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 My name's Matthew Capone, and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church.

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 And it's my joy to bring God's word to you today.

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 You may notice on Sunday mornings when Andy's leading worship, I sit over there on the front row,

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 and I do something a little bit odd, which is I read the song lyrics often off the back projector rather than the front projector.

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 And the reason I do that is because it allows me to look out on the whole congregation and see you all.

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 And I have many thoughts on a Sunday morning.

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 And this morning I was just thinking as I looked out on you all singing about just God's faithfulness and his grace to this church over the last nine years that I've been here.

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 And, of course, many, many your years, 21 years before that.

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 Our church turns 30 this year.

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 I don't know if you knew that.

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 We're at three decades now, and I'm just grateful for the ways God has grown us and is growing us and the people that he's brought.

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 And Ruth coming to be with our music and all the deacons and elders that God has raised up over the last number of years.

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 And, you know, it takes a whole team for a church to move forward.

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 So I'm grateful, grateful for you all.

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 We're continuing our series in the book of Genesis.

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 The book of Genesis is the origin story of God's people, Israel.

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 This summer we are looking at the story of Isaac and Jacob, mostly Jacob, in chapters 25 through 36.

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 And I want to remind you where we are in that story.

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 If you don't know where we're at in the story, this next part is actually not going to make sense.

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 So chapter 27, Jacob steals Esau's birthright.

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 Esau is so upset that he threatens to kill Jacob.

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 And so Rebekah, Jacob and Esau's mom, has Jacob flee to Laban.

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 Laban is Rebekah's brother, Jacob's uncle.

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 You also may remember he's not just fleeing from Esau.

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 He's not just trying to protect his life.

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 He's also seeking a wife.

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 The beginning of chapter 28, Isaac tells Jacob, hey, go.

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 Not just flee to Laban.

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 Actually, Isaac doesn't know why he's fleeing to escape being killed.

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 But go, and I want you to marry one of Laban's daughters.

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 So that's the part we've been on ever since then.

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 Jacob is doing two things.

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 He's on his way to find Laban.

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 He's on his way to marry one of Laban's daughters.

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 That takes us to this week.

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 Jacob's going to end his journey.

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 Verse 1, he's going to arrive at Laban's place.

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 We're going to see Jacob's sin and God's promise.

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 I had a brain malfunction in your worship guide.

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 It says our title is Isaac's sin and God's promise, and I don't know why I did that.

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 So Jacob's sin, God's promise.

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 As I sometimes say when we come up against passages like this, this is a really rich passage,

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 and I'm probably not going to say even more than what I'm going to say,

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 just because we could probably do two or three sermons on this.

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 So I'm going to say something, something about what's happening in this passage, not everything.

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 With that, I invite you to turn with me to Genesis chapter 21, starting at 29, starting at verse 1,

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 which you'll find on page 7 of your worship guide.

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 As you turn there, remember Isaiah chapter 40 tells us that the grass withers and the flower fades,

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 but the word of our God will stand forever.

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 And so that's why we read now Genesis chapter 29, starting at verse 1.

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 Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

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 As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it,

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 for out of that well the flocks were watered.

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 The stone on the well's mouth was large, and when all the flocks were gathered there,

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 the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep,

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 and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well.

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 Verse 4.

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 Jacob said to them,

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 My brothers, where do you come from?

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 They said, We are from Haran.

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 He said to them,

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 Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?

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 They said,

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 We know him.

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 He said to them,

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 Is it well with him?

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 They said,

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 It is well, and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep.

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 He said,

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 Behold, it is still high day.

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 It is not time for the livestock to be gathered together.

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 Watch the sheep and go pasture them.

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 But they said,

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 We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together,

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 and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well.

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 Then we water the sheep.

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 Verse 9.

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 While he was still speaking with them,

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 Rachel came with her father's sheep,

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 for she was a shepherdess.

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 Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel,

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 the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother,

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 and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother,

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 Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth,

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 and watered the flock of Laban, his mother's brother.

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 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.

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 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's kinsman,

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 and that he was Rebecca's son.

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 And she ran and told her father.

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 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son,

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 he ran to meet him,

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 and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house.

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 Jacob told Laban all these things.

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 And Laban said to him,

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 Surely you are my bone and my flesh.

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 And he stayed with him a month.

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 Verse 15.

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 Then Laban said to Jacob,

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 Because you are my kinsman,

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 should you therefore serve me for nothing?

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 Tell me, what shall your wages be?

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 Now Laban had two daughters.

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 The name of the older was Leah,

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 and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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 Leah's eyes were weak,

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 but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.

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 Jacob loved Rachel.

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 And he said,

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 I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter, Rachel.

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 Laban said,

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 It is better that I give her to you

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 than that I should give her to any other man.

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 Stay with me.

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 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel,

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 and they seemed to him but a few days

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 because of the love he had for her.

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 Then Jacob said to Laban,

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 Give me my wife,

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 that I may go into her,

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 for my time is completed.

