Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.”
And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.
But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.
“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.
And David said to him, “Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the Lord's anointed.’”
“If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose.
Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”
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