² And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, ^(A)“Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

⁷ And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I ^(A)God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”