2 Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, ^cwho has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

7 And when the king of Israel read the letter, ^qhe tore his clothes and said, ^r“Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only ^sconsider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”