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 So Laban gathered together

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 all the people of the place

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 and made a feast.

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 But in the evening,

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 he took his daughter Leah

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 and brought her to Jacob,

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 and he went into her.

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 Laban gave his female servant Zilpah

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 to his daughter Leah

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 to be her servant.

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 And in the morning,

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 behold,

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 it was Leah.

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 And Jacob said to Laban,

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 What is this you have done to me?

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 Did I not serve with you for Jacob?

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 Why then have you deceived me?

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 Laban said,

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 It is not so done in our country

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 to give the younger before the firstborn.

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 Complete the week of this one,

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 and we will give you the other also in return

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 for serving me another seven years.

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 Jacob did so and completed her week.

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 Then Laban gave his daughter Rachel

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 to be his wife.

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 Laban gave his female servant Bilhah

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 to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.

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 So Jacob went into Rachel also,

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 and he loved Rachel more than Leah

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 and served Laban for another seven years.

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 I invite you to pray with me

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 as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we do once again thank you

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 that you have not left us

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 to wander in the dark as orphans,

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 but instead you come to us as our Father.

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 You speak to us clearly in your word.

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 We ask that you would do that this morning,

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 that you would open our eyes,

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 you'd unstop our ears,

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 you would clear our minds,

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 and you'd soften our hearts,

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 that we would be able to see and hear

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 and believe and understand

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 everything that's written about you

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 in your word.

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 Most of all,

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 we ask that you'd show us Jesus.

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 You'd show us his mercy,

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 his compassion,

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 his tenderness

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 with foolish sinners

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 like Jacob,

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 foolish sinners like us.

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 We ask all of these things

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 in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

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 Amen.

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 This morning,

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 I'm going to teach you an insult.

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 I don't recommend insulting people,

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 so you need to use this responsibly.

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 This one, I believe,

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 comes from the kids,

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 and it's become popular in recent years.

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 This insult is when you call someone

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 or something great value brand.

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 Okay, and great value brand,

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 one of Walmart's store brands,

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 right?

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 Hopefully you're familiar with this.

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 And so when you say someone

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 is great value brand,

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 you're saying,

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 they're not the name brand.

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 They're similar.

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 You know, it's the same product,

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 but it's not quite as good.

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 So here's how it works.

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 Let's say you see a man.

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 He's fit.

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 He's in good shape.

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 He's got a full head of hair,

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 and he's on the short side.

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 Okay?

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 You might say,

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 great value brand,

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 Tom Cruise.

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 He's like Tom Cruise, right?

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 He's short.

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 He's fit.

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 He's got a full head of hair,

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 but he's not a movie star.

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 He's not a model.

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 Great value brand.

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 It's a knockoff, right?

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 It's a similar product,

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 lower quality.

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 You could have bought the Oreos,

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 but you didn't.

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 You bought chocolate sandwich cookies.

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 That's on you, okay?

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 Jacob, in this story,

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 is a knockoff of Abraham's servant

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 in Genesis chapter 24.

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 Remember in 24,

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 Abraham's servant goes to find

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 a wife for Isaac,

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 and he meets Rebecca.

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 Now, in chapter 29,

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 Jacob goes to find his own wife

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 and meets Rachel,

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 and there's a very intentional way

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 in which the author of Genesis

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 is making chapter 29

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 an echo of chapter 24,

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 and I'll explain this to you.

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 We're going to jump right into the story.

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 So track with me.

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 Verse 1,

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 Jacob went on his journey.

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 That is,

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 Jacob is going on the journey

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 that began a couple chapters earlier

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 to Uncle Laban.

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 Remember,

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 to escape Esau,

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 who wants to kill him

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 and to find a wife.

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 Verse 1 again,

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 came to the land

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 of the people of the east.

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 That is the land

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 of his Uncle Laban,

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 and what does he find there?

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 Verse 2,

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 he finds a well.

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 Who else ran into a well

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 on his journey for a wife?

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 Abraham's servant

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 in chapter 24.

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 Jacob stops at the well.

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 Abraham's servant

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 stopped at the well.

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 Jacob finds a wife.

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 He finds Rachel at the well.

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 Abraham's servant

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 finds a wife.

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 He finds Rebecca

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 at the well.

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 In fact,

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 some commentators think

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 it might be,

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 this passage doesn't tell us,

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 but it might be

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 the exact same well.

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 So this is deja vu.

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 We are repeating

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 this same kind of type

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 and trope here,

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 but then it gets interesting

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 because instead of similarities,

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 we have differences.

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 Chapter 24,

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 who was it

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 who drew the water?

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 It was Rebecca.

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 It was the woman.

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 Abraham's servant

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 waits for Rebecca

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 to water his camels

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 because he wants to test

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 Rebecca's character.

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 Okay?

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 Instead, here,

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 Jacob draws the water

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 and this is one place

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 where the story gets fun.

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 Go with me to verse 10.

