked

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.259
 that could

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.759
 not be

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.680
 undermined

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:38.340
 not even

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.880
 by the

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.380
 faltering

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:40.160
 faith

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.240
 of those

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.420
 who

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.840
 received

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.019
 the

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.440
 promise

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:45.620
 what

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.059
 God

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.340
 had

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.880
 promised

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:48.140
 he

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.400
 would

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.820
 do

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:52.420
 and

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:52.960
 friends

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.200
 brothers

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.440
 sisters

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.880
 I don't

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.100
 know about

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.440
 you but

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.460
 I actually

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.940
 find the

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.660
 betrayal of

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.320
 Abram

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:58.120
 and Sarai

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.500
 in this

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.799
 chapter

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.220
 something

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.580
 of a

00:28:59.580 --> 00:28:59.900
 comfort

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.460
 to me

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.900
 I mean

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.559
 here is

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:02.779
 the

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.360
 Bible's

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.900
 great

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.360
 hero

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.759
 of

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.240
 faith

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.840
 the

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.039
 one

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.200
 the

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.380
 New

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:07.740
 Testament

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.000
 will

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.259
 hold

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.420
 up

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.559
 as

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.720
 the

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.140
 example

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.400
 of

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.819
 faith

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:13.019
 committing

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.380
 this

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:15.160
 complete

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:16.240
 blunder

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.880
 this

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.660
 catastrophic

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.480
 failure

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.759
 God

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.940
 and

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.279
 what

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.480
 we're

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.579
 going

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.680
 to

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:22.900
 see

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.099
 in

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.420
 Genesis

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.740
 in

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.059
 the

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.279
 weeks

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.460
 to

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:24.740
 come

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:24.940
 is

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.220
 we

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.360
 are

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.539
 going

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:25.700
 to

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:25.980
 see

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.579
 Abram

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.400
 Abraham

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.960
 as he

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.160
 will

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.500
 be

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:30.000
 grow

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.380
 in

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:30.819
 faith

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.940
 he

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.240
 often

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.539
 gets

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.860
 things

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.259
 wrong

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:36.400
 but

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.039
 gradually

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.500
 over the

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.799
 course

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.099
 of his

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.599
 life

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.900
 he

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.799
 learns

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.500
 that

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:42.720
 God

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:42.900
 is

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.360
 trustworthy

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.180
 and

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.339
 he

00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.720
 learns

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:44.960
 what

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.160
 it

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.660
 means

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.120
 to

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.599
 trust

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:46.839
 a

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.180
 trustworthy

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.799
 God

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:51.000
 all

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.159
 of

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.480
 us

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.279
 every

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.579
 single

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:52.839
 one

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:52.919
 of

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.059
 us

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.180
 who

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.519
 believes

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:53.720
 in

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.039
 Jesus

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.559
 we're

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.799
 like

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:54.960
 the

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.200
 man

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.339
 in

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.480
 the

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.019
 gospels

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.200
 who

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:56.839
 exclaims

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:56.980
 to

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.359
 Jesus

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.899
 I

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.200
 do

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.859
 believe

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.919
 help

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:00.200
 my

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.879
 unbelief

00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:03.139
 like

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.559
 Abram

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.759
 and

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.279
 Sarai

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.639
 we

00:30:04.639 --> 00:30:05.839
 who

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.500
 believe

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:08.119
 are

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.559
 believers

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.819
 who

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.200
 still

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.460
 have

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.579
 a

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:09.740
 lot

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:09.899
 of

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.220
 growing

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.480
 in

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.799
 faith

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.000
 to

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.299
 do

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:13.740
 but

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.000
 when

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.460
 we

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.019
 wobble

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.220
 in

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.440
 our

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.879
 faith

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.200
 in

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.639
 God

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:18.080
 he

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.580
 never

00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.040
 wobbles

00:30:19.040 --> 00:30:19.220
 in

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.420
 his

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.800
 commitment

00:30:19.800 --> 00:30:20.080
 to

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.520
 us

00:30:20.520 --> 00:30:23.180
 what

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.800
 secures

00:30:23.800 --> 00:30:24.100
 our

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.480
 future

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:24.680
 is

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:24.840
 not

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.020
 the

00:30:25.020 --> 00:30:25.500
 strength

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.740
 of

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:25.940
 our

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.440
 imperfect

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.040
 faith

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:28.300
 but

00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:28.480
 the

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.140
 unbreakable

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.580
 might

00:30:29.580 --> 00:30:29.800
 of

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.040
 his

00:30:30.040 --> 00:30:30.620
 unfailing

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.160
 word

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:33.580
 Jesus

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.140
 said

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.420
 all

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.700
 that

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:35.920
 the

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.280
 father

00:30:36.280 --> 00:30:36.780
 gives

00:30:36.780 --> 00:30:37.200
 me

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.080
 will

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.440
 come

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:38.640
 to

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:38.940
 me

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.160
 and

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.440
 whoever

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:40.920
 comes

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.100
 to

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.320
 me

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:41.640
 I

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:41.860
 will

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.440
 never

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.460
 cast

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.100
 out

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:46.759
 God

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:46.939
 does

00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:47.119
 not

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:47.319
 need

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.559
 our

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:47.839
 help

00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.039
 to

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.259
 keep

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.419
 his

00:30:48.419 --> 00:30:48.799
 promises

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:51.579
 God

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.319
 keeps

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.559
 his

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:52.959
 promises

00:30:52.959 --> 00:30:55.259
 so

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.599
 take

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:55.959
 heart

00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:56.859
