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Numbers 11:12

NETBible	Did I conceive this entire people?¹ Did I give birth to² them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father³ bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers?
NIV © biblegateway Num 11:12	Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their forefathers?
NASB © biblegateway Num 11:12	"Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?
NLT © biblegateway Num 11:12	Are they my children? Am I their father? Is that why you have told me to carry them in my arms––like a nurse carries a baby––to the land you swore to give their ancestors?
MSG © biblegateway Num 11:12	Why tell me to carry them around like a nursing mother, carry them all the way to the land you promised to their ancestors?
BBE © SABDAweb Num 11:12	Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?
NRSV © bibleoremus Num 11:12	Did I conceive all this people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a sucking child,’ to the land that you promised on oath to their ancestors?
NKJV © biblegateway Num 11:12	"Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers?
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KJV	Have I conceived <02029> (8804) all this people <05971>_? have I begotten <03205> (8804) them, that thou shouldest say <0559> (8799) unto me, Carry <05375> (8798) them in thy bosom <02436>_, as a nursing father <0539> (8802) beareth <05375> (8799) the sucking child <03243> (8802)_, unto the land <0127> which thou swarest <07650> (8738) unto their fathers <01>_?
NASB © biblegateway Num 11:12	"Was it I who conceived <02029> all <03605> this <02088> people <05971> ? Was it I who brought <03205> them forth <03205> , that You should say <0559> to me, 'Carry <05375> them in your bosom <02436> as a nurse <0539> carries <05375> a nursing <03243> infant <03243> , to the land <0127> which <0834> You swore <07650> to their fathers <01> '?
LXXM	mh <3165> ADV egw <1473> P-NS en <1722> PREP gastri <1064> N-DSF elabon <2983> V-AAI-1S panta <3956> A-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM laon <2992> N-ASM touton <3778> D-ASM h <2228> CONJ egw <1473> P-NS etekon <5088> V-AAI-1S autouv <846> D-APM oti <3754> CONJ legeiv <3004> V-PAI-2S moi <1473> P-DS labe <2983> V-AAD-2S auton <846> D-ASM eiv <1519> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM kolpon <2859> N-ASM sou <4771> P-GS wsei <5616> ADV arai <142> V-AAN tiyhnov {A-NSF} ton <3588> T-ASM yhlazonta <2337> V-PAPAS eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF hn <3739> R-ASF wmosav {V-AAI-2S} toiv <3588> T-DPM patrasin <3962> N-DPM autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	Did I <0595> conceive <02029> this <02088> entire <03605> people <05971> ? Did I <0595> give birth <03205> to them, that <03588> you should say <0559> to <0413> me, ‘Carry <05375> them in your arms <02436> , as a foster father <0539> bears <05375> a nursing <03243> child,’ to the land <0127> which <0834> you swore <07650> to their fathers <01> ?
HEBREW	wytbal <01> tebsn <07650> rsa <0834> hmdah <0127> le <05921> qnyh <03243> ta <0853> Nmah <0539> avy <05375> rsak <0834> Kqyxb <02436> whav <05375> yla <0413> rmat <0559> yk <03588> whytdly <03205> ykna <0595> Ma <0518> hzh <02088> Meh <05971> lk <03605> ta <0853> ytyrh <02029> yknah (11:12) <0595>

NETBible

Did I conceive this entire people?¹ Did I give birth to² them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father³ bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers?

NET Notes

¹sn The questions Moses asks are rhetorical. He is actually affirming that they are not his people, that he did not produce them, but now is to support them. His point is that God produced this nation, but has put the burden of caring for their needs on him.

²tn The verb means “to beget, give birth to.” The figurative image from procreation completes the parallel question, first the conceiving and second the giving birth to the nation.

³tn The word אֹמֵן (’omen) is often translated “nurse,” but the form is a masculine form and would better be rendered as a “foster parent.” This does not work as well, though, with the יֹנֵק (yoneq), the “sucking child.” The two metaphors are simply designed to portray the duty of a parent to a child as a picture of Moses’ duty for the nation. The idea that it portrays God as a mother pushes it too far (see M. Noth, Numbers [OTL], 86-87).