Thomson(i)
11 yet Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant; and why have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldst lay upon me the weight of this people?
12 Have I conceived all this people? Or have I brought them forth, that thou sayest to me, Take them in thy bosom, and carry them, as a nurse would her sucking child, to the land which with an oath thou hast promised to their fathers?
13 Whence can I have flesh to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat.
14 I am not able alone to bear this people. It is a burden too heavy for me.
15 If thou deal thus with me, kill me outright, if I have found favour in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.
16 Whereupon the Lord said to Moses, Assemble before me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be elders of the people, and their scribes; and bring them to the tabernacle of the testimony, and let them stand there with thee;
17 and I will come down and talk with thee there, and I will take a portion of the spirit which is upon thee, and put it upon them; and they will help thee to bear the burden of this people, so that thou shalt not bear them thyself alone.
18 And thou shalt say to this people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and you shall eat flesh. Because you have wept before the Lord, saying, Who can give us flesh to eat? It is better for us to be in Egypt; therefore the Lord will give you flesh to eat, and you shall eat flesh. 19 You shall eat it, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten nor twenty days.