 take

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.119
 heart

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.379
 brothers

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.579
 and

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:57.819
 sisters

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:58.159
 take

00:30:58.159 --> 00:30:58.399
 heart

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:58.859
 believers

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.859
 in

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.019
 the

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.659
 unfailing

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.439
 promise

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:01.980
 of

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.359
 God

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:05.579
 but

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:05.740
 what

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:05.879
 of

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.319
 Hagar

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.399
 Hagar

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:07.679
 who'd

00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:07.839
 been

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.279
 abandoned

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.639
 by

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.099
 Abraham

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.500
 who'd

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.659
 been

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:10.179
 mistreated

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.679
 by

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.000
 Abraham

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.240
 who'd

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.359
 been

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.779
 mistreated

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.039
 by

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.559
 Sarai

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.179
 forced

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.379
 to

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.659
 flee

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.099
 what

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.259
 would

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.599
 become

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:14.759
 of

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.099
 Hagar

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.399
 well

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:16.899
 let's

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.200
 let's

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.500
 briefly

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.879
 consider

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.159
 in the

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.379
 second

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.659
 half

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:18.759
 of

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:18.919
 this

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.200
 chapter

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.419
 what

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:19.799
 becomes

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:19.960
 of

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.319
 Hagar

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:22.279
 verse 7

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.940
 chapter 16

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.519
 verse 7

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:25.579
 the angel

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:25.919
 of the

00:31:25.919 --> 00:31:26.339
 Lord

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.720
 found her

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.240
 by a

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.500
 spring

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.980
 of water

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.319
 in the

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.700
 wilderness

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.740
 the spring

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.159
 on the

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.460
 way

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.759
 to

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.139
 Shur

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.559
 now

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:33.980
 Shur

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.399
 is in

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:34.599
 the

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:34.919
 northern

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.200
 end

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.480
 of the

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.799
 Sinai

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.200
 peninsula

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.419
 it

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:36.779
 stands

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.579
 between

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.200
 Canaan

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.539
 and

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.019
 Egypt

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:40.460
 so

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.919
 Hagar

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.480
 it seems

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.679
 is

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.119
 fleeing

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:43.000
 back

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.399
 to her

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:43.939
 homeland

00:31:43.939 --> 00:31:44.279
 back

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.500
 to

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.919
 Egypt

00:31:44.919 --> 00:31:46.279
 if

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.699
 Abram's

00:31:46.699 --> 00:31:46.899
 still

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.179
 living

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:47.379
 in

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.759
 Hebron

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.039
 which is

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.399
 the last

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:48.719
 place

00:31:48.719 --> 00:31:49.199
 that he'd

00:31:49.199 --> 00:31:49.419
 been

00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:50.000
 sort of

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.259
 given

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.979
 that we've

00:31:50.979 --> 00:31:51.299
 been told

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.699
 he's living

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:51.939
 in

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.459
 Genesis

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:53.819
 if he's

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.000
 still

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.239
 living

00:31:54.239 --> 00:31:54.519
 there

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.000
 she may

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.319
 already

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.519
 have

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:55.859
 covered

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.219
 around

00:31:56.219 --> 00:31:56.439
 about

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:57.019
 110

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.599
 kilometres

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.479
 on her

00:31:58.479 --> 00:31:58.779
 journey

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.039
 back

00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.219
 to

00:31:59.219 --> 00:31:59.599
 Egypt

00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.879
 she's

00:32:00.879 --> 00:32:01.299
 pregnant

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:02.019
 she's

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.500
 vulnerable

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.159
 she's

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.579
 alone

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.199
 and she's

00:32:04.199 --> 00:32:04.399
 been

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.739
 travelling

00:32:04.739 --> 00:32:05.039
 through

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.819
 inhospitable

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.399
 terrain

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:09.280
 but she's

00:32:09.280 --> 00:32:09.460
 not

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.920
 forgotten

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:12.240
 not

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.460
 by

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.820
 God

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:14.560
 the

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:14.860
 angel

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.160
 of the

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.340
 Lord

00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:16.040
 found

00:32:16.040 --> 00:32:16.519
 her

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.860
 by a

00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.100
 spring

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.280
 of

00:32:18.280 --> 00:32:18.519
 water

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:18.840
 in the

00:32:18.840 --> 00:32:19.120
 wilderness

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:21.220
 in

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.480
 verse

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.800
 8

00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:22.580
 and he

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.060
 said

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:24.140
 Hagar

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.780
 servant

00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:24.980
 of

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.440
 Sarai

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:26.440
 where

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.759
 have

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:26.960
 you

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.300
 come

00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:27.759
 from

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:29.120
 and

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:29.400
 where

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.600
 are

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:29.740
 you

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.140
 going

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:32.400
 she

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.700
 said

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:32.900
 I'm

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.320
 fleeing

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.780
 from

00:32:33.780 --> 00:32:33.980
 my

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.400
 mistress

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.140
 Sarai

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.780
 now

00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:36.980
 the

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.280
 angel

00:32:37.280 --> 00:32:37.440
 of

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.560
 the

00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:37.800
 Lord

00:32:37.800 --> 00:32:38.240
 presumably

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.759
 knows

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.180
 exactly

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.440
 where

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.700
 she's

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:39.900
 come

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.120
 from

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:40.240
 and

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.580
 exactly

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.820
 where

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.100
 she's

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.380
 going

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.560
 he

00:32:41.560 --> 00:32:41.920
 addresses

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.220
 her

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.400
 for

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.940
 starters

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.400
 as

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.200
 Hagar

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.640
 servant

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:44.820
 of

00:32:44.820 --> 00:32:45.120
 Sarai

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.280
 he

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:45.520
 knows

00:32:45.520 --> 00:32:45.700
 who

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:45.860
 she

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.200
 is

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.240
 he

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.520
 came

00:32:47.520 --> 00:32:47.759
 looking

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.040
 for

00:32:48.040 --> 00:32:48.200
 her

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.380
 he

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.759
 found

00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:49.080
 her

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:51.020
 the

00:32:51.020 --> 00:32:51.240
 Lord

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.580
 found

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:51.840
 her

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:53.540
 so

00:32:53.540 --> 00:32:53.660
 he

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:53.900
 knows

00:32:53.900 --> 00:32:54.060
 the

00:32:54.060 --> 00:32:54.300
 answer

00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:54.420
 to

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.500
 the

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:54.780
 question

00:32:54.780 --> 00:32:55.040
 before

00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:55.220
 he

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.460
 asks

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.580
 it

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:55.740
 but

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.000
 by

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.480
 asking

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.500
!

