Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and throw him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
But ten men were found among them that said to Ishmael, Do not slay us: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he held back, and did not slay them among their brethren.
If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and go up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;