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 Today and how God is at work in the midst of lives.

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 Again, if you've missed any of the talks, there was a bit of a lull there for a while,

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 but thankfully Ralph has been able to sort that out in the website,

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 so the recent talks are all now up online again,

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 and you can catch up or follow along if you missed any.

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 We are reading this morning Genesis 29 verse 31 to chapter 30 verse 24,

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 and Kirsty is going to read this morning.

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 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,

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 he enabled her to conceive, but Rachel remained childless.

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 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.

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 She named him Reuben, for she said,

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 It is because the Lord has seen my misery.

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 Surely my husband will love me now.

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 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son, she said,

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 Because the Lord heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too.

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 So she named him Simeon.

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 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son, she said,

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 Now at last my husband will become attached to me,

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 because I have born him three sons.

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 So he was named Levi.

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 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son, she said,

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 This time I will praise the Lord.

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 So she named him Judah.

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 Then she stopped having children.

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 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,

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 she became jealous of her sister.

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 So she said to Jacob,

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 Give me children or I will die.

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 Jacob became angry with her and said,

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 Am I in the place of God who has kept you from having children?

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 Then she said,

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 Here is Bilhah, my servant.

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 Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me,

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 and I too can build a family through her.

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 So she gave him her servant, Bilhah, as a wife.

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 Jacob slept with her,

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 and she became pregnant and bore him a son.

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 Then Rachel said,

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 God has vindicated me.

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 He has listened to my plea and given me a son.

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 Because of this, she named him Dan.

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 Rachel's servant Bilhah conceived again

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 and bore Jacob a second son.

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 Then Rachel said,

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 I have had a great struggle with my sister,

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 and I have won.

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 So she named him Naphtali.

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 When Leah saw that she had stopped having children,

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 she took her servant, Zilpah,

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 and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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 Leah's servant, Zilpah, bore Jacob a son.

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 Then Leah said,

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 What good fortune?

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 So she named him Gad.

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 Leah's servant, Zilpah, bore Jacob a second son.

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 Then Leah said,

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 How happy I am.

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 The women will call me happy.

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 So she called him Asher.

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 During wheat harvest,

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 Reuben went out into the fields

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 and found some mandrake plants

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 when he brought to his mother Leah.

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 Rachel said to Leah,

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 Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.

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 But she said to her,

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 Wasn't it enough that you took away my husband?

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 Will you take my son's mandrakes too?

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 Very well, Rachel said.

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 He can sleep with you tonight

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 in return for your son's mandrakes.

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 So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening,

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 Leah went out to meet him.

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 You must sleep with me, she said.

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 I've hired you with my son's mandrakes.

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 So he slept with her that night.

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 God listened to Leah,

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 and she became pregnant

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 and bore Jacob a fifth son.

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 Then Leah said,

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 God has rewarded me

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 for giving my servant to my husband.

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 So she named him Issachar.

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 Leah conceived again

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 and bore Jacob a sixth son.

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 Then Leah said,

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 God has presented me

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 with a precious gift.

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 This time my husband

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 will treat me with honor

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 because I have borne him six sons.

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 So she named him Zebulun.

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 Sometime later,

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 she gave birth to a daughter

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 and named her Dinah.

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 Then God remembered Rachel.

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 He listened to her

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 and enabled her to conceive.

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 She became pregnant

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 and gave birth to a son

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 and said,

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 God has taken away my disgrace.

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 She named him Joseph

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 and said,

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 May the Lord add to me another son.

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 Thank you, Kirsty.

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 Great stories, aren't they?

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 But they're not just stories.

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 They're true stories.

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 Before we look at it,

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 if anybody wants notes this morning,

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 the sheets that we hand out

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 or a pen,

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 I forgot to pass them out earlier.

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 Alex is standing patiently

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 if any of you want them.

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 just wave a hand

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 and he will bring it to you.

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 No takers.

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 Thanks, Alex.

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 Well, let's pray

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 and ask for God's help

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 as we look at his word together.

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 Our Father God,

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 thank you so much

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 for these accounts,

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 these true records

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 of an ancient family

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 and all that they went through.

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 not as examples for us,

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 but demonstrations

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 of the great God that you are,

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 who is at work

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 in the midst of many difficulties

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 and struggles.

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 And Father,

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 you look down upon us today.

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 You are present here with us.

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 And you know each of our hearts.

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 You know what we struggle with.

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 You know the things

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 that we find hard.

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 And so we pray

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 that you would speak to us afresh.

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 And that you would give to us

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 all that we need

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 as we seek to follow you

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 in our life.

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 So help us, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 One husband,

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 four wives,

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 twelve children.

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 It's a mess, isn't it?

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 Jacob's selfish choices

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 and sinful decisions

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 has led to a life

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 of sadness and hurt,

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 jealousy and rivalry,

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 division and despair.

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 It's a picture of what happens

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 when we leave God

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 out of our lives

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 and go it alone.

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 And maybe as we read this story,

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 you're thinking,

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 gosh,

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 that's a bit like my family.

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 Maybe you feel hurt

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 and sad

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 from family experiences.

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 Maybe you're experiencing

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 division and despair.

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 We face all kinds

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 of struggles,

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 don't we,

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 with family relationships,

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 friend relationships.

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 And we wonder,

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 is there any way

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 through all of the mess?

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 Yet behind the scenes

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 of this story,

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 we'll see that

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 there is a beauty

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 in the brokenness.

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 There is hope

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 in the despair.

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 because as we

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 follow this true account,

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 we see the goodness

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 and kindness of God.

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 The God who

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 longs to restore

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 broken lives

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 and renew

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 this disordered world.

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 We're going to look

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 at four big themes.

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 We're going to see

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 God's love,

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 God's mercy,

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 God's faithfulness

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 and God's grace.

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 And as each one

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 piles upon each other,

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 so we will see

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 the beauty

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 in the brokenness.

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 So first,

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 let's look at

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 God's love

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 for the unloved.

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 God's love

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 for the unloved.

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 It was meant

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 to be a wedding

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 they would never forget.

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 Jacob was marrying

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 the love

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 of his life,

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 Rachel,

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 except her father,

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 Laban,

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 had other plans.

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 Just go back

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 a couple of verses

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 to chapter 29,

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 verse 22.

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 It's on the eve

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 of the wedding

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 of Jacob and Rachel.

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 Chapter 29,

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 verse 22.

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 So Laban the father

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 brought together

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 all the people

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 of that place

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 and gave a great feast.

