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# Did I conceive all these people?
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Moses used this question to remind God that Moses was not their father. Alternate translation: "I am not the father of all these people." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# Have I given them birth so that you should say to me, 'Carry ... baby?'
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Moses wants God to remember that God told him to take care of the Israelites even though Moses was not their father. Alternate translation: "I have not given them birth, so you have no right to say to me, 'Carry ... baby'!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# Carry them closely to your chest
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To take care of the Israelites is spoken of as if it were to carry a helpless newborn baby. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# Should I carry them ... to give them?
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This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "You should not expect me to carry them ... to give them!" or "I am not able to carry them ... to give them!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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