Deuteronomy 1:31

Not only at the Red Sea did God appear for the defense of his people and the discomfiture of their enemies, but also in the wilderness, which they had seen (as in Deuteronomy 1:19 ), where ( אֲשֶׂר , elliptically for אֲשֶׂר בוֹ ) Jehovah their God bore them as a man beareth his son, sustaining, tending, supporting, and carrying them over difficulties (comp. Numbers 11:12 , where a similar figure occurs; see also Isaiah 46:3 , Isaiah 46:4 ; Isaiah 63:9 , etc.; Psalms 23:1-6 .).