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
Like a shepherd, he tends his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms, carries them close to his heart, and gently leads the mother sheep."
Ezekiel 34:23
""Then I'll install one shepherd for them my servant David and he will feed them, will be there for them, and will serve as their shepherd.
John 10:11
"I'm 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 have no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these mothers may forget; But as for me, I'll never forget you!
Galatians 4:19
My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until the Messiah is formed in you.
1 Thessalonians 2:7
even though as apostles of the Messiah we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.
The land
Genesis 13:15
because I'm going to give you and your descendants all of the land that you see forever!
Genesis 22:16
and said, "I have taken an oath to swear by myself," declares the LORD, "that since you have carried this out and have not withheld your only unique son,
Genesis 26:3
Remain in this land, and I'll be with and bless you by giving all these lands to you and to your descendants in fulfillment of my solemn promise that I made to your father Abraham.
Genesis 50:24
Later, Joseph told his brothers, "I'm going to die soon, but God will certainly provide for you and bring you up from this land to the land that he promised with an oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
Exodus 13:5
When the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey you are to observe this ritual in this month.
General references
Deuteronomy 1:12
How can I bear the burden of you and your bickering all by myself?