The God giv’n to us has birthright

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