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Commentary for Job 3:12

מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַה־שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃

Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

Rashi on Job

Why did knees receive me Why did the knees of my mother receive me before my death?
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Rashi on Job

that I should suck [Why] was it decreed upon me to suck them? As he is speaking on the day of his birth, he mentions those subsequent events in the future tense.
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