Job 3:12

New International Version

¹²Why were there knees to receive me^(A)
and breasts that I might be nursed?

Isaiah 66:12

New International Version

¹²For this is what the Lord says:

“I will extend peace^(A) to her like a river,^(B)
and the wealth^(C) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried^(D) on her arm
and dandled on her knees.

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Isaiah 66:12 in all English translations

Genesis 30:3

New International Version

³Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,^(A) my servant.^(B) Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”^(C)

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Genesis 50:23

New International Version

²³and saw the third generation^(A) of Ephraim’s^(B) children.^(C) Also the children of Makir^(D) son of Manasseh^(E) were placed at birth on Joseph’s knees.^[a]^(F)

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Footnotes

Genesis 50:23 That is, were counted as his

Genesis 50:23 in all English translations

Ezekiel 16:4-5

New International Version

⁴On the day you were born^(A) your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. ⁵No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.

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