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Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey--the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />“So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So I have come down to rescue them from the hand (power) of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a land [that is] good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty]—to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey —the territory of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the territory of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is a lot of good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I have come to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good land with plenty of room [for everyone]. It is a land flowing with milk and honey where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />so I have come down to deliver them from their domination by the Egyptians and to bring them out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the territory of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey?the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hethites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I am come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land to a land good and broad, to a land flowing with milk and honey—to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey -- unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of this land to a good and great land, to a land flowing milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And knowing their sorrow, I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, into a land that floweth with milk and honey, to the places of the Chanaanite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And knowing their sorrow, I have descended in order to free them from the hands of the Egyptians, and to lead them from that land into a good and spacious land, into a land which flows with milk and honey, to the places of the Canaanite, and Hittite, and Amorite, and Perizzite, and Hivite, and Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them up from that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I have come down for its salvation from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from this land to a land that is enlarged and good, to a land that flows milk and honey, to the land of Canaanites and of Khethites and of Amorites and Perizites and of Khivites and of Yebusites.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Gergesites, and Evites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/3-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=459" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/3.htm">Moses at the Burning Bush</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: wā·’ê·rêḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To come or go down, descend. ">I have come down</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: lə·haṣ·ṣî·lōw (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3ms) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">to rescue them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yaḏ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the hand</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.">of the Egyptians</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ū·lə·ha·‘ă·lō·ṯōw (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and to bring them up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hi·w (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">out of that</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·w·ḇāh (Adj-fs) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">a good</a> <a href="/hebrew/7342.htm" title="7342: ū·rə·ḥā·ḇāh (Conj-w:: Adj-fs) -- Wide, broad. From rachab; roomy, in any direction, literally or figuratively.">and spacious</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.">land,</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> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mə·qō·wm (N-msc) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">the home</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> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10-11</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a></span><br />On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— / the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, / Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-13.htm">Joshua 24:13</a></span><br />So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Nehemiah 9:25</a></span><br />They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/13-27.htm">Numbers 13:27</a></span><br />And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Leviticus 20:24</a></span><br />But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deuteronomy 8:7-9</a></span><br />For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills; / a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; / a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-44.htm">Psalm 105:44-45</a></span><br />He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, / that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Ezekiel 20:6</a></span><br />On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-5.htm">Jeremiah 11:5</a></span><br />This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-9.htm">Hebrews 11:9-10</a></span><br />By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. / For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-6.htm">Acts 7:6-7</a></span><br />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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-17.htm">Acts 13:17</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-2.htm">John 14:2-3</a></span><br />In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? / And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a></span><br />Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. / I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. / And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">I am.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/11-5.htm">Genesis 11:5,7</a></b></br> And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-21.htm">Genesis 18:21</a></b></br> I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/50-24.htm">Genesis 50:24</a></b></br> And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.</p><p class="hdg">deliver.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6-8</a></b></br> Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I <i>am</i> the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-51.htm">Exodus 12:51</a></b></br> And it came to pass the selfsame day, <i>that</i> the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-14.htm">Genesis 15:14</a></b></br> And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.</p><p class="hdg">unto a good.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Exodus 3:17</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-5.htm">Exodus 13:5</a></b></br> And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/33-2.htm">Exodus 33:2,3</a></b></br> And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: … </p><p class="hdg">Canaanites.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/22-23.htm">Exodus 22:23-31</a></b></br> If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Exodus 34:11</a></b></br> Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a></b></br> In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/48-22.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/genesis/48-22.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/genesis/50-11.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/genesis/50-11.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/genesis/42-37.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/genesis/26-19.