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:56.759
 the

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.040
 angel

00:32:57.040 --> 00:32:57.180
 of

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.940
 the

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.140
 angel

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.700
 of

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.140
 Sarai

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:03.140
 to

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:01.340
 share

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.620
 her

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:01.940
 own

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.540
 mind

00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:04.520
 Hagar's

00:33:04.520 --> 00:33:04.920
 voice

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.220
 is

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.620
 heard

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:05.840
 for

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:05.980
 the

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.259
 first

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.560
 time

00:33:06.560 --> 00:33:06.720
 in

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:06.860
 the

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.240
 chapter

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.540
 a

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:08.860
 dignity

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.180
 that

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.660
 Abram

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:09.840
 and

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.200
 Sarai

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.500
 never

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.020
 afforded

00:33:11.020 --> 00:33:11.300
 her

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:13.320
 but

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:13.460
 the

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.840
 angel's

00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:14.040
 next

00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:14.440
 response

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.700
 might

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.120
 surprise

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.380
 us

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:15.640
 verse

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.040
 9

00:33:16.040 --> 00:33:17.759
 the

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.080
 angel

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.240
 of

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.360
 the

00:33:18.360 --> 00:33:18.560
 Lord

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:18.880
 said

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.060
 to

00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.420
 her

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.520
 return

00:33:20.520 --> 00:33:21.160
 to

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.420
 your

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.900
 mistress

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:23.200
 and

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.660
 submit

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:23.980
 to

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.320
 her

00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:25.680
 the

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.020
 angel

00:33:26.020 --> 00:33:26.460
 sends

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.759
 Hagar

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.140
 back

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.380
 to

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.880
 Sarai

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.380
 in

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.580
 fact

00:33:28.580 --> 00:33:29.500
 the

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.839
 language

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.440
 here

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.640
 is

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:30.880
 even

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.160
 more

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.559
 striking

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:31.799
 in

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 Hebrew

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.359
 than

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.500
 in

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.859
 English

00:33:32.859 --> 00:33:33.240
 I

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.400
 won't

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.559
 go

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.700
 into

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:33.880
 the

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.359
 details

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.680
 but

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.339
 verse

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.640
 9

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.420
 directly

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.200
 echoes

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.039
 a

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.259
 couple

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.460
 of

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.819
 phrases

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.099
 in

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.339
 verse

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:39.740
 6

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.819
 where

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.259
 Abram

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.720
 says

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.480
 to

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:42.920
 Sarai

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.119
 your

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.519
 servant

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.819
 is

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.339
 in

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.619
 your

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:45.160
 power

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.640
 and

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.819
 where

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:46.960
 the

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.259
 narrator

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.680
 tells

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:47.940
 us

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.460
 Sarai

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.259
 dealt

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.839
 harshly

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.079
 with

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.259
 her

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.440
 well

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.579
 the

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.259
 language

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.539
 here

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:51.680
 is

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.039
 echoing

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.279
 those

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.660
 phrases

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:52.720
!