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 This is a wedding celebration.

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 Plenty of food,

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 the wine was flowing.

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 But when evening came,

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 under the cover

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 of darkness,

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 and when the wine

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 had taken its effect,

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 he took his daughter Leah,

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 not Rachel,

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 and brought her

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 to Jacob.

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 And Jacob made love

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 to her,

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 and Laban gave

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 his servant Zilpah

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 to his daughter

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 as her attendant.

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 And when morning came,

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 when Jacob woke up,

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 my goodness me,

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 there was Leah.

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 It turned out

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 to be a wedding

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 they would not forget

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 for all the wrong reasons.

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 Well, despite Jacob

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 being married off to Leah,

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 Jacob also married

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 Rachel too.

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 So he has two wives.

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 But there was only love

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 for one wife.

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 Look at verse 30,

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 chapter 29.

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 Jacob made love

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 to Rachel also,

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 and his love

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 for Rachel

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 was greater

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 than his love

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 for Leah.

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 Leah was used

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 by her father

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 in his cunning plan,

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 and now Leah

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 is unloved

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 by her husband.

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 She felt it

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 and she knew it.

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 But so did God.

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 Look at verse 31.

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 When the Lord

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 saw

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 that Leah

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 was not

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 loved.

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 God's not immune

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 to what's going on.

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 God saw

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 that Leah

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 was literally

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 hated

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 by her husband.

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 In fact,

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 because Rachel

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 couldn't have children,

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 Jacob

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 used Leah.

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 What a desperate

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 existence for her.

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 Leah's only value

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 was to produce

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 children

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 for an unloving

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 husband.

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 And when the deed

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 was done,

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 Leah was discarded.

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 Well,

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 God saw

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 her brokenness

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 and heartache.

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 And he does

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 something about it

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 because that's

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 what God does.

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 When he sees,

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 he acts.

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 He gets involved.

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 In fact,

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 the names

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 of the children

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 reveal this.

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 God enables

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 Leah to conceive

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 and she gives birth

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 to her first son.

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 Look at verse 32.

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 She gives birth

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 to her first son

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 who she calls

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 Reuben,

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 which means

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 it's because

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 the Lord

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 has seen

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 my misery.

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 Then she has

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 another son

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 who she calls

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 Simeon

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 and he's called

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 Simeon

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 because

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 the Lord

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 heard

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 that I am

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 not loved.

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 You could imagine

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 a young Reuben

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 and Simeon

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 playing outside

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 and Leah

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 calling them in

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 for dinner.

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 The Lord

00:12:06.099 --> 00:12:06.559
 has seen

00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:07.319
 my misery.

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 The Lord

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 has heard

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 I'm not

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 loved.

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 Dinner time.

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 Now such

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 name calling

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 can be strange

00:12:16.599 --> 00:12:17.299
 to us.

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 But every time

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 she called

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 their names

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 it was a reminder

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 not just

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 about her

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 husband

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 but of

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 God's love

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 to her.

00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.519
 God

00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:30.439
 sees

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 her misery.

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 God

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 hears

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 her pain.

00:12:36.260 --> 00:12:36.879
 God

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 knows

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 Leah

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 is

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 unloved

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 and so

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 God

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 reaches

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 down

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 and

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 he

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 loves

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 her.

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 Now isn't

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 that what

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 we all

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 so desperately

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 need to

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 know?

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 That where

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 we are

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 right now

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 God

00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:52.120
 sees

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 you

00:12:52.520 --> 00:12:53.160
 in

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 your

00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:53.780
 misery.

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 He

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 sees

00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:55.860
 your

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 heartache

00:12:56.580 --> 00:12:57.340
 and

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 he

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 loves

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 you.

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 God

00:13:00.300 --> 00:13:00.960
 hears

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 your

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 cry

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 of

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 pain

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 and

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 your

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 hurts

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 and

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 he

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 loves

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 you.

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 In fact

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 God's

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 love

00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.220
 is a

00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:10.000
 steadfast

00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:10.500
 love.

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 Leah

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 is

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 desperate

00:13:13.100 --> 00:13:13.460
 for

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 love.

00:13:14.140 --> 00:13:14.300
 She

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 longs

00:13:15.020 --> 00:13:15.379
 doesn't

00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:15.620
 she

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 for

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 the

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 affection

00:13:16.560 --> 00:13:16.840
 of

00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:16.980
 her

00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:17.360
 husband.

00:13:17.900 --> 00:13:18.120
 Leah

00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:18.620
 hopes

00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:18.960
 that

00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:19.379
 by

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 giving

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 children

00:13:20.300 --> 00:13:20.600
 to

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 Jacob

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 somehow

00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:22.300
 his

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 hardened

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 heart

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 will

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 soften

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 and

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 he

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 will

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 show

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 some

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 kind

00:13:25.940 --> 00:13:26.100
 of

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 affection

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 and

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 love

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 towards

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 her.

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 Give

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 her a

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 hug

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 at

00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:30.379
 least.

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 we

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 can

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 feel

00:13:32.419 --> 00:13:32.659
 her

00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:33.080
 longing.

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 Look

00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:33.500
 at

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 verse

00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:34.100
 2.

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 Surely

00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:35.580
 my

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 husband

00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:36.539
 will

00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:36.919
 love

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 me

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 now.

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 And

00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:40.419
 as she

00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:40.679
 gives

00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:41.019
 birth

00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:41.439
 again

00:13:41.439 --> 00:13:41.639
 in

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 verse

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 34.

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 Now

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 at

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 last

00:13:44.820 --> 00:13:45.100
 my

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 husband

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 will

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 become

00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:46.899
 attached

00:13:46.899 --> 00:13:47.120
 to

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 me.

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 The

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 vows

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 he

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 made

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 will

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 become

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 true.

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 But

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 love

00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.240
 never

00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:23.700
 came.

00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:25.120
 But

00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:25.379
 what

00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.600
 she

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.139
 does

00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:26.800
 discover

00:14:26.800 --> 00:14:27.540
 that

00:14:27.540 --> 00:14:27.720
 in

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.040
 all

00:14:28.040 --> 00:14:28.240
 her

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.800
 human

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 disappointments

00:14:29.920 --> 00:14:30.399
 is

00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:30.620
 a

00:14:30.620 --> 00:14:30.980
 love

00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:31.620
 that's

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 never

00:14:32.060 --> 00:14:32.440
 going

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 to

00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:32.860
 let

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 her

00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:33.139
 go.