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 We're told Jacob

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 single-handedly

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 rolls away the stone

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 from the well,

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 which is a big deal

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 because we were told,

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 verse 2,

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 the stone on the well's mouth

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 was large.

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 Then,

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 in case we missed it,

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 verse 3,

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 all these shepherds,

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 they're waiting around.

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 They say,

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 we don't roll away the stone

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 until everyone is here.

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 Why?

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 It's a compound lift.

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 Okay?

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 Everyone helps move the stone

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 because it is so big.

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 It requires multiple men

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 to uncover this well.

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 So Jacob is flexing

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 on all the other shepherds.

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 He is clearly a strong man.

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 He is showing off to Rachel.

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 He is doing what is impressive

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 and even worse

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 or maybe even better.

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 Watch what he also does.

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 So he's flexing in front

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 of all these shepherds.

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 By the way,

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 he insulted them

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 when he said,

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 shouldn't you be out,

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 you know,

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 letting your sheep graze?

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 He's saying,

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 you're really lazy.

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 You're really lazy

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 and I'm also going to show you

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 that I can single-handedly do

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 what it takes a bunch of you to do.

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 Then,

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 notice this again,

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 verse 10,

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 he rolls the stone

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 from the well's mouth

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 and watered the flock

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 of Laban,

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 his mother's brother.

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 Remember when he shows up,

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 this is,

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 I think,

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 in verse 1,

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 verse 2,

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 there's three flocks

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 of sheep waiting.

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 There's a bunch of shepherds

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 who are ahead

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 of Rachel in line.

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 And Jacob says,

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 you know what?

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 I don't really care.

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 She's going to skip all of you.

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 You showed up early

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 because you wanted to be

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 first to the water.

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 Guess what?

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 This girl that I like,

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 she's going to jump

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 all of you.

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 Okay?

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 Abraham's servant

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 was interested

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 in Rebecca's character.

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 Abraham's servant

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 wanted a godly wife

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 for Isaac.

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 Jacob

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 is not interested

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 in that.

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 Jacob is interested

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 in how attracted

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 he is

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 to Rachel.

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 He's not focused

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 on a godly wife.

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 He's focused

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 on a beautiful wife.

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 There's a stark contrast

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 between the first

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 well episode

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 and the second

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 episode.

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 Notice what it says

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 in verse 10 again.

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 When does he roll

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 away the stone?

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 He rolls the stone

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 away when he saw

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 Rachel,

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 the daughter of Laban.

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 But it is not just

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 because he sees Rachel

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 and the sheep

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 of Laban,

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 his mother's brother.

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 So there's two things

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 going on.

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 He sees Rachel.

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 Okay?

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 Rachel's beautiful.

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 I need to impress her

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 by rolling away

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 the stone.

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 But there's something

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 else going on.

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 Rachel's dad

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 is rich.

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 He's got those sheep.

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 Okay?

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 So there's a

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 multiple things

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 that are attractive here.

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 He's like,

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 oh, I see the woman

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 and I see the wealth

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 of her family.

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 It's go time.

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 I'm going to roll

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 that stone

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 away.

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 The differences

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 continue.

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 The next ones

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 matter even more.

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 You may remember

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 Abraham's servant

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 stops and prays

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 to God

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 before he does

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 anything.

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 Jacob,

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 no prayer.

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 Abraham's servant

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 then stops

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 and gives thanks

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 to God

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 after he connects

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 with Rebecca.

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 Jacob,

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 no prayer.

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 As clearly

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 as he can,

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 the writer of Genesis

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 is trying to show us

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 this.

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 Abraham's servant

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 trusted God

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 and relied

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 on God.

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 Jacob,

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 Jacob

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 trusts

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 himself

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 and relies

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 on himself.

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 Which gives us

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 to a bigger point.

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 Jacob

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 is rough

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 around the edges.

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 Yes,

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 God made this

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 great promise

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 to him

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 that Andy

00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.580
 explained last week.

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 God reminded him

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 of his promises

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 to the patriarchs

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 that are his promises

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 as well.

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 God adds to that

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 that his presence

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 is going to be

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:48.740
 with Jacob.

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 Jacob,

00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:51.460
 and Jacob

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 keeps living out

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 the story

00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:55.299
 of the Abraham family.

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 We've talked about

00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:56.620
 this before.

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 The story is this.

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 It's all up to me

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 and my skill

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 and my cleverness,

00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:04.140
 my strategies

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:05.019
 and my schemes.

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 Jesus is highlighting

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.819
 then for us

00:17:15.819 --> 00:17:17.500
 how much

00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.480
 Jacob

00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.579
 needs

00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.759
 to grow.

00:17:22.379 --> 00:17:22.980
 Thankfully,

00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:24.200
 God is still

00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.839
 at work.

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 He's going to use

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:28.220
 the sandpaper

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:29.039
 of life

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.879
 to smooth out

00:17:30.879 --> 00:17:31.940
 Jacob's rough

00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:33.000
 edges.

