Deuteronomy 1:31

31 and [just as he did] in the wilderness^[a] when^[b] you saw that^[c] Yahweh your God carried you, just as someone^[d] carries his son, all [along] the way [that] you traveled until {you reached}^[e] this place.'

Deuteronomy 1:31 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:31

And in the wilderness
Where he had fed them with manna, brought water out of rocks for them, protected them from every hurtful creature, had fought their battles for them, and given them victory over Amalek, Sihon, and Og:

where thou hast seen how the Lord thy God bare thee as a man doth bear
his son;
in his arms, in his bosom, with great care and tenderness:

in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place;
supplying their wants, supporting their persons, subduing their enemies, and preserving them from everything hurtful to them; and therefore having God on their side, as appeared by so many instances, of his favour to them, they had nothing to dread or fear from the Canaanites, though ever so mighty.

Deuteronomy 1:31 In-Context

29 "And so I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, and do not fear them.

30 Yahweh your God, who is going {before you}, will himself fight for you, {just as} he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

31 and [just as he did] in the wilderness when you saw that Yahweh your God carried you, just as someone carries his son, all [along] the way [that] you traveled until {you reached} this place.'

32 But through all of this you did not trust in Yahweh your God,

33 {who goes} {before you} on your way, seeking a place for your encampment, in fire at night and in a cloud by day, to show you the way that {you should go}.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "desert"
• [b]. Or "where"
• [c]. Or "how"
• [d]. Or "a man"
• [e]. Literally "you came"