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Speaker 1: Father to day, I am choosing to break generational cycles

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Speaker 1: his father before him, Abraham, I declare that integrity and

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Speaker 1: uprightness of heart will be my guiding compass. I decree

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Speaker 1: and declare that as I move with integrity, you will

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Speaker 1: confess that I don't have to use manipulation and trickery

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Speaker 1: as Jacob did to get what you have for me. Rather,

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Speaker 1: out of your hand. Lord. In my life, when others

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Speaker 1: I am blessed. Indeed, in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for praying with me to day. Continue listening for an

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Speaker 2: Jacob and Esau. Before this story, we learn of Abraham's death.

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Speaker 2: The father of Nations went to be with his Lord.

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Speaker 2: He was buried by Isaac and Ishmael beside him his

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Speaker 2: The two even from the womb ward against one another. Esaw,

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Speaker 2: the older twin, was tricked by his younger brother and

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Speaker 2: sold his birthright. Now we will learn about Rebecca and

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Speaker 2: Jacob tricking Isaac into giving Jacob his blessing inspired by

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible

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Speaker 3: That's Jack Graham dot org slash stress. Today we begin

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Speaker 3: with a famine that takes Isaac and his family to

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Speaker 3: You'll once again hear how despite a lack of faithfulness

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Speaker 3: You will also hear how Isaac followed the model of

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Speaker 2: There was a great famine that plagued the land. The land,

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Speaker 2: As soon as Esau heard this, he bellowed a deep

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Speaker 4: Esau wept bitterly.

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Speaker 2: His face fell into his hands as he managed to ask,

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Speaker 2: Isaac spoke again in ancient poetry. Welling up with sadness

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Speaker 2: A dark part of Esau's heart was awakened that day.

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Speaker 2: Thousands of generations had passed since Cain had killed his

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Speaker 4: Will kill my brother Jacob.

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Speaker 2: She said and for Jacob, and said to him, your

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Speaker 3: just like his father Abraham, on two separate occasions, Isaac

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Speaker 3: to trust in you. Thank you also for the valuable

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