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===What does the Bible actually say?=== | ===What does the Bible actually say?=== | ||
Some translations appear to state that the eagle/vulture does carry its young on its wings but other translations make it clear that it is God that is doing this and not necessarily an eagle/vulture in the wild: | |||
:''You saw what I did to the Egyptians, and how I lifted you up on eagles’ wings and brought you to me.<ref>Common English Bible (Nashville, TN: Common English Bible, 2011), Ex 19:4.</ref> | :''You saw what I did to the Egyptians, and how I lifted you up on eagles’ wings and brought you to me.<ref>Common English Bible (Nashville, TN: Common English Bible, 2011), Ex 19:4.</ref> |