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 Look

00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:33.519
 at

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 verse

00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:34.360
 35.

00:14:35.280 --> 00:14:35.580
 She

00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:36.200
 conceived

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:36.740
 again

00:14:36.740 --> 00:14:37.399
 and when

00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:37.600
 she

00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:37.860
 gave

00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.200
 birth

00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:38.399
 to

00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:38.580
 a

00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:38.840
 son

00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:39.100
 she

00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.420
 said

00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:40.120
 this

00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:40.560
 time

00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:41.899
 I

00:14:41.899 --> 00:14:42.120
 will

00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:42.680
 praise

00:14:42.680 --> 00:14:42.920
 the

00:14:42.920 --> 00:14:43.280
 Lord.

00:14:44.280 --> 00:14:44.899
 So

00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:45.139
 she

00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:45.500
 named

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:45.780
 him

00:14:45.780 --> 00:14:46.300
 Judah

00:14:46.300 --> 00:14:47.519
 which

00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:47.879
 means

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.639
 praise.

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:51.439
 I

00:14:51.439 --> 00:14:51.919
 think

00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.799
 that

00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:53.059
 this

00:14:53.059 --> 00:14:53.360
 is a

00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:53.740
 humble

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.519
 recognition

00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:55.519
 on

00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.000
 behalf

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.240
 of

00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:56.480
 Leah

00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:56.779
 that

00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.460
 all

00:14:57.460 --> 00:14:57.639
 her

00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.059
 hopes

00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:58.279
 in

00:14:58.279 --> 00:14:58.720
 people

00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.100
 all

00:14:59.100 --> 00:14:59.319
 her

00:14:59.319 --> 00:14:59.879
 dreams

00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.139
 in

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 something

00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.019
 else

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.879
 will

00:15:01.879 --> 00:15:02.679
 always

00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:03.299
 let

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 us

00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:03.840
 down.

00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.259
 The

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:05.639
 loves

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:05.860
 of

00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:06.080
 this

00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:06.480
 world

00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:06.779
 will

00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:07.159
 never

00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:07.819
 satisfy

00:15:07.819 --> 00:15:08.939
 but

00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:09.240
 there

00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:09.460
 is

00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:10.039
 one

00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:10.860
 who

00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.080
 is

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.559
 loyal.

00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:12.740
 Despite

00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.419
 all

00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:13.639
 the

00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.059
 mess

00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:14.419
 and

00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:15.120
 brokenness

00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:15.759
 we

00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.159
 can

00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:16.879
 praise

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.419
 the

00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:17.779
 Lord

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:19.299
 because

00:15:19.299 --> 00:15:19.919
 God's

00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:20.339
 love

00:15:20.339 --> 00:15:21.480
 is

00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:22.299
 steadfast.

00:15:23.459 --> 00:15:24.000
 Hear

00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.659
 his

00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:25.120
 voice

00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.399
 to

00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:25.639
 you

00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.139
 today.

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:27.620
 God

00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.819
 loves

00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:29.100
 you.

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.720
 God

00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.879
 loves

00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.139
 you.

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 So

00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:34.779
 first

00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:36.120
 God's

00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.459
 love

00:15:36.459 --> 00:15:37.120
 for the

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.339
 unloved.

00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:40.159
 Second

00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:41.980
 we're

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.220
 going to

00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:42.500
 see

00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.079
 God's

00:15:43.079 --> 00:15:43.620
 mercy

00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.679
 in the

00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:45.079
 madness

00:15:45.079 --> 00:15:47.100
 because

00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:47.420
 this

00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:47.580
 is

00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:47.779
 where

00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.000
 the

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.519
 madness

00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:49.360
 really

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.759
 kicks

00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.159
 off.

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 If

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.200
 God

00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:51.740
 sees

00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:51.960
 and

00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:52.180
 he

00:15:52.180 --> 00:15:52.620
 acts

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:52.840
 in

00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:53.159
 love

00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:53.879
 Rachel

00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.620
 also

00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.360
 sees

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:55.820
 and

00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.379
 acts

00:15:56.379 --> 00:15:57.899
 but

00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:58.180
 not

00:15:58.180 --> 00:15:58.399
 in

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.779
 love.

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 Chapter

00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.080
 30

00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:00.360
 verse

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:00.639
 1

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:00.879
 when

00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:01.240
 Rachel

00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:01.659
 saw

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:01.940
 that

00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:02.139
 she

00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:02.379
 was

00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:02.680
 not

00:16:02.680 --> 00:16:03.080
 bearing

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:03.540
 Jacob

00:16:03.540 --> 00:16:03.840
 any

00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.240
 children

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.000
 she

00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.519
 became

00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.220
 jealous

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.840
 of

00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:07.019
 her

00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:07.420
 sister.

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.220
 So

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.420
 she

00:16:08.420 --> 00:16:08.659
 said

00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:08.860
 to

00:16:08.860 --> 00:16:09.180
 Jacob

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 give

00:16:09.800 --> 00:16:10.019
 me

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 children

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 or

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 I'll

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 die.

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 And

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.060
 so

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 the

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.860
 blame

00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:14.240
 game

00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:15.000
 begins

00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.940
 fighting

00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:16.279
 and

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 squabbling.

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 And

00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.040
 what

00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.500
 follows

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:18.720
 are

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:18.879
 the

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.399
 results

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:19.700
 of

00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.480
 bitter

00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:21.420
 rivalry.

00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.200
 Because

00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:22.680
 Rachel

00:16:22.680 --> 00:16:23.180
 can't

00:16:23.180 --> 00:16:23.860
 conceive

00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.340
 she

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 hands

00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.080
 over

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.360
 her

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:25.759
 maid

00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.180
 servant.

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:26.519
 Verse

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:26.840
 3

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 She

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 said

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 here's

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 Bilhah

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 my

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 servant

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 sleep

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:30.460
 with

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 her

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 so

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 that

00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:31.340
 she

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:31.560
 can

00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:31.759
 bear

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 children

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 for

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 me

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 and

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 I

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 too

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:33.960
 can

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 build

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 a

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 family

00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:35.019
 through

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 her.

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:36.540
 And

00:16:36.540 --> 00:16:36.940
 Bilhah

00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:37.300
 has

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 two

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 children

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:38.820
 for

00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:39.220
 Rachel.

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 The

00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:40.240
 first

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:40.620
 called

00:16:40.620 --> 00:16:40.980
 Dan

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 which

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 means

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:42.320
 God

00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:42.519
 has

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 vindicated

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.480
 me

00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:43.680
 or

00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:44.279
 God's

00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:45.060
 justice.

