Numbers 11:12

New Century Version

I am not the father of all these people, and I didn’t give birth to them. So why do you make me carry them to the land you promised to our ancestors? Must I carry them in my arms as a nurse carries a baby?

Cross References

Genesis 13:15

All this land that you see I will give to you and your descendants forever.

Genesis 24:7

The Lord, the God of heaven, brought me from the home of my father and the land of my relatives. And he promised me, “I will give this land to your descendants.’ The Lord will send his angel before you to help you get a wife for my son there.

Genesis 26:3

Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I will give you and your descendants all these lands, and I will keep the oath I made to Abraham your father.

Genesis 50:24

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will take care of you. He will lead you out of this land to the land he promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

2 Kings 10:1

Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officers and elders of Jezreel and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab. Jehu said,

2 Kings 10:5

The palace manager, the city governor, the leaders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu. “We are your servants,” they said. “We will do everything you tell us to do. We won’t make any man king, so do whatever you think is best.”

Exodus 13:11

“And when the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanites, the land he promised to give you and your ancestors,

Exodus 13:5

The Lord will lead you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. This is the land he promised your ancestors he would give you, a fertile land. There you must celebrate this feast during the first month of every year.

Exodus 33:1

Then the Lord said to Moses, “You and the people you brought out of Egypt must leave this place. Go to the land that I promised with an oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give that land to your descendants.’

Exodus 6:8

I will lead you to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give you that land to own. I am the Lord.’ ”

Isaiah 40:11

He takes care of his people like a shepherd. He gathers them like lambs in his arms and carries them close to him. He gently leads the mothers of the lambs.

Isaiah 49:15

The Lord answers, “Can a woman forget the baby she nurses? Can she feel no kindness for the child to which she gave birth? Even if she could forget her children, I will not forget you.

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will teach your children, and daughters of kings will take care of them. They will bow down before you and kiss the dirt at your feet. Then you will know I am the Lord. Anyone who trusts in me will not be disappointed.”

Ezekiel 34:23

Then I will put over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and tend them and be their shepherd.

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though you may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Through the Good News I became your father in Christ Jesus,

Galatians 4:19

My little children, again I feel the pain of childbirth for you until you truly become like Christ.

Deuteronomy 1:31

And in the desert you saw how the Lord your God carried you, like one carries a child. And he has brought you safely all the way to this place.”

1 Thessalonians 2:7

even though as apostles of Christ we could have used our authority over you. But we were very gentle with you, like a mother caring for her little children.