00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.740
 Jacob

00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.339
 is going to

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:35.720
 suffer

00:17:35.720 --> 00:17:37.599
 and he's going

00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:37.940
 to suffer

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.420
 greatly

00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:40.400
 to become

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.160
 the man

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.019
 that God

00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:43.079
 is calling

00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:43.519
 him

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.680
 to be.

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:47.059
 Andy read

00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:47.720
 this for us

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.420
 earlier this morning

00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:48.880
 from Hebrews

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 chapter 12.

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.380
 For the Lord

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:51.960
 disciplines

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:53.359
 the one he loves

00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:55.400
 and chastises

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 every son

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.839
 whom

00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.700
 he

00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.559
 receives.

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 That takes us

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.919
 to the next

00:18:02.919 --> 00:18:03.319
 half,

00:18:03.419 --> 00:18:03.919
 the second part

00:18:03.919 --> 00:18:04.559
 of this story.

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 Verse 12,

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.200
 Rachel runs

00:18:07.200 --> 00:18:07.779
 to Laban

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.579
 and tells him

00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.139
 about this

00:18:09.139 --> 00:18:10.319
 impressive man,

00:18:10.419 --> 00:18:11.559
 this strong man

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 who also happens

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.460
 to be a relative.

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.500
 So then verses

00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:15.720
 13 and 14,

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.819
 Laban welcomes

00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.119
 him,

00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:17.779
 brings him

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.679
 into his house.

00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:20.339
 Verse 14,

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.179
 I don't want you guys

00:18:21.179 --> 00:18:21.919
 to miss this.

00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.839
 I can't tell you

00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:23.539
 everything but I want

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.119
 to tell you this.

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:24.819
 He says,

00:18:25.179 --> 00:18:25.659
 surely you are

00:18:25.659 --> 00:18:27.460
 my bone

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.220
 and flesh.

00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:30.180
 Now on the surface

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.059
 he's saying,

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.600
 yeah,

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.079
 we're definitely

00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:32.539
 related.

00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:34.339
 But he says

00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:35.100
 that after

00:18:35.100 --> 00:18:36.339
 Jacob told him

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:38.160
 everything,

00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:40.160
 all these things.

00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:41.720
 Commentators think

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.339
 there's a double

00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:43.279
 entendre here.

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.660
 Laban is saying,

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.360
 yeah,

00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.140
 you're my relative.

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.259
 Also,

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.480
 you're a trickster

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.380
 like I'm a trickster.

00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:51.380
 Game recognizes

00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:51.779
 game.

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.660
 I see what's

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.279
 going on here.

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.100
 Oh,

00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.579
 you tricked

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.579
 your brother

00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.420
 out of his birthright?

00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:58.019
 Yeah,

00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.820
 I do things

00:18:58.820 --> 00:18:59.240
 like that.

00:18:59.460 --> 00:18:59.800
 I do things

00:18:59.800 --> 00:19:00.220
 like that.

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:00.580
 Yeah,

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.560
 you and me,

00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:01.800
 same,

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.100
 same.

00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.500
 We're the same

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:03.700
 here.

00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.620
 We do some

00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:04.880
 things.

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:05.940
 So Jacob's

00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.500
 a strong man.

00:19:06.560 --> 00:19:07.080
 He's a great

00:19:07.080 --> 00:19:07.480
 worker.

00:19:07.860 --> 00:19:08.460
 Laban wants

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.519
 him on staff.

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.519
 So that leads

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.440
 to the negotiations.

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.200
 This is verses

00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.560
 15 through

00:19:13.560 --> 00:19:14.100
 20.

00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:15.960
 Verse 18,

00:19:16.060 --> 00:19:16.560
 he offers

00:19:16.560 --> 00:19:17.640
 seven years

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.519
 for Rachel.

00:19:19.060 --> 00:19:19.720
 I won't go

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.620
 into the details

00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.840
 but seven years

00:19:21.840 --> 00:19:23.100
 is exorbitant

00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:24.039
 for a bride price.

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.160
 Okay,

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.620
 so Jacob

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.740
 is offering

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.700
 above market

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.100
 rate.

00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:29.200
 He doesn't,

00:19:29.300 --> 00:19:29.920
 he's not playing

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.540
 the art of the deal

00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:30.840
 here.

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:31.560
 Okay,

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.440
 he's not coming

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.900
 in under

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.259
 so he can

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.140
 negotiate over.

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.340
 No,

00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:34.800
 he offers

00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.500
 a ridiculously

00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.380
 good price.

00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:36.700
 Of course,

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.560
 Laban immediately

00:19:37.560 --> 00:19:38.700
 accepts it.

00:19:38.800 --> 00:19:39.240
 Oh man,

00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:39.440
 this,

00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:39.900
 you know,

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.400
 there's a sucker

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:41.180
 made every day.

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 Seven years,

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 yeah,

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 let's go.

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 Isaac's

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:47.140
 failure

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:49.540
 continues,

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.220
 by the way.