00:16:45.059 --> 00:16:46.139
 The

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:46.459
 second

00:16:46.459 --> 00:16:46.719
 she

00:16:46.719 --> 00:16:47.099
 calls

00:16:47.099 --> 00:16:47.779
 Naphtali

00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.479
 which

00:16:48.479 --> 00:16:48.919
 means

00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.439
 I

00:16:49.439 --> 00:16:49.659
 have

00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.000
 won.

00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:51.899
 Well

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.279
 Leah's

00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:52.479
 not

00:16:52.479 --> 00:16:52.779
 going to

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.079
 stand

00:16:53.079 --> 00:16:53.299
 for

00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:53.539
 this

00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:53.759
 is

00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:53.959
 she?

00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:55.540
 So

00:16:55.540 --> 00:16:55.800
 she

00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:56.360
 responds

00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:56.639
 by

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.000
 giving

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.580
 her

00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:58.019
 maid

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.420
 servant

00:16:58.420 --> 00:16:58.759
 to

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.120
 Jacob

00:16:59.120 --> 00:16:59.500
 verse

00:16:59.500 --> 00:16:59.840
 9

00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.440
 When

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 Leah

00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.060
 saw

00:17:01.060 --> 00:17:01.320
 that

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:01.540
 she

00:17:01.540 --> 00:17:01.700
 had

00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:02.019
 stopped

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.360
 having

00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:02.800
 children

00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:03.379
 she

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.720
 took

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.059
 her

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.640
 servant

00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:05.240
 Zilpah

00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:05.779
 and

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.039
 gave

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.299
 her

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.559
 to

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 Jacob

00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.559
 as

00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:07.680
 a

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.059
 wife

00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:09.220
 and

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.420
 she

00:17:09.420 --> 00:17:09.799
 also

00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:10.160
 has

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.420
 two

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:10.880
 children

00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.420
 the

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:11.779
 first

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.019
 is

00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.299
 called

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:12.700
 Gad

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.000
 which

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.380
 means

00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:14.100
 lucky

00:17:14.100 --> 00:17:14.480
 or

00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.079
 good

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:15.700
 fortune

00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:17.480
 the

00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:17.819
 second

00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.120
 is

00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:18.480
 called

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:18.960
 Asher

00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:19.240
 which

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.720
 means

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.600
 I'm

00:17:20.600 --> 00:17:21.039
 happy

00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.159
 again

00:17:23.159 --> 00:17:23.599
 we can

00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:24.019
 imagine

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.399
 these

00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:24.759
 four

00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:25.359
 children

00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:26.539
 at the

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:26.879
 school

00:17:26.879 --> 00:17:27.460
 gates

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.579
 waiting

00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:29.180
 for their

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:29.659
 mothers

00:17:29.659 --> 00:17:30.480
 to appear

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:32.019
 Rachel

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.659
 arrives

00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.200
 to collect

00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:33.460
 her

00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:33.980
 children

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.519
 and

00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:34.899
 with a

00:17:34.899 --> 00:17:35.259
 sly

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.700
 look

00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.200
 at

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.500
 Leah

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.240
 calls

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.480
 her

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:37.839
 first

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.099
 son

00:17:38.099 --> 00:17:39.220
 God's

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.680
 justice

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:41.440
 and

00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:41.619
 he

00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:41.960
 comes

00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.279
 running

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:42.740
 over

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:44.099
 Leah

00:17:44.099 --> 00:17:44.359
 in

00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:44.899
 response

00:17:44.899 --> 00:17:45.319
 shouts

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:45.839
 out in

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.259
 delight

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.079
 good

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.680
 fortune

00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:49.619
 and

00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:49.799
 he

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.159
 runs

00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:50.460
 over

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:50.900
 and gives

00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.039
 her

00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.180
 a

00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:51.400
 big

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:51.840
 hug

00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:52.940
 well

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.460
 Rachel's

00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:53.680
 not

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:53.920
 going

00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:54.180
 to be

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:54.660
 outdone

00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:55.500
 so she

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:55.900
 shouts

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.319
 out for

00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:56.640
 all to

00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:56.860
 hear

00:17:56.860 --> 00:17:57.440
 I

00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:57.680
 have

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.340
 won

00:17:58.340 --> 00:18:00.400
 and

00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:00.600
 well

00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:00.759
 as

00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.039
 little

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.279
 I

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:01.500
 have

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.860
 won

00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:02.220
 comes

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.600
 skipping

00:18:02.600 --> 00:18:02.880
 through

00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:03.079
 the

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.360
 gate

00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:03.940
 Leah

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.220
 with

00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.420
 a

00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:04.759
 beaming

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.360
 smile

00:18:05.360 --> 00:18:05.920
 calls

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.200
 out

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.079
 I'm

00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.660
 happy

00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:11.400
 well

00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:11.559
 her

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:11.960
 behaviour

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.299
 is

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:12.799
 shameful

00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.200
 isn't

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.559
 it

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:15.019
 the

00:18:15.019 --> 00:18:15.460
 children

00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:15.759
 have

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.140
 become

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.860
 innocent

00:18:16.860 --> 00:18:17.480
 weapons

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.340
 in a

00:18:18.340 --> 00:18:18.600
 war

00:18:18.600 --> 00:18:18.799
 of

00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.380
 rivalry

00:18:19.380 --> 00:18:20.480
 the

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:20.920
 maids

00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:21.260
 servants

00:18:21.260 --> 00:18:21.560
 are

00:18:21.560 --> 00:18:22.060
 used

00:18:22.060 --> 00:18:22.300
 and

00:18:22.300 --> 00:18:22.780
 abused

00:18:22.780 --> 00:18:23.200
 in a

00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:23.560
 game

00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:24.100
 for

00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:24.600
 power

00:18:24.600 --> 00:18:25.220
 but

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.740
 perhaps

00:18:25.740 --> 00:18:26.260
 what is

00:18:26.260 --> 00:18:26.660
 worse

00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:27.020
 is

00:18:27.020 --> 00:18:27.560
 they

00:18:27.560 --> 00:18:28.000
 both

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.480
 claim

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:28.900
 to have

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.340
 God

00:18:29.340 --> 00:18:29.560
 on

00:18:29.560 --> 00:18:29.740
 their

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.120
 side

00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:30.740
 God

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:30.940
 has

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.300
 blessed

00:18:31.300 --> 00:18:31.540
 me

00:18:31.540 --> 00:18:32.020
 this

00:18:32.020 --> 00:18:32.180
 is

00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:32.400
 what

00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:32.720
 God

00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:32.900
 is

00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.200
 doing

00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:33.400
 in

00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:33.620
 my

00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:34.180
 life

00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:36.980
 well

00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.240
 yes

00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.580
 God

00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:37.800
 is

00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:37.980
 at

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.400
 work

00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:40.100
 but

00:18:40.100 --> 00:18:40.340
 not

00:18:40.340 --> 00:18:40.620
 in the

00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:40.960
 ways

00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.180
 they

00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.400
 could

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:41.740
 ever

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.260
 imagine

00:18:42.260 --> 00:18:43.560
 you

00:18:43.560 --> 00:18:43.740
 see

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:43.960
 the

00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:44.420
 wonder

00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:44.760
 in

00:18:44.760 --> 00:18:45.000
 all

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.160
 of

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.600
 this

00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:46.740
 is

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:46.959
 that

00:18:46.959 --> 00:18:47.500
 God

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:48.519
 doesn't

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.279
 abandon

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.659
 them

