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And in verse 7, as we left off

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last time, he says, "...and your father hath

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deceived me, and changed my wages ten times,

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but God suffered him not to hurt me."

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Now, is Jacob beginning to complain?

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I think so, and we're going to see

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that later on in this chapter.

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Now, will you notice, he goes on to

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explain to these wives, that they'll understand, of

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actually what has happened, that the thing that

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he has done, has in it the element

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of, not trickery, but of taking advantage of

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his opportunity in a business way.

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I don't want to say he's dishonest here,

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because I don't think that he is.

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He's been dishonest in so many things, but

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I think here, he was just using a

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method that I'm sure any businessman would have

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used, and it would have been legitimate.

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He's certainly not hurting Laban at all.

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But God has blessed him to the extent

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that Laban now and his sons become very

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jealous of him, and they hate him.

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And you'll notice, as he goes on to

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explain all of this, he tells now, actually,

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why he wants to leave.

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Because he says in verse 11 of Genesis

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31, "...and the angel of God spake unto

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me in a dream, saying, Jacob, and I

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said, Here am I.

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And he said, Lift up now thine eyes,

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and see, all the rams which leap upon

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the cattle are wringed, strait, speckled, and grizzled.

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For I have seen all that Laban doeth

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unto thee."

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Now, probably you thought last time, that I

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was not giving a satisfactory answer to what

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had taken place, because I recognize that there

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are several explanations of why these animals were

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speckled.

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But I was waiting till we could get

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right here, because why were they that way?

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God says, I did it.

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May I say that I, therefore, don't need

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to look for these natural explanations, although I'm

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confident that God probably used one of them.

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But since God didn't tell me which one

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it is, I'm of the opinion that we

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don't know.

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There are several explanations, and you can take

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the one you want, but I like this

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one.

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God says, I saw what Laban was doing

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to you, and I blessed you.

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Now, verse 13, and this is what's important.

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I am the God of Bethel.

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Now, you see, God goes back to where

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He appeared to this boy when He was

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running away from home, His first night away

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from home, that He spent at Bethel.

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And He says now, I'm the God of

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Bethel, where thou anointest the pillar, where thou

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vowest a vow unto Me.

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Now arise, get thee out from this land,

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and return unto the land of thy kindred.

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Now, God wants him out of that land,

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because He's got twelve boys that are growing

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up, and they are already beginning to learn

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some things that they should not be learning.

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And they are there in the place of

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idolatry and heathenism.

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And so God wants to get Jacob and

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these boys away from there, just as He

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got Abraham out of a home of idolatry.