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.079
 He

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:00.319
 makes

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.460
 it

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.680
 clear

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:00.880
 that

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.259
 what

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.460
 he's

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.880
 asking

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.240
 Hagar

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.480
 to

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:02.819
 do

00:34:02.819 --> 00:34:03.359
 going

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.680
 back

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:03.900
 to

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.359
 Sarai

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.700
 to

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.000
 submit

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.200
 to

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.359
 her

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.680
 would

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:05.880
 not

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.079
 be

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.480
 easy

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.440
 so

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:08.699
 what's

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:08.940
 going

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.139
 on

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.480
 here

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:12.900
 if

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.039
 you

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.199
 were

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:13.460
 to

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.880
 adopt

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.239
 the

00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.480
 most

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.900
 critical

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.539
 stance

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.820
 you

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:16.079
 might

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.400
 say

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.760
 God

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:16.960
 is

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.300
 sending

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.539
 her

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:17.840
 back

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.000
 to

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.139
 a

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.579
 potentially

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.139
 abusive

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.820
 household

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:21.440
 enabling

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.739
 her

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.519
 mistreatment

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:24.719
 but

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:24.840
 if

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:24.980
 we

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.239
 don't

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.539
 adopt

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:25.759
 that

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.179
 stance

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.320
 and

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:26.420
 I

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.519
 want

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:26.579
 to

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:26.699
 be

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.039
 very

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.360
 very

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.800
 clear

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:29.559
 this

00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:29.759
 is

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:30.579
 absolutely

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.259
 not

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:33.039
 a

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.380
 general

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.900
 command

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.239
 that

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.639
 women

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.380
 fleeing

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.860
 abusive

00:34:35.860 --> 00:34:36.400
 homes

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.900
 should

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.079
 be

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.300
 sent

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.559
 back

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:37.719
 to

00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:37.920
 them

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.639
 that's

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.860
 not

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.159
 what's

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.400
 going

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.619
 on

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:39.900
 here

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:42.179
 this

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.320
 is

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.440
 a

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:42.820
 specific

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.579
 situation

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.860
 it's

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.300
 descriptive

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.659
 not

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.820
 prescriptive

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:47.119
 but

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.360
 it's

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:47.679
 still

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.980
 surprising

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.619
 even

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.380
 unsettling

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:53.220
 so

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.420
 what

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.539
 do

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.660
 we

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:53.920
 make

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.059
 of

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.300
 it

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:56.500
 well

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.619
 I

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:56.820
 think

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.260
 this

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.480
 little

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:57.880
 section

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.119
 this

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.420
 section

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.660
 here

00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:58.880
 from

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.260
 verse

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.840
 9

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.260
 to

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:01.440
 12

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.300
 of

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.559
 chapter

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.260
 16

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:05.200
 vaguely

00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:05.980
 parallels

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.480
 Genesis

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.860
 chapter

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.320
 12

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.680
 verses

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.019
 1

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.140
 to

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.500
 3

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.160
 so

00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:09.220
 you

00:35:09.220 --> 00:35:09.500
 remember

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.640
 in

00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:09.880
 Genesis

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.180
 chapter

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.579
 12

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:10.780
 verse

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.000
 1

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.160
 the

00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.480
 Lord

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.980
 sent

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.579
 Abram

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.220
 he

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.700
 commands

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:13.860
 him

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.000
 to

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.200
 go

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.420
 out

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.599
 from

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:14.780
 his

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.260
 country

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.780
 his

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:16.140
 people

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.340
 his

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:16.820
 father's

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.180
 household

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.400
 to

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.539
 the

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.800
 land

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.260
 of

00:35:18.260 --> 00:35:18.720
 Canaan

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:19.260
 well

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:19.460
 now

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.660
 here

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:19.800
 in

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:19.980
 chapter

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.480
 16

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.720
 verse

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:20.959
 9

00:35:20.959 --> 00:35:21.119
 the

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.459
 Lord

00:35:21.459 --> 00:35:22.259
 sends

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.759
 Hagar

00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:24.579
 turns

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:24.779
 her

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.099
 back

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.279
 from

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.459
 her

00:35:25.459 --> 00:35:25.779
 native

00:35:25.779 --> 00:35:26.239
 country

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:26.500
 from

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.659
 the

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:26.959
 people

00:35:26.959 --> 00:35:27.139
 of

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.559
 Egypt

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:28.379
 back

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:28.599
 to

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.059
 Canaan

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.500
 back

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:29.679
 to

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.139
 rejoin

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.559
 Abram's

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.099
 household

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:33.139
 both

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.739
 sendings

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.099
 that in

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.299
 chapter

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:34.699
 12

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.059
 that in

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.239
 chapter

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:35.699
 16

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:35.899
 were

00:35:35.899 --> 00:35:36.259
 difficult

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.500
 to

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.899
 obey

00:35:36.899 --> 00:35:38.500
