(Devarim 1:15) "And I took the heads of your tribes": I "took" them with words (of suasion). I said to them: How fortunate you are! For whom are you coming to be appointed? For the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, men who are called "brothers," "friends," "the lot of His inheritance," "the flock of His grazing," and every other term of endearment.