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 up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
Ezekiel 34:23
I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them -- namely, my servant David. He will feed them 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 baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!
Galatians 4:19
My children -- I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!
1 Thessalonians 2:7
although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,
The land
Genesis 13:15
I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.
Genesis 22:16
and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the Lord, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.
Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
Exodus 13:5
When the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, then you will keep this ceremony in this month.
General references
Deuteronomy 1:12
But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?