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

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