00:18:49.659 --> 00:18:50.259
 or

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.519
 give

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:50.719
 up

00:18:50.719 --> 00:18:50.919
 on

00:18:50.919 --> 00:18:51.259
 them

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.379
 it

00:18:52.379 --> 00:18:52.779
 seems

00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.419
 God's

00:18:53.419 --> 00:18:53.939
 patience

00:18:53.939 --> 00:18:54.740
 with

00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.039
 these

00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:55.379
 two

00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:55.959
 fighting

00:18:55.959 --> 00:18:56.619
 sisters

00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:57.559
 is

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.119
 immense

00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:59.419
 it

00:18:59.419 --> 00:18:59.799
 truly

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.259
 is a

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.599
 case

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:00.919
 of

00:19:00.919 --> 00:19:01.399
 their

00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:01.899
 sins

00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.179
 they

00:19:02.179 --> 00:19:02.359
 are

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.779
 many

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.439
 but

00:19:03.439 --> 00:19:03.659
 his

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.179
 mercy

00:19:04.179 --> 00:19:05.179
 is

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:05.659
 more

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:07.859
 now

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.599
 doesn't

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:08.859
 this

00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.319
 tell us

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:09.659
 something

00:19:09.659 --> 00:19:10.000
 about

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.319
 how

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.699
 God

00:19:10.699 --> 00:19:11.179
 treats

00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:11.579
 us

00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.699
 how

00:19:12.699 --> 00:19:12.980
 many

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.639
 relationships

00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:14.039
 have

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.259
 we

00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:14.599
 been

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:14.939
 in

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:16.039
 and

00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.180
 we

00:19:16.180 --> 00:19:16.320
 have

00:19:16.320 --> 00:19:16.600
 seen

00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:16.820
 them

00:19:16.820 --> 00:19:17.259
 break

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.460
 and

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.840
 fall

00:19:17.840 --> 00:19:18.380
 apart

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:19.799
 maybe

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.220
 within

00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:20.480
 our

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:20.820
 own

00:19:20.820 --> 00:19:21.160
 very

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:21.700
 family

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.320
 units

00:19:22.320 --> 00:19:22.960
 or

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.539
 within

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:23.860
 our

00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:24.420
 friendships

00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:26.400
 there's

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:26.539
 a

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:26.980
 breakdown

00:19:26.980 --> 00:19:27.340
 and

00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:27.720
 things

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 aren't

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 the

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 same

00:19:28.580 --> 00:19:29.640
 not

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.000
 just

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.440
 because

00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:30.640
 of

00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:30.840
 what

00:19:30.840 --> 00:19:31.160
 others

00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:31.340
 have

00:19:31.340 --> 00:19:31.539
 done

00:19:31.539 --> 00:19:31.759
 to

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.100
 us

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:32.680
 but

00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:33.160
 perhaps

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.519
 because

00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:33.799
 of

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.039
 how

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.360
 we

00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:34.620
 have

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.160
 reacted

00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:37.320
 yes

00:19:37.320 --> 00:19:37.680
 we've

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:37.920
 all

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.140
 been

00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:38.519
 hurt

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:38.960
 we can

00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:39.220
 tell

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:39.420
 our

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:39.940
 stories

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.200
 of

00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.759
 how

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.160
 people

00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:41.360
 have

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:41.620
 said

00:19:41.620 --> 00:19:41.960
 things

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.160
 and

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:42.380
 done

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.820
 things

00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:44.140
 but

00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:44.460
 haven't

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.680
 we

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.000
 hurt

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.380
 others

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:45.740
 too

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:47.420
 we

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:47.800
 mightn't

00:19:47.800 --> 00:19:48.040
 call

00:19:48.040 --> 00:19:48.240
 our

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.640
 children

00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.240
 God's

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.660
 justice

00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:50.240
 but

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.420
 we

00:19:50.420 --> 00:19:50.820
 sure

00:19:50.820 --> 00:19:51.120
 know

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.340
 how

00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:51.540
 to

00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:51.800
 hand

00:19:51.800 --> 00:19:51.920
 it

00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.120
 out

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.360
 by

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.580
 our

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.259
 refusal

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.980
 to

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 forgive

00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:57.060
 and

00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:57.220
 we

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.620
 mightn't

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 declare

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.940
 I

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.200
 have

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.680
 won

00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:01.460
 but

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.680
 don't

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:01.880
 we

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.440
 inwardly

00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:03.040
 replay

00:20:03.040 --> 00:20:03.320
 our

00:20:03.320 --> 00:20:03.840
 arguments

00:20:03.840 --> 00:20:04.140
 in

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.300
 our

00:20:04.300 --> 00:20:04.700
 minds

00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.240
 over

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.480
 and

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:05.740
 over

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.120
 again

00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.400
 so

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:06.580
 that

00:20:06.580 --> 00:20:06.860
 we

00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:07.220
 come

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.420
 out

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:07.600
 the

00:20:07.600 --> 00:20:07.940
 winners

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.180
 and

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.360
 we're

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:08.880
 always

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.160
 on

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.600
 top

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:13.839
 isn't

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 it

00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.179
 a

00:20:14.179 --> 00:20:14.579
 wonder

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:16.059
 that

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.419
 God

00:20:16.419 --> 00:20:16.859
 doesn't

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:17.339
 abandon

00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:17.740
 us

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.179
 all

00:20:18.179 --> 00:20:18.719
 together

00:20:18.719 --> 00:20:20.959
 amazingly

00:20:20.959 --> 00:20:22.339
 God

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:22.619
 does

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:22.959
 not

00:20:22.959 --> 00:20:23.480
 treat

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:23.919
 us

00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.659
 as

00:20:24.659 --> 00:20:24.939
 our

00:20:24.939 --> 00:20:25.459
 sins

00:20:25.459 --> 00:20:26.219
 deserve

00:20:26.219 --> 00:20:28.500
 so

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:28.939
 second

00:20:28.939 --> 00:20:29.619
 note

00:20:29.619 --> 00:20:30.740
 God's

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.279
 mercy

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.240
 in

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.399
 the

00:20:32.399 --> 00:20:32.959
 madness

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:36.740
 third

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.340
 God's

00:20:37.340 --> 00:20:38.220
 faithfulness

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.880
 over

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.340
 the

00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:41.519
 unfaithful

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:43.700
 now

00:20:43.700 --> 00:20:44.039
 when we

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.299
 think

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:44.640
 things

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.019
 can't

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.200
 get

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.460
 any

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:45.940
 worse

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:47.079
 we

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.319
 have

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.519
 the

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:47.980
 incident

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.279
 of

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.440
 the

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.200
 mandrakes

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:51.600
 ever

00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:51.880
 had

00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:52.500
 mandrakes

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.940
 delivered

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.299
 to your

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.660
 house

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:55.059
 well

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.539
 Reuben

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.000
 brings

00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:56.380
 in his

00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.700
 mom

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.460
 a bunch

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.600
 of

00:20:57.600 --> 00:20:58.039
 flowers

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.259
 or

00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:58.660
 perhaps

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:58.980
 their

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.660
 fruits

00:20:59.660 --> 00:20:59.940
 as

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.140
 well

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.299
 we're

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.500
 not

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:00.799
 quite

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.220
 sure

00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:02.600
 one

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:02.839
 day

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.139
 after

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.559
 work

00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.000
 he

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.519
