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Speaker 1: Dear Lord, as the story in Genesis thirty one seventeen

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Speaker 1: thank you for praying with us today. Continue your time

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Speaker 1: with God by listening to today's Bible story, brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Bible in a Year dot.

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Speaker 2: Com fleeing from Laban. Before this story, we learned how

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Speaker 2: one daughter. Leah and Rachel lived in constant feud with

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Speaker 2: one another, inspiteed each other daily. Jacob, in search of

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Speaker 2: back to Canaan. However, Jacob tricked Laban into giving him

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

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Speaker 3: Bible of the Year podcast. Previously, we learned how Jacob

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Speaker 3: not happy with Jacob's prosperity, and Jacob fears for his

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Speaker 2: Jacob had amassed a large flock and a great amount

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Speaker 2: as Jacob led his heart's anguish before him. Jacob's voice

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Speaker 2: So Laban and Jacob gathered stones to set as a

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Speaker 3: Laban's words are filled with rage, but more than anything,

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Speaker 3: Laban has wielded control over Jacob for a long time now,

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Speaker 3: what we are seeing in today's reading. In the end,

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Speaker 3: this is a story of God's grace. Despite Jacob's sins, failures,

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Speaker 3: him to break free from Laban. Despite Laban's idolatrous pagan beliefs.

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Speaker 3: God appeared to him and spoke to him and helped

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Speaker 3: to be violent. So Jacob departs with his wives, committing

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Speaker 3: It's a new beginning, and as in many times in

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Speaker 3: the case of God's story, with a new beginning comes

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Speaker 3: a new name. That's what we're going to look at

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Speaker 3: the next time. Let's pray, Dear God, how we thank

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Speaker 3: you for what this story is teaching us about breaking

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Speaker 3: that when we must break free, that you would give

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Speaker 3: you to lead us all the way, and that there

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Speaker 3: that you are always faithful, faithful to us in every way,

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Speaker 3: just as you were faithful to Jacob, you are more

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Speaker 3: than faithful to us in Christ's name. Amen. Thank you

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