¹²Did I conceive all these people? If I have fathered them,^k that you could say to me, ‘Carry them^l in your lap, just as a foster-father carries the suckling on the land that you swore an oath to their ancestors?’^m

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kHebrew “him/it”
lHebrew “him/it”
mOr “fathers”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to give their fathers?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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 ancestors?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so you should tell me, ‘Carry them at your breast, as a nursing mother carries a baby,’ to the land that you swore to give their ancestors?

NLTNew Living Translation

Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors?

KJV 1900King James Version

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?

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