Numbers 11:12
Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?
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- Exod 13:5 : 5 And it will be that, when the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, the land which he made an oath to your fathers that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you will do this act of worship in this month.
- Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
- Isa 40:11 : 11 He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
- Gen 50:24 : 24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.
- 1 Thess 2:7 : 7 But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
- Isa 49:15 : 15 Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.
- Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.
- Gen 22:16-17 : 16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son, 17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
- Gen 26:3 : 3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
- Ezek 34:23 : 23 And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.
- John 10:11 : 11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
- Gal 4:19 : 19 My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Num 11:10-112 verses82%
10And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.
11And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?
- Num 11:13-153 verses79%
13Where am I to get flesh to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me and saying, Give us flesh for our food.
14I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.
15If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
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11And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?
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31And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.
- Isa 46:3-42 verses73%
3Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:
4Even when you are old I will be the same, and when you are grey-haired I will take care of you: I will still be responsible for what I made; yes, I will take you and keep you safe.
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12How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?
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9At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;
- Exod 32:11-133 verses72%
11But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?
12Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.
13Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.
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22And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?
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12And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.
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11And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?
- Exod 3:10-123 verses72%
10Come, then, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may take my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
11And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.
- Num 11:21-233 verses72%
21Then Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, I will give them flesh to be their food for a month.
22Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full?
23And the Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord's hand become short? Now you will see if my word comes true for you or not.
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27How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.
- Exod 17:2-43 verses71%
2So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?
3And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?
4And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.
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13And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them;
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4You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.
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3Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?
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4Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?
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3O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.
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13Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?
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19But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.
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17And I will come down and have talk with you there: and I will take some of the spirit which is on you and put it on them, and they will take part of the weight of the people off you, so that you do not have to take it by yourself.
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11Then the Lord said to me, Get up and go on your journey before the people, so that they may go in and take the land which I said in my oath to their fathers that I would give them.
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18Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.
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15And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.
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11Then the early days came to their minds, the days of Moses his servant: and they said, Where is he who made the keeper of his flock come up from the sea? where is he who put his holy spirit among them,
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15Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.
- Exod 6:8-92 verses68%
8And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh.
9And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.
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6Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
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9And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.
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21Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?
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1When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.
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13And the word of the Lord came to Moses and Aaron, with orders for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
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10And I took you up out of the land of Egypt, guiding you for forty years in the waste land, so that you might take for your heritage the land of the Amorite.
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21And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?
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9Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.