 brings

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:04.759
 in

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.039
 these

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.719
 mandrakes

00:21:05.719 --> 00:21:06.059
 and

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.719
 well

00:21:06.719 --> 00:21:07.219
 Rachel

00:21:07.219 --> 00:21:07.740
 kicks

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.039
 off

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.379
 doesn't

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:08.599
 she

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:08.939
 because

00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:09.240
 she

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.639
 wants

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:09.859
 the

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.279
 flowers

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.659
 too

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:12.000
 not

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.299
 red

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.719
 roses

00:21:12.719 --> 00:21:13.859
 I

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.259
 want

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.279
 mandrakes

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.599
 well

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:16.879
 what's

00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.019
 the

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.480
 interest

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.740
 in

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.500
 mandrakes

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.779
 well

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.480
 commentators

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:20.980
 tell us

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.319
 that they

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:21.779
 were a

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.139
 symbol

00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:22.599
 for

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.319
 fertility

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:24.399
 perhaps

00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:24.859
 it was

00:21:24.859 --> 00:21:25.079
 the

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.459
 scent

00:21:25.459 --> 00:21:25.619
 of

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:25.779
 the

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.159
 flowers

00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.500
 or

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.719
 the

00:21:26.719 --> 00:21:27.459
 taste

00:21:27.459 --> 00:21:27.659
 of

00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:27.839
 the

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.179
 fruits

00:21:28.179 --> 00:21:28.339
 it

00:21:28.339 --> 00:21:28.480
 was

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:28.719
 like

00:21:28.719 --> 00:21:28.859
 an

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.699
 aphrodisiac

00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.299
 this

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.500
 is

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:30.679
 going

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:30.819
 to

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.059
 help

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.379
 me

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:33.860
 anyways

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.280
 Rachel

00:21:34.280 --> 00:21:34.640
 has

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:34.880
 no

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.280
 kids

00:21:35.280 --> 00:21:35.680
 that's

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:35.820
 what

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.120
 we've

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:36.480
 learned

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.360
 not

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.540
 of

00:21:37.540 --> 00:21:37.700
 her

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.100
 own

00:21:38.100 --> 00:21:38.660
 anyway

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.840
 so

00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:40.060
 she

00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:40.380
 wants

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.580
 to

00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:40.860
 try

00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:41.100
 out

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.300
 the

00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:41.800
 fertility

00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:42.420
 flowers

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.500
 maybe

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:43.940
 that's

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.100
 going

00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:44.220
 to

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.580
 help

00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:45.660
 Leah

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:45.860
 is

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.120
 not

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:46.400
 too

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:46.720
 keen

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:46.980
 on

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.320
 sharing

00:21:47.320 --> 00:21:47.580
 the

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:47.960
 flowers

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.920
 but

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.300
 for

00:21:49.300 --> 00:21:49.480
 the

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.960
 chance

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.160
 of

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.500
 having

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.020
 Jacob

00:21:51.020 --> 00:21:51.300
 for

00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:51.480
 the

00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.960
 night

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:53.380
 well

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:53.880
 she'll

00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.300
 pass

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:54.520
 on

00:21:54.520 --> 00:21:54.680
 the

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.320
 mandrakes

00:21:55.320 --> 00:21:55.620
 to

00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.040
 Rachel

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.379
 so

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:57.819
 Rachel

00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.500
 trades

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:58.740
 in

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:58.920
 her

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.480
 husband

00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.460
 who

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:00.759
 also

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.139
 happens

00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.440
 to be

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.759
 Leah's

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.079
 husband

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.579
 as well

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:02.980
 by the

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.299
 way

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.200
 for

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.039
 the

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.539
 fertility

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.299
 flowers

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.240
 verse

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.819
 16

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:09.099
 so

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.339
 when

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.720
 Jacob

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.299
 came in

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.659
 from the

00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.000
 fields

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.279
 that

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.740
 evening

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.460
 Leah

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.779
 went

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.000
 out

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.200
 to

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.460
 meet

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.700
 him

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.440
 Jacob

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.680
 you're

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.059
 sleeping

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.339
 with

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.599
 me

00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:17.099
 tonight

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:20.139
 it's

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.700
 pathetic

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.200
 isn't

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.519
 it

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.920
 it

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.279
 seems

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.799
 Jacob

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.700
 has

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:24.980
 gotten

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.359
 used

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.559
 to

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:25.779
 being

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.339
 told

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:26.980
 with

00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.160
 who

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:27.299
 he

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.539
 must

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:27.879
 sleep

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.259
 with

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.359
 his

00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.779
 role

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.180
 as a

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.619
 husband

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.559
 is

00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.099
 gone

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:33.119
 he's

00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:33.460
 lost

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:33.980
 all

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.619
 respect

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:34.920
 and

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.480
 all

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.000
 honour

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:38.559
 what

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:38.819
 is

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.139
 this

00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:39.859
 strange

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.519
 incident

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.420
 all

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:41.879
 about

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:43.940
 well

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.079
 I

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.299
 think

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.519
 it's

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.680
 here

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:44.879
 to

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.180
 tell

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.500
 us

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.240
 that

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.420
 it

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:46.639
 is

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.299
 God

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.859
 who

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.059
 is

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.559
 ultimately

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.920
 in

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.460
 control

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.059
 and

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.220
 it

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.420
 is

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.019
 God

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.000
 alone

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.500
 who

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:52.779
 gives

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.240
 life

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:54.039
 not

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.500
 Jacob

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.319
 and

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 not

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 fertility

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 flowers

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 look at

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 verse 17

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 because

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 God

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.920
 listened

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.619
 to

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 Leah

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.859
 and

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.139
 she

00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:03.599
 became

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.099
 pregnant

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 and