 both

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.000
 sendings

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.319
 called

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:39.519
 for

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:39.899
 faith

00:35:39.899 --> 00:35:42.219
 and

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.359
 in

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.719
 both

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.099
 chapter

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.599
 12

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.879
 and

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.159
 chapter

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.619
 16

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.939
 the

00:35:44.939 --> 00:35:45.319
 sending

00:35:45.319 --> 00:35:45.659
 is

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.019
 followed

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.359
 by

00:35:46.359 --> 00:35:46.519
 a

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.919
 promise

00:35:46.919 --> 00:35:47.679
 here

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:47.839
 in

00:35:47.839 --> 00:35:48.039
 chapter

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.659
 16

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:50.219
 return

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:50.599
 to your

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:50.940
 mistress

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.460
 and submit

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.019
 to her

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.839
 verse 10

00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:53.359
 the angel

00:35:53.359 --> 00:35:53.659
 of the

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:53.799
 Lord

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.500
 also said

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:54.799
 to her

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.219
 I will

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.659
 surely

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.399
 multiply

00:35:56.399 --> 00:35:56.719
 your

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.199
 offspring

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.039
 so that

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.539
 they cannot

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.119
 be numbered

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.779
 for multitude

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.899
 and the angel

00:36:00.899 --> 00:36:01.259
 of the Lord

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.739
 said to her

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.299
 behold you

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.859
 are pregnant

00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.339
 and shall

00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:03.799
 bear a

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:04.019
 son

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.480
 and you

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.619
 shall

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.019
 call his

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.219
 name

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:05.899
 Ishmael

00:36:05.899 --> 00:36:06.859
 because the

00:36:06.859 --> 00:36:07.279
 Lord has

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:07.659
 listened

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.299
 to your

00:36:08.299 --> 00:36:09.039
 affliction

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:10.339
 he shall

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:10.839
 be a wild

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.199
 donkey

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.480
 of a

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:11.699
 man

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.279
 his hand

00:36:12.279 --> 00:36:12.639
 against

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.139
 everyone

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.799
 and everyone's

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.019
 hand

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.559
 against him

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.839
 and he

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.399
 shall dwell

00:36:15.399 --> 00:36:16.279
 over against

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.159
 all his

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.719
 kinsmen

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:19.259
 before we

00:36:19.259 --> 00:36:19.619
 look at the

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.139
 details of

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.539
 the promise

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.279
 notice in

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.659
 passing

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.679
 three times

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.299
 verse 9

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.859
 verse 10

00:36:23.859 --> 00:36:24.500
 verse 11

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.339
 we read

00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:25.919
 the angel

00:36:25.919 --> 00:36:26.500
 of the Lord

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.339
 said to her

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:29.179
 again another

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.799
 example of

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.339
 repetition

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:31.339
 that isn't

00:36:31.339 --> 00:36:32.219
 actually required

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.959
 to make sense

00:36:32.959 --> 00:36:33.319
 of what's

00:36:33.319 --> 00:36:34.019
 taking place

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.359
 here

00:36:34.359 --> 00:36:35.559
 but it's

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.599
 it's repeated

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.799
 three times

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:40.159
 so that we

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:42.019
 realize

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:43.879
 that here

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:45.680
 the Lord

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:46.019
 who on

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.340
 multiple

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.360
 occasions

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:47.960
 had spoken

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.660
 to Abram

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:50.599
 is speaking

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:52.220
 to this

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:52.920
 lowly

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.920
 lonely

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.780
 Egyptian

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.599
 slave girl

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:58.079
 but what

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.300
 are the

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.660
 promises

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:59.579
 that the

00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:00.220
 Lord makes

00:37:00.220 --> 00:37:01.200
 to Hagar

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:01.619
 here

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.980
 some are

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.480
 positive

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.920
 some are

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.099
 a bit

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.800
 ambivalent

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:07.119
 the positive

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:07.820
 verse 10

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.300
 offspring

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.500
 that cannot

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:10.039
 be numbered

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.599
 for multitude

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.740
 it sounds a bit

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.340
 like the promise

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.160
 given to Abram

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:14.899
 in chapter 15

00:37:14.899 --> 00:37:17.719
 could it be

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.299
 that God's

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.920
 promises to

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.420
 Abram

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.099
 would be

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.559
 fulfilled

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.139
 through the

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.500
 son of

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.920
 Hagar

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:23.879
 also positive

00:37:23.879 --> 00:37:24.759
 is verse 11

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:26.219
 the name

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:26.599
 that

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.539
 Hagar

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.139
 is to give

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.559
 her son

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.179
 Ishmael

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.940
 means God

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.500
 hears

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.159
 and the

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.539
 explanation

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:32.500
 is because

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.059
 the Lord

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.879
 has listened

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.739
 to your

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.519
 affliction

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:39.599
 the birth

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.019
 of this

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.420
 son

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.659
 the promise

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:41.960
 of

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:43.019
 that he

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.199
 would

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.639
 become

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.280
 a multitude

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:46.139
 of

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.679
 descendants

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:48.579
 these

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.980
 were

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.920
 God's

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.380
 kindness

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.340
 and mercy

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.000
 to Hagar

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:53.119
 in the

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.579
 midst of

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:53.780
 her

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.220
 hardship

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.960
 he

00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:56.099
 listened

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:57.099
 to her

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.599
 affliction

00:37:57.599 --> 00:38:00.099
 this

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.539
 son

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.059
 would

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.720
 turn out

00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:02.300
 you see

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:02.659
 not to

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.139
 be a

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.400
 gift

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.880
 for

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.740
 Sarai

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.679
 as

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.059
 Sarai

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.260
 had

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.760
 planned

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.679
 but rather

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.199
 a gift

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.819
 to her

00:38:08.819 --> 00:38:09.179
 slave

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.519
 girl

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.039
 Hagar

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:12.439
 more

00:38:12.439 --> 00:38:12.980
 ambivalent

