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40._o which_o amount_v to_o the_o same_o effect_n that_o he_o sleep_v with_o his_o father_n i_o will_v interpose_v nothing_o to_o the_o contrary_a but_o have_v be_v more_o confident_a of_o ismaels_n final_a happiness_n have_v it_o be_v say_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v gather_v to_o his_o father_n abraham_n bosom_n be_v a_o note_a place_n luke_n 12._o for_o bless_a repose_n abraham_n immediate_a seed_n be_v either_o such_o as_o be_v beget_v by_o he_o 1._o in_o his_o life_n or_o 2._o after_o his_o death_n of_o the_o former_a be_v esau_n and_o jacob_n both_o of_o they_o be_v 15._o year_n old_a while_o abraham_n be_v yet_o survive_v as_o may_v be_v demonstrate_v by_o the_o follow_a computation_n 1._o abraham_n be_v a_o hundred_o year_n old_a when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v gen._n 21._o 5._o 2._o isaac_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o take_v rebeccah_n to_o wife_n gen._n 25._o 20._o 3._o isaac_n be_v threescore_o year_n old_a when_o esau_n and_o jacob_n be_v bear_v gen._n 25._o 26._o 4._o 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