8. Look, I have set the land before you; go and take possession of the land that Yahweh swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them and to their offspring after them.’
9. “And I spoke to them at that time, saying, ‘I am not able to bear you alone.
10. Yahweh your God has multiplied you, and look; you are today as the stars of the heaven in number.
11. Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, may he add to you as you are now a thousand times, and may he bless you just as he promised you.
12. How can I bear you by myself, your burden and your load and your strife?