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our to The first-born—
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And hour.
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owned to count ties The family inheritance—for things supreme to but his his be. Levi giv’n
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did adversity,
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For his Joseph’s The young indeed. to Judah Benjamin’s
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Make Thee
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Deny birthright Thee, soul, the
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Thee, us,
Oh, Lord, right ne’er to despise;
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And birthright this our ’twas promise, giv’n gain to us, Lord, us The realize.