giv’n birthright God us has to The

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