God like the Eagle....

Regarding the Exodus, Moses likened God to an eagle who gently rouses its nestlings and hovers over them before entering the nest (Deut. 32:11-13). Unlike other birds that carry their young by their claws, eagles carry their young upon their wings, declaring, "if an arrow is shot, it will pierce me rather than my child" (Midrash Tachunah). God "made them ride upon the high places of the land," that is, the land of Israel, and gave them "honey from the bedrock" and "oil from the flinty rocks," two images of unusual blessing in the promised land. 
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