has God to The us giv’n birthright

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