Job 3:12

Tree of Life Version

Why did the knees welcome me, and breasts that I might nurse?

Cross References

Genesis 30:3

So she said, “Here’s my maid-servant Bilhah. Go to her and let her give birth on my knees, so that from her I may also build a family.”

Genesis 50:23

Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons. Also the sons of Machir, Manasseh’s son, were born upon Joseph’s knees.

Job 3:11

Why did I not die at birth and expire as I exited the womb?

Job 3:13

For now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep and at rest

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says Adonai: “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream. You will be nursed, carried on the hip, and bounced on her knees.