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[4195.32 --> 4195.60] a little bit
[4195.60 --> 4196.36] of biblical history
[4196.36 --> 4197.46] so we can see
[4197.46 --> 4198.38] what God is doing.
[4199.74 --> 4200.62] Who are
[4200.62 --> 4201.70] the Ishmaelites
[4201.70 --> 4203.06] and the Midianites?
[4204.26 --> 4205.10] To answer
[4205.10 --> 4205.72] that question
[4205.72 --> 4206.52] we actually
[4206.52 --> 4207.52] have to go back
[4207.52 --> 4208.96] and look at
[4208.96 --> 4209.48] the story
[4209.48 --> 4210.72] of Abraham.
[4211.92 --> 4213.38] The Midianites
[4213.38 --> 4215.04] are descendants
[4215.04 --> 4216.02] of Abraham
[4216.02 --> 4217.92] through his son
[4217.92 --> 4218.92] Keturah
[4218.92 --> 4221.02] and the Ishmaelites
[4221.02 --> 4221.84] are descendants
[4221.84 --> 4222.70] of Abraham
[4222.70 --> 4224.70] through Hagar.
[4226.48 --> 4228.18] The forefathers
[4228.18 --> 4229.54] of this group
[4229.54 --> 4231.56] are half brothers.
[4231.90 --> 4232.66] They are sons
[4232.66 --> 4233.72] of Abraham
[4233.72 --> 4234.78] and so what that means
[4234.78 --> 4235.98] is they're uncles
[4235.98 --> 4236.96] to Jacob.
[4238.64 --> 4238.96] And so
[4238.96 --> 4239.54] this group
[4239.54 --> 4240.14] of traitors
[4240.14 --> 4240.70] that come
[4240.70 --> 4241.54] are second
[4241.54 --> 4242.78] or third cousins
[4242.78 --> 4243.78] to Joseph
[4243.78 --> 4244.74] and his brothers.
[4245.56 --> 4246.08] And the point
[4246.08 --> 4246.46] that I want you
[4246.46 --> 4246.86] to see here
[4246.86 --> 4247.60] is not that
[4247.60 --> 4248.40] these brothers
[4248.40 --> 4249.12] would have possibly
[4249.12 --> 4250.26] known these traitors
[4250.26 --> 4251.60] and these slavers.
[4252.32 --> 4252.98] The point
[4252.98 --> 4254.18] is that God
[4254.18 --> 4255.52] is using them
[4255.52 --> 4256.82] for his purposes.
[4256.82 --> 4257.86] This is where
[4257.86 --> 4258.16] I want you
[4258.16 --> 4258.60] to do this
[4258.60 --> 4259.18] biblical history.
[4259.28 --> 4259.80] Track with me.
[4260.58 --> 4261.22] Ishmael
[4261.22 --> 4261.88] is born
[4261.88 --> 4262.64] to Abraham
[4262.64 --> 4263.86] through Hagar
[4263.86 --> 4264.58] which is
[4264.58 --> 4265.16] Sarah's
[4265.16 --> 4265.92] maidservant
[4265.92 --> 4266.98] to provide
[4266.98 --> 4267.70] an heir
[4267.70 --> 4268.58] for Abraham
[4268.58 --> 4270.02] before Isaac
[4270.02 --> 4270.86] was born.
[4271.32 --> 4272.06] In the story
[4272.06 --> 4273.86] that Sarah
[4273.86 --> 4274.96] and Abraham
[4274.96 --> 4275.64] are trying
[4275.64 --> 4276.14] to take
[4276.14 --> 4276.70] the fulfillment
[4276.70 --> 4277.30] of God's
[4277.30 --> 4278.24] blessing to them
[4278.24 --> 4278.76] his promise
[4278.76 --> 4279.06] to them
[4279.06 --> 4280.24] into their own hands.
[4281.12 --> 4281.60] And so Sarah
[4281.60 --> 4282.06] says
[4282.06 --> 4283.94] lie with my
[4283.94 --> 4285.46] slave Hagar
[4285.46 --> 4286.44] and she
[4286.44 --> 4287.18] might provide
[4287.18 --> 4287.56] a son
[4287.56 --> 4288.00] for you.
[4288.54 --> 4289.50] Now at best
[4289.50 --> 4290.40] had that all
[4290.40 --> 4291.00] worked out
[4291.00 --> 4291.78] Ishmael
[4291.78 --> 4292.32] would have been
[4292.32 --> 4292.78] considered
[4292.78 --> 4293.82] a second tier
[4293.82 --> 4294.50] heir
[4294.50 --> 4295.10] especially
[4295.10 --> 4296.28] when Abraham
[4296.28 --> 4297.14] does go on
[4297.14 --> 4297.90] to have a son
[4297.90 --> 4298.74] with Sarah