Numbers 11:12

12 "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 1nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which 2You swore to their fathers '?

Numbers 11:12 In-Context

10 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 .
11 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?
12 "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 '?
13 "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!'
14 "I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Kings 10:1, 5; Isaiah 49:23
  • 2. Genesis 24:7; Exodus 13:5, 11; Exodus 33:1

Footnotes 1

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