00:19:51.300 --> 00:19:51.560
 Remember,

00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:51.980
 we've talked

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.440
 about the fact

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:52.819
 Isaac,

00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.579
 Jacob's father,

00:19:53.679 --> 00:19:54.299
 is ruled

00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:54.879
 by his

00:19:54.879 --> 00:19:55.679
 appetites.

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.059
 Abraham's

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.379
 servant

00:19:58.379 --> 00:20:00.299
 came with

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:00.759
 money

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.419
 to pay

00:20:01.419 --> 00:20:01.899
 the bride

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.339
 price.

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 So Abraham's

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.299
 servant,

00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:04.819
 you'll remember,

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.599
 chapter 24,

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.200
 he shows up

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.659
 at the well,

00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:07.940
 he pays

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.339
 the bride

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:08.720
 price,

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.319
 immediately

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.139
 takes Rebecca

00:20:10.139 --> 00:20:10.539
 and goes

00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.019
 back home.

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.299
 That's what

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.679
 should have

00:20:12.679 --> 00:20:13.319
 happened here.

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.879
 Jacob doesn't

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.839
 have any money

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.460
 for the bride

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:17.579
 price because

00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.480
 Isaac didn't

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.000
 give him

00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.379
 any.

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:21.920
 Isaac's

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.760
 negligence

00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:23.300
 and his

00:20:23.300 --> 00:20:24.360
 selfishness

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:25.420
 continue

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.760
 to damage

00:20:26.760 --> 00:20:27.700
 his son.

00:20:29.020 --> 00:20:29.580
 So we have

00:20:29.580 --> 00:20:30.020
 this bad

00:20:30.020 --> 00:20:30.320
 deal.

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:31.580
 Okay,

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.240
 Jacob offers

00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:32.900
 more than

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.460
 he should.

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.200
 He shouldn't

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.680
 even have

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.120
 to offer.

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.760
 His father

00:20:35.760 --> 00:20:36.140
 should have

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.580
 given him

00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:36.940
 what he

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.360
 needed to

00:20:37.360 --> 00:20:37.660
 pay a

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.280
 bride price.

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.000
 And then it

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.480
 gets worse.

00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:39.880
 There's the

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.680
 bait and switch.

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.880
 Verse 21,

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.820
 he goes to

00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:43.160
 Laban,

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.660
 he says,

00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.320
 give me my

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:44.720
 wife.

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.900
 Verse 23,

00:20:47.080 --> 00:20:47.420
 there's the

00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:48.100
 switcheroo.

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:49.179
 Rachel and

00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:49.579
 Laban are

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.119
 switched out.

00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:50.419
 He gives

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:50.699
 him his

00:20:50.699 --> 00:20:51.379
 other daughter,

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.319
 the unattractive

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.579
 daughter,

00:20:52.679 --> 00:20:52.980
 the one we're

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.699
 told is weak

00:20:53.699 --> 00:20:54.500
 in the eyes.

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:56.119
 And verse 25

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.859
 says it all

00:20:56.859 --> 00:20:57.439
 in just a few

00:20:57.439 --> 00:20:57.839
 words.

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.579
 And in the

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:00.959
 morning,

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.399
 behold,

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:04.459
 it was

00:21:04.459 --> 00:21:04.679
 Leah.

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.579
 Genesis is a

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:10.419
 brilliant piece

00:21:10.419 --> 00:21:10.899
 of literature.

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.199
 Okay,

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.779
 notice what

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.379
 happens here.

00:21:15.379 --> 00:21:15.899
 Jacob,

00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:17.679
 remember Jacob

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.620
 tricked his

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.960
 father to

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.500
 give him the

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.060
 oldest's

00:21:21.060 --> 00:21:21.500
 birthright.

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.600
 And how

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:22.980
 was he able

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.519
 to do that?

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.779
 He tricked

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.299
 his father

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.860
 because of

00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.900
 his father's

00:21:27.900 --> 00:21:28.960
 blindness.

00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.320
 What does

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:31.820
 Laban do?

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.880
 He tricks

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:36.080
 Jacob because

00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:36.680
 of his

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.560
 blindness.

00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.640
 He can't

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.120
 see what's

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:41.480
 happening in

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:41.900
 the dark.

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:44.140
 There's this

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:45.360
 poetic justice

00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:46.080
 that's happening

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.460
 here.

00:21:47.399 --> 00:21:48.179
 The trickster

00:21:48.179 --> 00:21:49.539
 is tricked.

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.899
 And it's

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.379
 not just that

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:51.960
 the trickster

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:52.720
 is tricked,

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.539
 he's tricked

00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:54.119
 with his

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:55.240
 very own

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.899
 scheme.

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:59.000
 He really

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.279
 has met

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.699
 his match.

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.019
 Jacob's used

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.619
 his own plan

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.119
 against him.

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:05.960
 Oh yeah,

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.819
 you ran that

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.419
 play with your

00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:08.159
 dad where he

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.699
 couldn't see?

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.939
 That's actually

00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:10.339
 a good one.

