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I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’ <a href="/esv/exodus/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> and I promise that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ <a href="/bsb/exodus/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’ <a href="/kjv/exodus/3.htm">King James Bible</a> And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/3.htm">New King James Version</a> and I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’ <a href="/nasb_/exodus/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So I said, I will bring you up out of the oppression of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ <a href="/nasb/exodus/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/exodus/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ <a href="/lsb/exodus/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ <a href="/amp/exodus/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So I said I will bring you up out of the suffering and oppression of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ <a href="/csb/exodus/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And I have promised you that I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And I have promised you that I will bring you up from the misery of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/asv/exodus/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/cev/exodus/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and I promise to lead them out of their troubles. I will give them a land rich with milk and honey, where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. <a href="/erv/exodus/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/gwt/exodus/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I promise I will take you away from your misery in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey."' <a href="/gnt/exodus/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> I have decided that I will bring them out of Egypt, where they are being treated cruelly, and will take them to a rich and fertile land--the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. <a href="/isv/exodus/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> I have said that I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—to a land flowing with milk and honey."' <a href="/msb/exodus/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites?a land flowing with milk and honey.? <a href="/net/exodus/3.htm">NET Bible</a> and I have promised that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' <a href="/nheb/exodus/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hethite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' <a href="/wbt/exodus/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And I have said, I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/web/exodus/3.htm">World English Bible</a> I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and I say [that] I bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing [with] milk and honey. <a href="/ylt/exodus/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and I say, I bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/slt/exodus/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And saying, I will bring you up from the affliction of Egypt, to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I have said the word to bring you forth out of the affliction of Egypt, into the land of the Chanaanite, the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite, to a land that floweth with milk and honey. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I have spoken in order to lead you out of the affliction of Egypt, into the land of the Canaanite, and Hittite, and Amorite, and Perizzite, and Hivite, and Jebusite, into a land flowing with milk and honey.’ <a href="/nabre/exodus/3.htm">New American Bible</a> so I have decided to lead you up out of your affliction in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I declare that I will bring you up out of the misery of Egypt, to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, a land flowing with milk and honey.’<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I said, ‘I shall bring you from the oppression of the Egyptians to the land of Canaanites and of the Khethites and of the Amorites and of Perezites and of Khivites and of Yebusites, to the land that flows milk and honey.'<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/sep/exodus/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of the Chananites and the Chettites, and Amorites and Pherezites, and Gergesites, and Evites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/parallel/exodus/3-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=574" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/3.htm">Moses at the Burning Bush</a> …16Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt. 17<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wā·’ō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">And I have promised</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ’a·‘ă·leh (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">to bring you up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6040.htm" title="6040: mê·‘o·nî (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Affliction, poverty. From anah; depression, i.e. Misery.">out of your affliction</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">in Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">of the Canaanites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2850.htm" title="2850: wə·ha·ḥit·tî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Heth. Patronymically from Cheth; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth.">Hittites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: wə·hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">Amorites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6522.htm" title="6522: wə·hap·pə·riz·zî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- A people in the land of Canaan. For praziy; inhabitant of the open country; a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes.">Perizzites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2340.htm" title="2340: wə·ha·ḥiw·wî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps from chavvah; a villager; a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine.">Hivites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2983.htm" title="2983: wə·hay·ḇū·sî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Jebus. Patrial from Ybuwc; a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus.">and Jebusites—</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">a land</a> <a href="/hebrew/2100.htm" title="2100: zā·ḇaṯ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc) -- To flow, gush. A primitive root; to flow freely, i.e. to have a flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow.">flowing</a> <a href="/hebrew/2461.htm" title="2461: ḥā·lāḇ (N-ms) -- Milk. From the same as cheleb; milk.">with milk</a> <a href="/hebrew/1706.htm" title="1706: ū·ḏə·ḇāš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Honey. From an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey; by analogy, syrup.">and honey.’</a> 18The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13-14</a> Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions. <a href="/genesis/46-4.htm">Genesis 46:4</a> I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.” <a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Genesis 50:24</a> Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” <a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6-8</a> Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. / I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. / And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’” <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Exodus 13:5</a> And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month. <a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10-11</a> And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build, / with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied, <a href="/deuteronomy/26-9.htm">Deuteronomy 26:9</a> And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a> For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Nehemiah 9:8</a> You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous. <a href="/psalms/105-42.htm">Psalm 105:42-44</a> For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant. / He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. / He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-12</a> On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. / He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth. <a href="/jeremiah/32-22.htm">Jeremiah 32:22</a> You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. <a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Acts 7:6-7</a> God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. / ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’ <a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17</a> The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land. <a href="/romans/9-17.htm">Romans 9:17</a> For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.I will bring.