‘Are you really going to reign over us? ’ his brothers asked him. ‘Are you really going to rule us? ’ So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.
‘This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge? #– #this one God sent as a ruler and a deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
David’s eldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and he became angry with him. ‘Why did you come down here? ’ he asked. ‘Who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart #– #you came down to see the battle! ’
‘Who made you a commander and judge over us? ’ the man replied. ‘Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? ’ Then Moses became afraid and thought, ‘What I did is certainly known.’
The blessings of your father excel the blessings of my ancestors and the bounty of the ancient hills. , May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart, ‘The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.’
Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.’
But Judah approached him and said, ‘My lord, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.
with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it; and with the favour of him who appeared in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
Saul was furious and resented this song. ‘They credited tens of thousands to David,’ he complained, ‘but they only credited me with thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom? ’