Job 3:12

Job Wishes He Had Died

¹¹ “Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?
¹² “Why did the knees receive me,
And why the breasts, that I should suck?
¹³ “For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

Job

Genesis 30:3

She said, “Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that through her I too may have children.”

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees.

Genesis 50:23

Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.

Ezekiel 16:4-5

As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths.