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 shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those with young.
Ezekiel 34:23
And I will set up one Shepherd over them, and He shall feed them, My servant David. He shall feed them, and He shall 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 suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.
Galatians 4:19
My children, for whom I again travail until Christ should be formed in you,
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse warmly cherishes her children.
The land
Genesis 13:15
For all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed forever.
Genesis 22:16
and said, I have sworn by Myself, says Jehovah; because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only one;
Genesis 26:3
Reside in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For to you and to your seed I will give all these lands; and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
Genesis 50:24
And Joseph said to his brothers, I die. And God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land into the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Exodus 13:5
And it shall be when Jehovah shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
General references
Deuteronomy 1:12
How can I by myself bear your pressure and your burden and your strife?