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.239
 is the

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.500
 promise

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.279
 in verse 12

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:14.779
 a wild

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:15.119
 donkey

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.379
 of a

00:38:15.379 --> 00:38:15.619
 man

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:15.939
 hand

00:38:15.939 --> 00:38:16.239
 against

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:16.759
 everyone

00:38:16.759 --> 00:38:19.039
 you remember

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.460
 from chapter

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.879
 12

00:38:19.879 --> 00:38:20.099
 that

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.779
 Abram's

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.179
 family

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.659
 line

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.079
 was to

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.339
 be a

00:38:22.339 --> 00:38:22.579
 source

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:22.779
 of

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.179
 blessing

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.679
 for all

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:23.819
 the

00:38:23.819 --> 00:38:24.179
 families

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.460
 of the

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.819
 earth

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:27.159
 Hagar's

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:27.419
 son

00:38:27.419 --> 00:38:28.059
 Ishmael

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.419
 would be

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:28.739
 a much

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:28.960
 more

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.439
 divisive

00:38:29.439 --> 00:38:29.819
 figure

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:31.659
 a focal

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:31.960
 point

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.319
 not of

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:32.699
 blessing

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.079
 but of

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.659
 hostility

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:35.000
 who would

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.279
 dwell

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:35.699
 over

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.239
 against

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.659
 all

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.000
 his

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.579
 brothers

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:40.559
 universal

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:41.179
 blessing

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.819
 you see

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.339
 would not

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:42.739
 come

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:43.059
 through

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.420
 this

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.779
 line

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:43.980
 the

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.239
 line

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:44.359
 of

00:38:44.359 --> 00:38:44.940
 Ishmael

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:46.799
 rather

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.759
 like

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.299
 the rest

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:48.639
 of the

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.159
 nations

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:50.779
 the

00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.279
 descendants

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:51.639
 of

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:52.159
 Ishmael

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:52.339
 the

00:38:52.339 --> 00:38:52.599
 hope

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.779
 for

00:38:52.779 --> 00:38:53.119
 blessing

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.359
 for

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:54.039
 Ishmael's

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.460
 line

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.699
 would be

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:55.899
 the

00:38:55.899 --> 00:38:56.279
 line

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.500
 of

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:56.859
 another

00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:57.179
 son

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:57.319
 of

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.739
 Abram

00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:59.920
 and

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.179
 so I

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.299
 think

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:00.480
 the

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:00.879
 significance

00:39:00.879 --> 00:39:01.179
 of

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.359
 God

00:39:01.359 --> 00:39:01.819
 sending

00:39:01.819 --> 00:39:02.239
 Hagar

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.679
 back

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:02.899
 to

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.220
 Abram

00:39:03.220 --> 00:39:03.400
 and

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.860
 Sarai

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.320
 is

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.500
 not

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.720
 just

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:04.940
 the

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.500
 physical

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.700
 and

00:39:05.700 --> 00:39:06.099
 material

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.720
 security

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.059
 that

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.300
 that

00:39:07.300 --> 00:39:07.760
 household

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.099
 would

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.519
 provide

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:08.760
 for

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.000
 her

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.220
 that

00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:09.500
 I

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.559
 mean

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:09.700
 she

00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:09.880
 was

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:09.980
 in

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.139
 a

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.440
 very

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.340
 vulnerable

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.940
 position

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.960
 pregnant

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.519
 runaway

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.019
 slave

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.500
 nothing

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:15.780
 no

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.220
 possessions

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:16.519
 or

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.760
 anything

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.099
 to her

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.440
 name

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.200
 very

00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:18.539
 vulnerable

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.019
 position

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.599
 but

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:19.840
 the

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.480
 significance

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:20.800
 of

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:20.940
 her

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.360
 returning

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:21.559
 to

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:21.860
 Abram

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.000
 and

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.360
 Sarai's

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.740
 household

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.220
 is

00:39:23.220 --> 00:39:23.420
 less

00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:23.599
 that

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.119
 material

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.820
 security

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:26.740
 but

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:27.000
 that

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.480
 God

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.700
 is

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:28.099
 sending

00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.539
 Hagar

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.980
 back

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.160
 to

00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:29.320
 the

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.619
 place

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:29.780
 of

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:30.160
 blessing

00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:32.240
 back

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:32.419
 to

00:39:32.419 --> 00:39:32.559
 the

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:32.939
 family

00:39:32.939 --> 00:39:33.379
 through

00:39:33.379 --> 00:39:33.719
 whom

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.000
 God

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.219
 had

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.579
 promised

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:34.779
 to

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.239
 bring

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:35.619
 blessing

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:35.819
 to

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.059
 all

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.179
 the

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.539
 families

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.699
 of

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:36.819
 the

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:37.119
 earth

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:39.439
 she

00:39:39.439 --> 00:39:39.619
 had

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:39.819
 been

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:40.139
 driven

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.459
 out

00:39:40.459 --> 00:39:40.719
 by

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.139
 Abram

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.319
 and

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:41.819
 Sarai's

00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:42.219
 cruelty

00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:43.639
 she

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:43.819
 was

00:39:43.819 --> 00:39:44.259
 invited

00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:44.599
 back

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:44.839
 by

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.019
 the

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.319
 Lord's

00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:45.719
 kindness

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:47.819
 and

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:48.119
 Hagar

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:48.639
 responds

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:48.859
 in

00:39:48.859 --> 00:39:49.099
 verse

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.679
 13

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.699
 so

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:50.879
 she

00:39:50.879 --> 00:39:51.239
 called

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:51.399
 the

00:39:51.399 --> 00:39:51.639
 name

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:51.779
 of

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:51.919
 the

00:39:51.919 --> 00:39:52.179
 Lord

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.359
 who

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:52.659
 spoke

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:52.839
 to

00:39:52.839 --> 00:39:53.119
 her

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.599
 you

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:53.899
 are

00:39:53.899 --> 00:39:54.059
 a

