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"Was it I who conceivedallthispeople? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom as a 1nursecarries a nursinginfant, to the landwhich2You swore to their fathers '?
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Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each man at the doorway of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was displeased .
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So Moses said to the LORD , "Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?
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"Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers '?
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"Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, 'Give us meat that we may eat!'
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"I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me.