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Subject: Maybe there was a hidden lesson in this lesson

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Date Posted: 22:56:14 12/03/09 Thu
In reply to: Hillbilly 's message, "Genesis 23 vss 5-20 Post #121" on 18:18:37 11/28/09 Sat

Even though God had given Abraham the land as his inheritance, maybe Abraham felt the need to pay something for it--to earn it in some way? Does that make any sense?

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[> [> Subject: Interesting thoughts on that, HB
Author: dori [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 23:02:42 12/04/09 Fri It does give it an air of legitimacy to the doubters, I suppose. Even though he knew it was his by God's promise, he obviously knew that there would be naysayers to challenge him and took the right precautions.