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.599
 bore

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 Jacob

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 a

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:05.559
 fifth

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.920
 son

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 and

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:06.660
 on

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:06.799
 it

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.059
 went

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.259
 and

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.420
 she

00:23:07.420 --> 00:23:07.660
 had

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:07.940
 other

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.480
 sons

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 don't

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 you

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:11.799
 think

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:12.099
 it's

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.700
 strange

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.079
 that

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.680
 these

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.259
 fertility

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.819
 flowers

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.039
 were

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.420
 passed

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 over

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 to

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 Rachel

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.680
 well

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.299
 she

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.619
 didn't

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:17.819
 get

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.220
 pregnant

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 but

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.759
 Leah

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.240
 did

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 you

00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:20.879
 see

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:21.600
 God

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:21.780
 is

00:23:21.780 --> 00:23:21.980
 in

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.500
 control

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.900
 here

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 God

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 is

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 working

00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:24.840
 according

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 to

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:25.400
 his

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.180
 purposes

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 and

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 his

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 plans

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 and

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 what

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 are

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 those

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 purposes

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 and

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.660
 plans

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 well

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 remember

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 what

00:23:31.020 --> 00:23:31.440
 God's

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 promise

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 has

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 been

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 all

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:33.980
 the

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 way

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 along

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 God

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 had

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 promised

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 that

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 they

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 would

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 have

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 a

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 nation

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 that

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 he

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 would

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 have

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 a

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 people

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 for

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.780
 himself

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 it

00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.320
 started

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.620
 with

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 Abraham

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 your

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.460
 offspring

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 will

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 be as

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 numerous

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.420
 as

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 the

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.020
 stars

00:23:47.020 --> 00:23:47.240
 in

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.420
 the

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.820
 sky

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.860
 the

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.200
 same

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.680
 promise

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:49.960
 was

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.280
 handed

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.599
 down

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:50.799
 to

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.200
 Isaac

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.799
 you

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:51.980
 will

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.200
 be

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.759
 fruitful

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.379
 and

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:53.940
 increase

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.180
 in

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.599
 numbers

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.180
 Isaac

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 and

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.099
 that

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.259
 was

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.599
 passed

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:56.899
 down

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.059
 to

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.299
 his

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.559
 son

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.019
 Jacob

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.660
 your

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.319
 descendants

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.819
 will be

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.099
 like

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.319
 the

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.700
 dust

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.000
 of

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.180
 the

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.579
 earth

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.399
 love

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.519
 love

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.919
 and

00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:05.039
 is

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.339
 not

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.539
 what

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:05.720
 we

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:05.939
 see

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:06.419
 happening

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:06.659
 in

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:06.919
 all

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:07.099
 the

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.519
 madness

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.879
 and

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.119
 all

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.299
 the

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.720
 mess

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:10.379
 baby

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.619
 after

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.139
 baby

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:13.740
 Jacob's

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.179
 family

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:15.159
 is

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:15.759
 increasing

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:17.779
 well you

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.000
 say

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.879
 12 kids

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.339
 is not

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.859
 quite a

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.240
 nation

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.240
 no it's

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.659
 not

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.539
 there

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:22.839
 aren't

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.379
 so many

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:23.740
 that he

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.139
 can't

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:24.519
 count

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.699
 them

00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.019
 all

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.039
 but

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.579
 nations

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.059
 begin

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.619
 somewhere

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.000
 don't

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.299
 they

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:31.839
 and right now he's got a whole clutter of kids.

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:36.000
 You see, in the midst of all the unfaithfulness,

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:41.819
 God is remaining faithful to his promise

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.839
 and working out his purposes.

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:47.720
 God promised a people for himself

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.899
 and he's going to do it.

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:52.740
 Despite all the rivalries and all the bitterness,

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.700
 the division and the despair,

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:56.519
 God is at work.

00:24:58.659 --> 00:25:01.519
 Now we mustn't think that God approves

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:05.579
 or condones all this family's mad behaviour,

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:08.539
 but what it is telling us is simply

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:11.379
 that God's people, God's family,

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:15.159
 is going to be made up of broken people.

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:19.940
 Now doesn't that give us a little bit of hope?

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:24.500
 That despite all of our mess and our sinful lives

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:26.919
 and all our decisions and all our choices,

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:30.960
 God could possibly include you and me,

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:34.240
 that we could be part of his family too.

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:40.920
 God's faithfulness over the unfaithful.

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:49.800
 And then, God's grace to the disgraced.

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:54.500
 Rachel may be loved by Jacob,

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:57.940
 but her situation was not easy.

00:25:58.140 --> 00:26:00.740
 Let's go back to chapter 29, verse 31.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:07.140
 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.599
 he enabled her to conceive,

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:12.839
 but Rachel remained childless.

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:16.299
 Now that's always hard.

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.579
 It's always painful.

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:21.059
 And especially in a culture

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:23.140
 where a woman's value and worth

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:26.019
 was measured by how many children you had.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:30.799
 The shame and the stigma was breaking Rachel.

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:33.339
 Yes, she had the love of her husband,

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:36.339
 but to everybody else looking in on the situation,

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.700
 she was a loser.

