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prosperity_n 12._o he_o forbear_v what_o god_n forbid_v his_o fault_n 1._o he_o be_v a_o idolater_n 2._o he_o love_v jacob_n in_o a_o worldly_a manner_n 3._o he_o cozen_v jacob_n 4._o he_o look_v dogged_o upon_o he_o because_o he_o hinder_v his_o wealth_n though_o without_o any_o wrong_n 5._o he_o pursue_v jacob_n with_o a_o hostile_a mind_n 6._o he_o false_o charge_v jacob_n with_o steal_v his_o idol_n 3._o his_o benefit_n 1._o he_o have_v a_o good_a son_n in_o law_n 2._o he_o be_v rich_a 4._o his_o cross_n 1._o his_o daughter_n and_o grand_a child_n go_v far_o from_o he_o 2._o he_o be_v trouble_v at_o jacob_n prosperity_n his_o death_n jacob_n child_n reuben_n what_o it_o signify_v gen._n 29.3_o simeon_n what_o it_o signify_v levi_n what_o it_o signify_v judah_n what_o it_o signify_v gen._n 30.18_o issachar_n what_o it_o signify_v zebulun_n what_o it_o signify_v dan_o what_o it_o signify_v nephthali_n what_o it_o signify_v gad_n what_o it_o signify_v asher_n what_o it_o signify_v 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they_o 3._o their_o benefit_n 1._o they_o have_v a_o godly_a father_n and_o themselves_o be_v pillar_n of_o the_o true_a church_n 2_o god_n save_v they_o all_o from_o a_o great_a danger_n 3._o they_o have_v store_n of_o riches_n 4._o joseph_n nourish_v they_o in_o the_o famine_n their_o cross_n 1._o in_o danger_n from_o esau_n when_o child_n 2._o in_o danger_n at_o shechem_n 3._o feel_v a_o famine_n and_o be_v rough_o handle_v by_o joseph_n reuben_n 1._o his_o fault_n gen._n 35.22_o 1._o he_o commit_v incest_n with_o his_o father_n concubine_n incest_n be_v a_o great_a sin_n 1_o cor._n 5._o 2._o his_o virtue_n 1._o he_o wise_o dissuade_v his_o brethren_n from_o kill_v of_o joseph_n 2._o he_o be_v full_o mind_v to_o restore_v joseph_n to_o his_o father_n again_o 3_o he_o grieve_v to_o see_v his_o hope_n disappoint_v and_o joseph_n take_v out_o of_o the_o pit_n 4_o he_o seek_v to_o remove_v his_o father_n from_o his_o stiffenes_n in_o refuse_v to_o send_v benjamin_n into_o egypt_n his_o cross_n his_o father_n mind_v he_o of_o his_o incest_n on_o his_o deathbed_n 3._o his_o benefit_n he_o have_v divers_a son_n simeon_n and_o levi_n their_o sin_n double_a 1._o the_o murder_n of_o the_o sichemite_n murder_n be_v a_o great_a sin_n 2._o they_o show_v no_o repentance_n when_o their_o father_n tell_v they_o of_o their_o fault_n their_o punishment_n they_o lose_v part_n of_o the_o birthright_n levy_n death_n judah_n his_o fault_n 1._o he_o leave_v his_o father_n house_n 2._o he_o be_v lead_v by_o his_o eye_n in_o marriage_n 3._o he_o commit_v incest_n with_o his_o daughter_n in_o law_n heb_n 13_o 4._o 1_o cor._n 6.9_o 4._o he_o dissemble_v with_o his_o daughter_n in_o law_n 5._o he_o forget_v his_o own_o naughtiness_n &_o will_v have_v have_v tamar_n burn_v 6._o repent_v not_o of_o his_o whoredom_n but_o seek_v to_o redeem_v his_o pledge_n his_o virtue_n 1._o he_o return_v at_o last_o to_o his_o father_n house_n 2._o he_o be_v somewhat_o humble_v for_o his_o sin_n 3._o he_o 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success_n and_o love_v and_o reward_v he_o for_o it_o deut._n 15.1_o 14._o prov._n 27.18_o col._n 4.1_o gal._n 3.28_o 2._o he_o do_v not_o take_v away_o josephs_n life_n in_o a_o rage_n his_o benefit_n he_o have_v a_o honourable_a office_n his_o cross_n he_o have_v a_o lewd_a woman_n to_o his_o wife_n potiphars_n wife_n no_o good_a in_o she_o her_o fault_n 1._o she_o be_v a_o adulterous_a woman_n 2._o impudent_a and_o earnest_a in_o her_o filthiness_n 3._o most_o malicious_a pharaoh_n butler_n and_o baker_n 1._o their_o good_a deed_n 1._o they_o bear_v their_o imprisonment_n patient_o and_o cheerful_o gen._n 40.7_o 2._o they_o despise_v not_o josephs_n youth_n or_o mean_a
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