<a href="/exodus/3-9.htm">Exodus 3:9</a> Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.<a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-25</a> And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage… <a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13-21</a> And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; … unto the land.<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a> And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.<a href="/genesis/15-14.htm">Genesis 15:14,18-21</a> And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/genesis/15-21.htm">Jeb'usites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/genesis/15-20.htm">Per'izzites</a> <a href="/1_john/2-25.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Promised</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/4-31.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/exodus/6-15.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Jeb'usites</a> <a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/exodus/4-31.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Per'izzites</a> <a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/exodus/12-25.htm">Promised</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 3</div>1. <a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Moses keeps Jethro's flock.</a> 2. <a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">God appears to him in a burning bush.</a> 9. <a href="/exodus/3-9.htm">He sends him to deliver Israel.</a> 13. <a href="/exodus/3-13.htm">The name of God.</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/3-15.htm">His message to Israel, and Pharaoh, whose opposition is foretold.</a> 20. <a href="/exodus/3-20.htm">He is assured of Israel's deliverance.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The promise to deliver the Israelites from Egypt is rooted in His covenant with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13-14</a>). The affliction in Egypt refers to the harsh slavery and oppression the Israelites endured (<a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Exodus 1:11-14</a>). This deliverance foreshadows the ultimate deliverance from sin through Jesus Christ, who brings spiritual freedom (<a href="/john/8-36.htm">John 8:36</a>).into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites These groups represent the inhabitants of the Promised Land. Each nation had its own culture and practices, often involving idolatry and immorality, which God warned against (<a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-5</a>). The mention of these specific peoples underscores the historical and geographical reality of the conquest. Archaeological evidence supports the existence of these groups during the Late Bronze Age. The conquest of these nations is a type of the spiritual battles believers face, as they are called to overcome sin and live in the promises of God (<a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>).a land flowing with milk and honey. This phrase symbolizes abundance and prosperity. "Milk and honey" indicate a fertile and bountiful land, contrasting with the scarcity experienced in Egypt. It reflects God's provision and blessing, reminiscent of the Garden of Eden's abundance (<a href="/genesis/2-8.htm">Genesis 2:8-10</a>). This imagery is also prophetic of the eternal inheritance believers have in Christ, described as a place of ultimate blessing and rest (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a> - The speaker of the promise, revealing His plan to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> - The recipient of God's message, chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> - The place of affliction where the Israelites were enslaved. 4. <a href="/topical/c/canaanites,_hittites,_amorites,_perizzites,_hivites,_jebusites.htm">Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites</a> - The inhabitants of the Promised Land, representing the nations that Israel would encounter. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a> - Described as "a land flowing with milk and honey," symbolizing abundance and God's provision.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> God remembers His promises and acts in His perfect timing. Trust in His faithfulness even when circumstances seem dire. <a href="/topical/d/deliverance_from_affliction.htm">Deliverance from Affliction</a> Just as God delivered Israel from Egypt, He delivers us from spiritual bondage. Reflect on areas where you need God's deliverance today. <a href="/topical/t/the_abundance_of_god's_provision.htm">The Abundance of God's Provision</a> The description of the land as "flowing with milk and honey" signifies God's abundant provision. Consider how God provides for your needs. <a href="/topical/f/facing_challenges_with_faith.htm">Facing Challenges with Faith</a> The presence of various nations in the Promised Land indicates challenges ahead. Approach life's challenges with faith in God's promises. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> The promise of the land is tied to obedience. Reflect on areas where God is calling you to greater obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 3</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_bible's_non-israelites.htm">Who are the non-Israelites mentioned in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_hornets.htm">What does the Bible mention about hornets?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_israel's_exodus.htm">In Exodus 3:8-10, is there archaeological or historical proof that aligns with God's promised deliverance of Israel from Egypt?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_history_of_the_hittites.htm">What is the history of the Hittites?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) I have said.--See <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm" title="And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.">Exodus 3:8</a>. Perhaps there is also a reference to the promise made to Abraham (Gen.XV. 14).The affliction of Egypt.--Comp. <a href="/genesis/15-13.htm" title="And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;">Genesis 15:13</a> � <a href="/context/exodus/1-11.htm" title="Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.">Exodus 1:11-12</a>; <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm" title="And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;">Exodus 3:7</a>. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/3-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And I have promised וָאֹמַ֗ר (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to bring you up אַעֲלֶ֣ה (’a·‘ă·leh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively out of your affliction מֵעֳנִ֣י (mê·‘o·nî) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6040.htm">Strong's 6040: </a> Affliction, poverty in Egypt, מִצְרַיִם֒ (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the land אֶ֤רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of the Canaanites, הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ (hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan Hittites, וְהַ֣חִתִּ֔י (wə·ha·ḥit·tî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2850.htm">Strong's 2850: </a> Hittite -- a Chittite Amorites, וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ (wə·hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe Perizzites, וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י (wə·hap·pə·riz·zî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6522.htm">Strong's 6522: </a> Perizzite -- a people in the land of Canaan Hivites, וְהַחִוִּ֖י (wə·ha·ḥiw·wî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2340.htm">Strong's 2340: </a> Hivite -- a Chivvite and Jebusites— וְהַיְבוּסִ֑י (wə·hay·ḇū·sî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> Jebusite -- inhabitant of Jebus a land אֶ֛רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land flowing זָבַ֥ת (zā·ḇaṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow with milk חָלָ֖ב (ḥā·lāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> Milk and honey.’ וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (ū·ḏə·ḇāš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1706.htm">Strong's 1706: </a> Honey, syrup <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">OT Law: Exodus 3:17 And I have said I will bring (Exo. 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