Numbers 11:12

10 Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.

11 So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?

Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?

13 Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
KJV
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?
WEB
Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers’?
ASV
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?
DARBY
Have I conceived all this people, have I brought them forth, that thou sayest to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as the nursing-father beareth the suckling, unto the land which thou didst swear unto their fathers?
BLB
Did I conceive all this people? Or did I beget them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land that You swore to their fathers?
ÅB
Har jeg undfanget hele dette folk, har jeg født det, siden du sier jeg skal bære det i min favn, slik som ammen bærer det diende barn, og føre det til det land du har tilsvoret dets fedre?
OTB
Har jeg unnfanget hele dette folket? Har jeg født dem, at du skulle si til meg: ‘Bær dem i dine armer som en sykepleier bærer et diende barn, til det landet du lovet deres forfedre’?
B1930
Har jeg undfanget hele dette folk, har jeg født det, siden du sier jeg skal bære det i min favn, likesom ammen bærer det diende barn, og føre det til det land du har tilsvoret dets fedre?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 49:23

    Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

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  • Isaiah 40:11

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

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  • Exodus 13:5

    And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:7

    On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

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  • Genesis 50:24

    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

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  • Genesis 26:3

    Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

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  • Ezekiel 34:23

    I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

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  • Galatians 4:19

    My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

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