00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:10.619
 I'm going to

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.079
 take that.

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.699
 I'm going to

00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:12.319
 use that too.

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.339
 I'm going to run

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.799
 a play where

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.379
 you can't

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:14.619
 see.

00:22:15.159 --> 00:22:16.720
 I can borrow

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.339
 some tricks.

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.679
 Then he makes

00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:19.220
 it even worse.

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.059
 He really digs

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.819
 the knife in

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.759
 in verse 26.

00:22:22.459 --> 00:22:23.199
 Laban said,

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:25.119
 it is not so

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:26.099
 done in our

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:27.619
 country to

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.079
 give the

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:29.519
 younger before

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.519
 the firstborn.

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.659
 And this is a

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.179
 mic drop.

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.799
 Laban is saying,

00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.279
 you know that

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.439
 trick you pulled

00:22:36.439 --> 00:22:37.099
 with your dad?

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:39.139
 We don't do

00:22:39.139 --> 00:22:39.539
 that here.

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.539
 Oh, you thought

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.039
 that was real

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.359
 smart?

00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.859
 Yeah, that

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.639
 actually doesn't

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:45.460
 fly over here.

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.339
 You thought you

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:47.019
 could switch the

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.720
 younger and the

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.019
 older?

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.639
 Yeah, Laban

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:50.740
 doesn't do that.

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.480
 Laban actually

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:54.039
 respects the

00:22:54.039 --> 00:22:54.639
 birth order.

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.659
 Typically,

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.519
 commentators tell

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.539
 us the words

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.539
 first or second

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.399
 would be used.

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.399
 It's strange

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:00.899
 here that he

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.539
 says youngest

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.200
 and oldest,

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.000
 and he's doing

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.099
 this to really

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.859
 give it to

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.220
 Jacob.

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.339
 Jacob.

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.319
 The Apostle

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.680
 Paul,

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.259
 Galatians

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.980
 chapter 6,

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.599
 says this,

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.819
 Do not be

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.220
 deceived.

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:21.139
 God is not

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.980
 mocked.

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:24.039
 For whatever

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.079
 one sows,

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:27.019
 that will

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.839
 he also

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.599
 reap.

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.940
 The point

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.379
 is this.

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.480
 God is

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.619
 disciplining

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.220
 Jacob.

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:39.000
 God is

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.360
 bringing

00:23:39.360 --> 00:23:40.120
 Jacob to

00:23:40.120 --> 00:23:40.980
 the end

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.140
 of himself.

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.240
 God is

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.920
 bringing Jacob

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.700
 to a place

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.220
 where his

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.220
 schemes and

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.180
 his tricks

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.460
 no longer

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.860
 work.

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.279
 He's putting

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.319
 him in a

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.140
 position he

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:55.400
 cannot lie

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.759
 his way

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.519
 out of.

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.400
 He's saying,

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:00.600
 look,

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.660
 Jacob,

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.160
 you're actually

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.579
 going to be

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.039
 forced to

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.720
 rely on me.

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:08.019
 And that's

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.420
 actually what's

00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.600
 going to

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.019
 happen over

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.539
 the next few

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.940
 chapters.

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:11.640
 Jacob is

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:11.900
 going to

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.779
 learn that

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.360
 his hope

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:14.339
 and his

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.980
 only hope

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.180
 is in

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.460
 God.

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.620
 For the

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.480
 Lord disciplines

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.319
 the one

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.160
 he loves

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:23.339
 and chastises

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.720
 every son

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:26.160
 whom he

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:27.180
 receives.

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:36.799
 as the

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.299
 story goes

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.519
 on,

00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:37.660
 we're

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:37.840
 going to

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.019
 see

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.340
 Jacob

00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:38.900
 trust

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.519
 God

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.480
 more

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.140
 and

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.480
 more

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.519
 and

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.880
 trust

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.420
 himself

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.080
 less

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:45.000
 and

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.279
 less.

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.140
 Jacob

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.420
 is going

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:47.660
 to have

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.060
 to learn

00:24:48.060 --> 00:24:48.440
 the hard

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.700
 way,

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.400
 but

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:50.799
 Jacob

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.700
 is

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:53.080
 going

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.279
 to

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.559
 learn.

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.559
 Christian,

00:24:58.359 --> 00:25:00.639
 in the

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.359
 failures,

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:03.000
 in the

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.379
 hardships

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.799
 of your

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.159
 life,

00:25:04.699 --> 00:25:06.819
 when your

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.960
 foolishness

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:10.039
 finally catches

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:10.720
 up with you,

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.980
 and it will,

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.659
 that's how

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.099
 foolishness

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.399
 works,

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.839
 when your

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.519
 lies finally

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.059
 come out,

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:18.579
 when your

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:18.939
 tricks

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:20.439
 stop working,

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:22.860
 when your

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.620
 children come

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.080
 to you as

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.680
 adults and

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.039
 say,

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.640
 this is how

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.080
 you failed

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:26.299
 me,

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:29.120
 when your

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.740
 wife comes

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.240
 to you

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.840
 and finally

00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:32.680
 shows you

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.400
 her pain,

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:37.960
 God

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:39.160
 is still

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.180
 at work.