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.879
 Not fit for purpose.

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:44.420
 But instead of prayerful submission,

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:47.480
 Rachel takes things into her own hands.

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:50.740
 She's driven by jealousy,

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:54.339
 eaten up by bitterness and angry.

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:57.519
 She uses her servant

00:26:57.519 --> 00:27:00.539
 and trades her in for her husband.

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:05.599
 Yeah, we can understand Rachel's hurt and pain,

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.299
 but at the same time,

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:10.279
 Rachel really isn't a nice person, is she?

00:27:12.959 --> 00:27:15.599
 We might be quick to write off a Rachel,

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:19.339
 but God...

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:22.720
 Look at verse 22 of chapter 30.

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:29.059
 Then God remembered Rachel.

00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:31.899
 He listened to her

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:34.779
 and enabled her to conceive.

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:39.899
 It's not like that God had forgotten Rachel,

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:43.019
 that you've kind of gone absent-minded for a while

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.539
 and forgotten all about her.

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.659
 No, when God remembers,

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:50.399
 it always points to an action of saving.

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:54.700
 God acts on behalf of the lost and the broken.

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:58.019
 We can see that back in Genesis chapter 8

00:27:58.019 --> 00:28:00.840
 when God remembers Noah

00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:03.880
 and he intervenes and he acts to save.

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:06.640
 And God remembers Rachel

00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:10.420
 and he enables her to have a son.

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:15.519
 You see, this is God's gracious intervention.

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.900
 She has a son.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.920
 Her shame is removed.

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:21.980
 Her stigma is gone.

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:24.240
 In the words of Rachel herself,

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.820
 look at the end of verse 23,

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:30.019
 God has taken away my disgrace.

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:32.700
 No longer a loser,

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:34.779
 but a treasured person.

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.619
 No longer an outsider,

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.680
 but valued.

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:39.920
 You see, this is what God does.

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:42.839
 God takes away our disgrace.

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:45.079
 He takes what is worthless

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:46.480
 in the eyes of the world

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:48.299
 and gives us a position

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.619
 that is immeasurable.

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:54.119
 This is the kind of God we deal with.

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:57.400
 This is beauty in the brokenness.

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:59.640
 This is how God works.

00:29:00.040 --> 00:29:02.560
 This is the story of the whole Bible.

00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:07.120
 In fact, what God has done for Rachel,

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:11.340
 God has done for you and for me

00:29:11.340 --> 00:29:14.759
 in a greater and more eternal way

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:16.019
 than we could ever imagine.

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:21.060
 Because God sees our disgrace.

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:26.560
 He sees and knows our shame and our guilt.

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:30.040
 He sees our sinful choices,

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.519
 our selfish decisions.

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:35.200
 He sees how we're crushed

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:38.640
 by the standards that others place upon us.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:42.259
 He hears our cries as we suffer

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:45.200
 under the weight of family expectations.

00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:48.720
 He remembers us.

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:53.120
 And he intervenes and he acts on our behalf

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:55.120
 and he saves us.

00:29:56.900 --> 00:30:00.200
 He does this through his son,

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.140
 Jesus Christ,

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:05.360
 the one who would come from Jacob's family.

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:08.140
 Turn with me, please,

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:10.240
 to Romans chapter 5.

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:14.000
 Romans chapter 5.

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.039
 Verse 6.

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.180
 As we think of how God has intervened

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.359
 into our world,

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:31.079
 the God who longs to renew

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:33.160
 our broken lives

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:35.440
 and restore this disordered world.

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:39.799
 Let's pick it up in verse 6.

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.460
 Romans 5, verse 6.

00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:46.160
 You see, at just the right time,

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:51.000
 according to God's good plan and purposes,

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:54.240
 when we were still powerless,

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:57.559
 unable to change our situation,

00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:01.839
 Christ died for the ungodly.

00:31:02.919 --> 00:31:05.259
 Very rarely will anyone die

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.919
 for a righteous person.

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:09.639
 Though for a good person,

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:13.139
 someone might possibly dare to die.

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.839
 But God?

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:19.419
 Well, God demonstrates

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:21.159
 his own love for us in this.

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.799
 While we were still sinners,

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:23.940
 sinners,

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:26.240
 Christ died

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.879
 for you

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:29.940
 and for me.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:33.619
 When we were powerless

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:36.619
 and unloved,

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:39.519
 when we were unfaithful,

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.700
 when we were enemies and sinners,

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:45.480
 God in his love

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:47.019
 showed grace

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:49.079
 to the disgraced.

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.639
 Because when we

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:53.060
 humbly trust

00:31:53.060 --> 00:31:54.280
 in Jesus,

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.780
 he intervenes

00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:58.060
 and he renews

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.980
 and he restores

00:31:58.980 --> 00:32:00.340
 and he gives us

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:01.620
 a brand new

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:02.520
 status

00:32:02.520 --> 00:32:03.820
 and position.

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:05.540
 He takes away

00:32:05.540 --> 00:32:06.360
 the shame

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:07.580
 and the stigma.

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.380
 We become

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.820
 children of God,

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.380
 brothers and sisters

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.640
 of Jesus Christ,

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:15.160
 broken people

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.580
 made beautiful

00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:18.500
 for God's family.

00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:20.800
 We are forever

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.879
 welcomed

00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:23.339
 and accepted.

00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.879
 A value

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 that no price

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 could ever be put on us.

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 Our God's

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 loved ones.

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 This

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 is his love.

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 This is his mercy.

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 This is his faithfulness.

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 This is his grace

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 to people

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 like you

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 and me.

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 Hear

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 his voice

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 to you today.

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 I love you.

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 I love you.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, sometimes

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 all we can ever see

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 is the brokenness

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 all around us.

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 The brokenness that has hurt us.

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 The brokenness that has affected

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 our families and our friendships.

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 But yet in the midst of it all

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 there is a shining light of hope.

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 There is extraordinary beauty.

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 God sees.

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 God hears.

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 And God has acted through his Son.

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 God has poured out his love

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 his mercy

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 his faithfulness

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 and his grace.

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 And he offers new beginnings

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 fresh starts

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 to all who will trust in him.

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 How can we not

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 but adore you

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 and worship you?

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 For you are good

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 and you are kind.

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 Thank you for your love to us today.

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 Help us

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 that we might show this same love

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 to the broken world around us.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 We are going to sing a song of praise.

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 Leah called her son Judah

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 which means praise

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 because of God's love