to us God The has birthright giv'n

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