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.259
 God

00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:54.399
 of

00:39:54.399 --> 00:39:54.899
 seeing

00:39:54.899 --> 00:39:56.059
 for

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.259
 she

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.559
 said

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.259
 truly

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.779
 here

00:39:57.779 --> 00:39:58.139
 I

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.519
 have

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.599
 seen

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.139
 him

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:01.059
 who

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.379
 looks

00:40:01.379 --> 00:40:01.739
 after

00:40:01.739 --> 00:40:02.159
 me

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:03.480
 therefore

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.759
 the

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.000
 well

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.219
 was

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:04.559
 called

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.859
 Beelahairoi

00:40:05.859 --> 00:40:06.759
 that

00:40:06.759 --> 00:40:07.079
 means

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:07.419
 the

00:40:07.419 --> 00:40:07.659
 well

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:07.839
 of

00:40:07.839 --> 00:40:08.019
 the

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.219
 living

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.399
 one

00:40:08.399 --> 00:40:08.559
 who

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:08.859
 sees

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:09.079
 me

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:10.000
 it

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.340
 lies

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:10.840
 between

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.579
 Kadesh

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:12.119
 and

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.500
 Bered

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:15.880
 Hagar

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:17.139
 powerless

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:18.139
 mistreated

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:19.059
 afflicted

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.779
 this

00:40:19.779 --> 00:40:20.420
 nobody

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:22.360
 in the

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.759
 story

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:22.940
 of

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.279
 Abram

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:23.460
 and

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.940
 Sarai

00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:25.539
 was

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.159
 seen

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.319
 and

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:27.860
 heard

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.599
 by

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.059
 God

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:31.819
 I'm

00:40:31.819 --> 00:40:31.960
 going to

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.319
 return to

00:40:32.319 --> 00:40:32.559
 that in

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:32.900
 a moment

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.360
 but first

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.579
 let's

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:33.739
 just

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:33.980
 briefly

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.360
 consider

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:34.539
 the

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:34.880
 outcome

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.099
 in

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.340
 verses

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:35.799
 15

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:35.980
 and

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.460
 16

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:37.940
 Hagar

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.319
 does

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.660
 clearly

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.200
 return

00:40:39.200 --> 00:40:40.039
 to

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.720
 Abram

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.059
 because

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.460
 we read

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:41.600
 in

00:40:41.600 --> 00:40:41.780
 verse

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.280
 16

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:42.500
 and

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.880
 Hagar

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:43.380
 bore

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.380


00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.960
 Abram

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.640
 a son

00:40:44.640 --> 00:40:46.160
 and

00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:46.500
 Abram

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:46.800
 called

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:47.140
 the name

00:40:47.140 --> 00:40:47.400
 of his

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.680
 son

00:40:47.680 --> 00:40:47.920
 whom

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.300
 Hagar

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.640
 bore

00:40:48.640 --> 00:40:48.640


00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:50.840
 Abram

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.539
 was 86

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.019
 years

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:52.320
 old

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.559
 when

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.019
 Hagar

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.440
 bore

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:53.440


00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.280
 Ishmael

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:54.860
 to

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.300
 Abram

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.539
 notice

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:55.900
 the number

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:56.300
 of times

00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:56.700
 we hear

00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.220
 the names

00:40:57.220 --> 00:40:57.820
 Abram

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.080
 and

00:40:58.080 --> 00:40:58.440
 Hagar

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.820
 in

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.059
 these

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.300
 two

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.700
 verses

00:40:59.700 --> 00:41:01.300
 the

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:01.500
 one

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.700
 name

00:41:01.700 --> 00:41:01.840
 we

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.120
 don't

00:41:02.120 --> 00:41:02.360
 hear

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:02.559
 is

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:02.700
 the

00:41:02.700 --> 00:41:03.059
 name

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:04.360
 Sarai

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:06.460
 there's

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:06.940
 no mention

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.440
 of her

00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:08.099
 Sarai's

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.400
 plan

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.619
 had

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:09.059
 failed

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:10.059
 this

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.340
 son

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:12.139
 is

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:12.679
 Abram's

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:12.800
 and

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.420
 Hagar's

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.720
 not

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:14.559
 Sarai's

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:18.659
 Sarai

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.059
 no doubt

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.460
 continued

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.000
 to feel

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.400
 the grief

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:20.860
 of that

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:23.240
 but as

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.700
 things would

00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:24.220
 turn out

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.639
 that was

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.179
 not because

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:25.619
 the Lord

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:26.079
 was being

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.780
 unkind

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:27.360
 to

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.860
 Sarai

00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:28.139
 or

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.760
 miserly

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.119
 toward

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:29.420
 her

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.980
 it was

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.200
 just

00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:31.639
 that God

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:32.000
 had in

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.220
 fact

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:32.599
 planned

00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:32.940
 better

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.280
 things

00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:33.480
 for

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:33.960
 Sarai

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:35.400
 although

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:35.860
 Sarai

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:36.200
 herself

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.500
 didn't

00:41:36.500 --> 00:41:36.860
 realise

00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:37.400
 that yet

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:39.660
 but that's

00:41:39.660 --> 00:41:39.880
 to get

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:40.220
 ahead of

00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:40.800
 ourselves

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:43.599
 I want

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:43.980
 to close

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.240
 with a

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.599
 contrast

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.140
 we see

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:45.500
 in chapter

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.099
 16

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.559
 between

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:46.880
 those

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.360
 two

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:48.019
 women

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.599
 Sarai

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.780
 and

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.180
 Hagar

00:41:49.180 --> 00:41:51.519
 Sarai

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:53.120
 focused

00:41:53.120 --> 00:41:53.700
 on what

00:41:53.700 --> 00:41:54.059
 God

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.780
 had not

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:55.099
 given

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.539
 her

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:57.280
 taking

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.760
 matters

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:58.019
 into

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.280
 her

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.519
 own

00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.019
 hands

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:01.019
 and her

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.280
 plans

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:01.700
 failing

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:04.559
 Hagar

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:04.599
!

