Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Carry them
As a nursing
General references
Bible References
Carry them
Isaiah 40:11 He protects His flock like a shepherd;
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.
Ezekiel 34:23
I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.
John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
As a nursing
Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
or lack compassion for the child of her womb?
Even if these forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Galatians 4:19
My children, I am again suffering labor pains for you until Christ is formed in you.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.
The land
Genesis 13:15
for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.
Genesis 22:16
and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,
Genesis 26:3
stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
Genesis 50:24
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will certainly come to your aid and bring you up from this land to the land He promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Exodus 13:5
When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you must carry out this ritual in this month.
General references
Deuteronomy 1:12
But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?