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.539
 He

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.019
 hasn't given

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.620
 up on you.

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.400
 It will

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.920
 be painful,

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:49.340
 just like it

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.720
 was for

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.019
 Jacob.

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:52.600
 God is

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.660
 using that

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.920
 pain to

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:56.080
 purify you,

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.440
 to refine

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.940
 you,

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.299
 to shape

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.820
 you,

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.120
 to look

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:02.720
 more like

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.460
 Jesus.

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.480
 God is

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.840
 not done

00:26:07.840 --> 00:26:08.240
 with you.

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.600
 Malachi

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:11.340
 chapter 3

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.019
 says this,

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.640
 speaking of

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:12.920
 God,

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.420
 he will

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.200
 sit as a

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.380
 refiner and

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.600
 purifier of

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.039
 silver,

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.700
 and he will

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.600
 purify the

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:21.400
 sons of

00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.740
 Levi and

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.980
 refine them

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.340
 like gold

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.580
 and silver.

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:29.240
 God is

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.880
 refining

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.420
 Jacob like

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.480
 gold and

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.860
 silver.

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.640
 He has

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.360
 put him

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:35.920
 in the

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.420
 heat,

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.980
 and he

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.900
 will burn

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:40.420
 his impurities

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.120
 away.

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 for 20

00:26:44.439 --> 00:26:44.939
 years,

00:26:45.439 --> 00:26:47.399
 20 years,

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.919
 think about

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.219
 that.

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.339
 Jacob is

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.579
 going to

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.679
 learn little

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.379
 by little

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:52.739
 to trust

00:26:52.739 --> 00:26:53.819
 and follow

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.399
 God more

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.019
 than he

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.579
 trusts

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.959
 himself.

00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:00.920
 even more

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.440
 than that,

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.720
 as we've

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.140
 talked about

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.840
 many times,

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.920
 God remains

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:08.440
 faithful to

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.100
 his promises.

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.500
 Andy talked

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.880
 about this

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.380
 last week,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.960
 last week's

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.440
 passage.

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.660
 God promised

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.279
 his presence

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.799
 to Jacob.

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.500
 God repeated

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.440
 his promises

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.640
 to Jacob's

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.400
 forefathers,

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:23.079
 and notice

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.759
 God's hand

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.100
 in this

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:25.039
 passage behind

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.799
 the scenes,

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.039
 still at

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.279
 work.

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 Is God

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.480
 with Jacob?

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.160
 Is his

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.799
 presence there

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.039
 as he

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.579
 promised?

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.880
 Absolutely.

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.160
 Jacob

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:41.500
 appears

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.240
 at the

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.799
 right well

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:44.140
 at the

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.579
 right time,

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.380
 and it's

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.940
 clear from

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.559
 his questions

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:47.940
 to the

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.380
 shepherds

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.720
 that he

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.140
 has no

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.500
 idea.

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.100
 He has

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:51.640
 no idea

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.299
 that God

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.700
 has just

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.299
 put him

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.259
 exactly

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:55.259
 where he

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.559
 needs to

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:55.759
 be.

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.640
 Last

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.000
 week,

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.300
 God

00:27:59.300 --> 00:27:59.660
 repeated

00:27:59.660 --> 00:27:59.920
 his

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.400
 promise

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.540
 that he

00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:01.960
 was going

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.520
 to make

00:28:02.520 --> 00:28:03.320
 Abraham's

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.860
 line,

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.240
 his

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.800
 offspring,

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.140
 like the

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:07.220
 dust of

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.640
 the earth.

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:09.740
 What does

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.400
 Jacob need

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.759
 for his

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.300
 offspring to

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:11.880
 be like the

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.240
 dust of

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.540
 the earth?

00:28:13.820 --> 00:28:14.500
 He needs

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.920
 some wives.

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.040
 He leaves

00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:17.820
 this passage

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:19.279
 with two

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.659
 wives.

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.299
 In the

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.700
 midst of

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.339
 Jacob's

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.379
 failure

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:27.839
 and sin

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:29.419
 and foolishness

00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:30.339
 and pride,

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:33.379
 God is

00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:33.759
 still at

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.059
 work

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:35.139
 refining

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:36.419
 and purifying

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:37.000
 and shaping

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.299
 him.

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.079
 God is

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:39.359
 still at

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.599
 work

00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.500
 keeping

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.720
 his

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.119
 promises.

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.259
 promises.

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.719
 Christian,

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:48.399
 God is

00:28:48.399 --> 00:28:48.679
 shaping

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.000
 you.

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.199
 He's

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:52.439
 keeping

00:28:52.439 --> 00:28:52.639
 his

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.039
 promises

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.919
 to you.

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.819
 And when

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.279
 you hit up

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.779
 against the

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.479
 consequences

00:28:58.479 --> 00:28:59.139
 of your

00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.579
 own

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.639
 foolishness

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.619
 and stupidity,

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.500
 it is not

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.799
 the end

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.059
 of your

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.419
 story.

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.519
 Because God

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.719
 is going

00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:07.239
 to weave

00:29:07.239 --> 00:29:08.399
 it into

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.899
 his bigger

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.339
 story.

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:11.259
 And he's

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.480
 going to

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.159
 use it

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:13.859
 to do

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.699
 for you

00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:15.619
 everything

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:17.000
 he said

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.699
 he would

00:29:17.699 --> 00:29:17.959
 do.

00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:20.720
 It's

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:20.859
 going to

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.359
 be painful.

00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.379
 The next

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.899
 20 years

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.559
 for Jacob

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:25.419
 are not

00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.099
 easy.

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.299
 Your

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.759
 sin

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.480
 and your

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.059
 unbelief

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.359
 and your

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.079
 failures,

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.519
 as I've

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.079
 said before,

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.220
 cannot

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:41.299
 stop

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.720
 the

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.039
 freight

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.480
 train

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.460
 of God's

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.720
 kingdom.

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:45.960
 They

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.319
 cannot

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.700
 get in

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.039
 the way

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.539
 of God

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:47.900
 keeping

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.140
 his

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.539
 promises.

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.200
 They

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.940
 cannot

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.900
 prevent

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.579
 God's

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.100
 work

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:54.279
 in your

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.660
 life.

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.640
 Because

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.059
 God is

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.480
 faithful

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.460
 to his

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.860
 promise.

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.819
 If you're

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.339
 in Christ,

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.500
 he's

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:03.880
 faithful

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.980
 to you.

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.960
 For the

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.140
 Lord

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.680
 disciplines

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.200
 the one

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.819
 he loves

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:09.819
 and chastises

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.460
 every

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.079
 son

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:12.419
 whom he

00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:12.919
 receives.

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.740
 And why

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:14.980
 are we

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.279
 sons?

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.659
 We're

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.339
 sons because

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.859
 of Christ.

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.240
 Remember

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.779
 what John

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.279
 tells us

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.619
 in John

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.299
 chapter 1,

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.519
 but to

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:23.919
 all who

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.519
 did receive

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.819
 him,

00:30:25.399 --> 00:30:26.200
 who believed

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.659
 in his

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.159
 name,

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.119
 he gave

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.559
 the right

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.079
 to become

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.759
 children of

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.099
 God,

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.119
 who were

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.500
 born,

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.759
 not of

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.139
 blood,

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:33.639
 nor of

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:34.159
 the will

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.559
 of the

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.980
 flesh,

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.919
 nor of

00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.439
 the will

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.100
 of man,

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.160
 but of

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.400
 God.

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.680
 Is that

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:41.900
 you?

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.259
 If it

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.580
 is,

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.160
 God's

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.620
 promise

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.600
 is true.

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.080
 Philippians

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.779
 chapter 1,

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.400
 verse 6,

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.740
 and I'm

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.200
 sure of

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.539
 this,

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.900
 that he

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.580
 who began

00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.259
 a good

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.140
 work in

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:59.500
 you will

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.019
 bring it

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.660
 to completion

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.460
 at the

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.500
 day of

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.860
 Jesus

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.580
 Christ.

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:03.639
 Christ.

00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:05.859
 Let's

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.059
 pray.

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.099
 Our

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.519
 Father in

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.699
 heaven,

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.299
 we do

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.579
 praise you

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:10.859
 and we

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.279
 thank you

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.859
 that you

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:13.099
 seek us

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.419
 out,

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:14.460
 even when

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.679
 we're

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.119
 caught up

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.379
 in our

00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.159
 own sin

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.960
 and foolishness

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.500
 and pride,

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.559
 and that

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:18.759
 you're

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.720
 merciful enough

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.399
 not to

00:31:20.399 --> 00:31:20.740
 leave us

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:20.980
 there,

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.299
 that you

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.699
 bring

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.559
 hardship

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.240
 and pain

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.019
 to purify

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.759
 us and

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.139
 refine

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.439
 us.

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.399
 We ask

00:31:26.399 --> 00:31:26.740
 that you

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.240
 would give

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.599
 us that

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.079
 hope in

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.419
 the midst

00:31:28.419 --> 00:31:28.740
 of our

00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.159
 lives,

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.500
 that we

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.019
 would turn

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.500
 to you

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.519
 and trust

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.879
 you no

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.399
 matter what,

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.919
 knowing that

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.400
 you are

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.980
 at work

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.920
 bringing

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.320
 your

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.840
 purposes

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:37.220
 to bear,

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.340
 to end,

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.340
 keeping all

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.880
 your promises

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.440
 to us.

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.880
 We ask

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.400
 these things

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.840
 in the mighty

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.240
 name of

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.920
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.560
 Amen.