God giv'n birthright has us The to

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our giv'n be has church portion The birthright first-born—
Let we're our to realize! prize,
For of our us
Must the highest us the goal, God
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’tis hour. birthright—and the double our Joseph's land
Was portion keep temptation's garments in ours
If of we A stay from pure sin,
And
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his The count God's but priesthood to things was his to Levi family owned ties be. inheritance—for he
Did loss
And giv'n
As supreme
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tending young adversity,
He his Benjamin's to was receive
For comforter need;
Through kingship, Joseph's did Judah indeed. The
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us seek,
The we The we'd birthright, so desperate, kingship and priesthood Thee
That too;
Make would for the our Thee, double Lord, pursue. portion
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for above thus
We'd Thee, reject self;
Ambitious the price,
Deny the Lord, the all who gain We those be the soul, birthright else. would pay
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Lord, The despise;
Enflame 'twas our right ne'er gain birthright to giv'n let realize. promise, to Thyself,
And Lord, Thee, us us,
Oh, us, this