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12 Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who gave birth to them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a [a](A)nurse carries a nursing baby, to the land which (B)You swore to their fathers’? 13 Where am I to get meat to give to (C)all this people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat that we may eat!’ 14 (D)I alone am not able to carry all this people because it is too heavy for me.

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  1. Numbers 11:12 Or foster-father

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,(A) to the land you promised on oath(B) to their ancestors?(C) 13 Where can I get meat for all these people?(D) They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 14 I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.(E)

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