Numbers 11:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² “Was it I who conceived all these people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as the foster father carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that You should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing father carries the sucking child, to the land which You swore to their fathers [to give them]?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Common English Bible

¹² Did I conceive all these people? Did I give birth to them, that you would say to me, ‘Carry them at the breast, as a nurse carries an unweaned child,’ to the fertile land that you promised their ancestors?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Could I have conceived this entire multitude, or have given birth to them, so that you might say to me: Carry them in your bosom, as a nursemaid usually carries a little infant, and bring them into the land, about which you have sworn to their fathers?

Numbers 11:12 Cross References

Genesis 13:15

for all the land which you see I shall give to you and your seed forever.

Genesis 24:7

“יהוה, Elohim of the heavens, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your seed I give this land,’ He sends His messenger before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 26:3

“Sojourn in this land. And I shall be with you and bless you, for I give all these lands to you and your seed. And I shall establish the oath which I swore to Aḇ

Genesis 50:24

And Yosĕ

2 Kings 10:1

And Aḥ

2 Kings 10:5

And he who was over the house, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and the guardians, sent to Yĕ

Exodus 13:11

“And it shall be, when יהוה  brings you into the land of the Kenaʽ

Exodus 13:5

“And it shall be, when יהוה  brings you into the land of the Kenaʽ

Exodus 33:1

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Come, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Mitsrayim, to the land of which I swore to Aḇ

Exodus 6:8

‘And I shall bring you into the land which I swore to give to Aḇ

Isaiah 40:11

He feeds His flock like a shepherd, He gathers the lambs with His arm, and carries them in His bosom, gently leading those who are with young.

Isaiah 49:15

“Would a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Though they forget, I never forget you.

Isaiah 49:23

“And sovereigns shall be your foster fathers, and their sovereignesses your nursing mothers. They bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet. And you shall know that I am יהוה  – those who wait for Me shall not be ashamed.”

Ezekiel 34:23

“And I shall raise up over them one shepherd, My servant Dawiḏ

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For if you should have ten thousand instructors in Messiah, yet not many fathers, for in Messiah יהושע  I have brought you forth through the Good News.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, for whom I am again in birth pains until Messiah is formed in you,

Deuteronomy 1:31

and in the wilderness, where you saw how יהוה  your Elohim has borne you, as a man bears his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

1 Thessalonians 2:7

But we were gentle in your midst, like a nursing mother warmly loving her own children.