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Breaking the Curse of Poverty David K. Owusu
Genesis 13:2 [ESV]
“The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, ‘Lift
up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward
and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that
you see I will give to you and your offspring forever…arise walk
through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to
you.” Genesis 13:14-17 [ESV]
Isaac just like his father had his own fair share of the abundant life
Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a
hundred fold. And the Lord blessed him, and the man became rich,
and continued to grow until he became very rich” Genesis 26:12
[NASB]
Say nothing of Jacob (Israel), Job (who being very rich in the land
after the catastrophic events ended up with double of what he had,
The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his
friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Job
42:10 [AMP]
While Solomon whom the Lord blessed to be the richest; exceeding
all the kings of the earth in riches
Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one [particular]
year was six hundred and sixty-six [a]talents of gold….So King
Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in wealth and in
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