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:04.639
 Hagar

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:06.819
 enabled

00:42:06.819 --> 00:42:07.579
 by

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:08.199
 God's

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:08.699
 promise

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.399
 to her

00:42:09.399 --> 00:42:10.899
 to go

00:42:10.899 --> 00:42:11.259
 back

00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:11.679
 into a

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.000
 difficult

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.719
 situation

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.059
 in

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.439
 obedience

00:42:13.439 --> 00:42:13.719
 to

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:13.960
 his

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.399
 command

00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:16.919
 it

00:42:16.919 --> 00:42:17.059
 was

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.419
 enough

00:42:17.419 --> 00:42:17.639
 for

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.039
 Hagar

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:19.000
 to

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.439
 say

00:42:19.439 --> 00:42:22.939
 God

00:42:22.939 --> 00:42:23.179
 has

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:23.439
 seen

00:42:23.439 --> 00:42:23.739
 me

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:25.460
 God

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.679
 has

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:25.939
 seen

00:42:25.939 --> 00:42:26.239
 me

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:29.199
 you

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.279
 know

00:42:29.279 --> 00:42:29.419
 I

00:42:29.419 --> 00:42:29.619
 think

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:29.899
 I

00:42:29.899 --> 00:42:30.179
 believe

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.479
 verse

00:42:30.479 --> 00:42:30.919
 13

00:42:30.919 --> 00:42:31.159
 may

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.459
 actually

00:42:31.459 --> 00:42:31.679
 be

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:31.899
 the

00:42:31.899 --> 00:42:32.199
 only

00:42:32.199 --> 00:42:32.719
 place

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:32.919
 in

00:42:32.919 --> 00:42:33.039
 the

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.419
 entire

00:42:33.419 --> 00:42:33.859
 Bible

00:42:33.859 --> 00:42:34.859
 where

00:42:34.859 --> 00:42:35.399
 someone

00:42:35.399 --> 00:42:36.000
 other

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.319
 than

00:42:36.319 --> 00:42:36.879
 God

00:42:36.879 --> 00:42:37.959
 gives

00:42:37.959 --> 00:42:38.239
 a

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.539
 name

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.739
 to

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.119
 God

00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:42.079
 where

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.319
 God

00:42:42.319 --> 00:42:42.479
 is

00:42:42.479 --> 00:42:42.959
 named

00:42:42.959 --> 00:42:43.579
 by

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:43.899
 someone

00:42:43.899 --> 00:42:44.179
 other

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.379
 than

00:42:44.379 --> 00:42:44.579
 God

00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:44.979
 himself

00:42:44.979 --> 00:42:45.579
 there

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:45.699
 are

00:42:45.699 --> 00:42:45.859
 many

00:42:45.859 --> 00:42:46.219
 times

00:42:46.219 --> 00:42:46.379
 of

00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:46.579
 course

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:46.839
 when

00:42:46.839 --> 00:42:47.519
 God

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:47.959
 gives

00:42:47.959 --> 00:42:48.239
 new

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:48.539
 names

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:48.719
 to

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:49.000
 people

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.219
 he'll

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.379
 do

00:42:49.379 --> 00:42:49.559
 that

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:49.739
 for

00:42:49.739 --> 00:42:50.000
 Abraham

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.219
 and

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:50.519
 Sarai

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:51.000
 shortly

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:52.379
 there

00:42:52.379 --> 00:42:52.500
 are

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:52.799
 places

00:42:52.799 --> 00:42:53.079
 where

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.419
 God

00:42:53.419 --> 00:42:54.000
 declares

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:54.279
 his

00:42:54.279 --> 00:42:54.539
 own

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.799
 name

00:42:54.799 --> 00:42:55.000
 so

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.159
 that

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.339
 we

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:55.599
 can

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.259
 call

00:42:56.259 --> 00:42:56.460
 him

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:56.619
 by

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:56.819
 the

00:42:56.819 --> 00:42:57.139
 names

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:57.360
 he

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:57.679
 gives

00:42:57.679 --> 00:42:58.179
 us

00:42:58.179 --> 00:43:00.559
 but

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:00.799
 here

00:43:00.799 --> 00:43:01.259
 alone

00:43:01.259 --> 00:43:01.500
 do

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:01.659
 we

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:02.079
 have

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:02.380
 a

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.860
 human

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:05.519
 given

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:05.739
 the

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:06.039
 honour

00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:07.119
 of

00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:07.699
 assigning

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.159
 a

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:08.500
 name

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:08.739
 to

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:09.119
 God

00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:11.599
 verse

00:43:11.599 --> 00:43:12.099
 13

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.319
 so

00:43:12.319 --> 00:43:12.500
 she

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:13.000
 called

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.279
 the

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:13.579
 name

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:13.739
 of

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:13.900
 the

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.179
 Lord

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.360
 who

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:14.659
 spoke

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:14.839
 to

00:43:14.839 --> 00:43:15.059
 her

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:15.739
 you

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:16.420
 are

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.619
 a

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:17.000
 God

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.519
 of

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.059
 seeing

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:19.380
 for

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:19.579
 she

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:19.920
 said

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:20.440
 truly

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.179
 here

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:21.639
 have

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:21.799
 I

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:22.360
 seen

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:22.920
 him

00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:24.059
 who

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.799
 sees

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:25.880
 me

00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:30.320
 it is

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:30.539
 this

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.000
 desperate

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:31.400
 Egyptian

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:31.880
 slave

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:32.300
 girl

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:33.140
 who

00:43:33.140 --> 00:43:34.019
 wondrously

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:35.460
 came to

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:35.860
 know

00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:36.600
 that

00:43:36.600 --> 00:43:37.000
 God

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:37.440
 saw

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:37.840
 her

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:39.140
 even

00:43:39.140 --> 00:43:39.800
 in

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:40.220
 her

00:43:40.220 --> 00:43:40.860
 loneliness

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.420
 and

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:42.160
 desolation

00:43:42.160 --> 00:43:42.940
 and

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.420
 affliction

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:46.320
 what a

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:46.760
 comfort it

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.060
 is

00:43:47.060 --> 00:43:48.740
 that the

00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:49.260
 Lord God

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.560
 is the

00:43:49.560 --> 00:43:49.800
 God

00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.000
 who

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.519
 sees

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:52.900
 the

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.219
 God

00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:53.579
 who

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:54.300
 sees

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:55.860
 will you

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.019
 pray

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.199
 with

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.460
 me

00:43:56.460 --> 00:44:00.400
 heavenly

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:00.759
 father

00:44:00.759 --> 00:44:01.000
 you

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.199
 have

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.460
 given

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:01.900
 us

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:04.199
 many

00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:04.539
 great

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:04.759
 and

00:44:04.759 --> 00:44:05.079
 precious

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.619
 promises

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:08.099
 in

00:44:08.099 --> 00:44:08.320
 your

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:08.800
 word

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:10.159
 and

00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:10.340
 through

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:10.500
 the

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:10.699
 Lord

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.000
 Jesus

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.500
 Christ

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:14.420
 we

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:14.920
 thank you

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:15.139
 Lord

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:15.380
 God

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:15.599
 that

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:15.760
 you

00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:15.940
 are

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.440
 faithful

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:16.760
 and

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 us

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