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/exodus/1-20.htm">Good</a> <a href="/exodus/2-19.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/genesis/50-13.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/genesis/49-32.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/genesis/36-2.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/genesis/10-17.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/genesis/43-11.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/genesis/15-21.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/genesis/15-21.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/genesis/50-9.htm">Large</a> <a href="/exodus/2-9.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/genesis/15-20.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/genesis/34-30.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/exodus/1-9.htm">Power</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Spacious</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/exodus/5-18.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/exodus/3-9.htm">Egyptians</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/exodus/4-13.htm">Good</a> <a href="/exodus/3-19.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Honey</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/numbers/20-20.htm">Large</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Milk</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/exodus/3-17.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/exodus/4-21.htm">Power</a> <a href="/judges/18-10.htm">Spacious</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Moses keeps Jethro's flock.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">God appears to him in a burning bush.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/3-9.htm">He sends him to deliver Israel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/3-13.htm">The name of God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/3-15.htm">His message to Israel, and Pharaoh, whose opposition is foretold.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/3-20.htm">He is assured of Israel's deliverance.</a></span><br></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 "hand of the Egyptians" symbolizes oppression and bondage, reflecting the Israelites' suffering under Pharaoh's rule. This divine rescue foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who comes to save humanity from the bondage of sin. The concept of God "coming down" is a theophany, where God manifests His presence in a tangible way, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/genesis/11-5.htm">Genesis 11:5</a> and <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>.<p><b>and to bring them up out of that land</b><br>The movement "up out of that land" indicates a transition from a place of suffering to a place of promise. This upward journey is both physical and spiritual, symbolizing redemption and elevation to a higher state of existence. It parallels the Christian journey from sin to salvation, as seen in <a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13</a>, where believers are transferred from the domain of darkness to the kingdom of Christ.<p><b>to a good and spacious land</b><br>The "good and spacious land" represents the abundance and freedom God promises His people. This land is not only physically ample but also spiritually fulfilling, contrasting with the cramped and oppressive conditions in Egypt. It prefigures the eternal inheritance promised to believers, as described in <a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm">Hebrews 11:16</a>, where a heavenly country is prepared for God's people.<p><b>a land flowing with milk and honey</b><br>This phrase describes the fertility and prosperity of the Promised Land, symbolizing divine blessing and provision. "Milk and honey" are emblematic of sustenance and sweetness, indicating a land capable of supporting life abundantly. This imagery is used throughout scripture to depict God's provision, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Deuteronomy 8:7-9</a>, and it points to the spiritual nourishment found in Christ.<p><b>the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites</b><br>These groups represent the current inhabitants of the Promised Land, highlighting the challenges Israel will face in claiming their inheritance. Each group has distinct cultural and historical backgrounds, often associated with idolatry and practices contrary to God's commands. The mention of these nations underscores the need for faith and obedience in overcoming obstacles, as seen in Joshua's conquest narratives. This also serves as a reminder of the spiritual battles believers face, as described in <a href="/ephesians/6-12.htm">Ephesians 6:12</a>, where the struggle is not against flesh and blood but against spiritual forces.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, who reveals His intention to rescue the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The recipient of God's message, who is being called to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egyptians.htm">Egyptians</a></b><br>The oppressors of the Israelites, representing bondage and slavery.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanites,_hittites,_amorites,_perizzites,_hivites,_and_jebusites.htm">Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites</a></b><br>The inhabitants of the Promised Land, representing the challenges and obstacles the Israelites will face.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>Described as "a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey," symbolizing God's provision and blessing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_initiative_in_salvation.htm">God's Initiative in Salvation</a></b><br>God "comes down" to rescue His people, emphasizing His active role in our deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_promises.htm">The Nature of God's Promises</a></b><br>The description of the land as "flowing with milk and honey" illustrates the richness and abundance of God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/facing_challenges_with_faith.htm">Facing Challenges with Faith</a></b><br>The presence of various peoples in the Promised Land reminds us that God's promises often come with challenges that require faith and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_liberation.htm">Spiritual Liberation</a></b><br>Just as God delivered Israel from physical bondage, He offers spiritual liberation through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_the_future.htm">Hope for the Future</a></b><br>The promise of a good and spacious land points to the ultimate hope of eternal life with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_israel_a_land_of_milk_and_honey.htm">Is Israel truly a land of milk and honey?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_jebusites_in_the_bible.htm">Who were the Jebusites in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_jannes_and_jambres.htm">Who were Jannes and Jambres in the Bible?</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>(8) <span class= "bld">I am come down.</span>--By condescension to human infirmity, which conceives of all things under the limitations of time and space, God is spoken of as dwelling ordinarily in heaven, or "the heaven of heavens," whence sometimes He "comes down" to manifest Himself to men. That this was not understood literally, even by the Jews, appears from such passages as <a href="/1_kings/8-27.htm" title="But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built?">1Kings 8:27</a>; <a href="/context/psalms/137-7.htm" title="Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.">Psalm 137:7-9</a>; <a href="/proverbs/15-3.htm" title="The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.">Proverbs 15:3</a>, &c.<p><span class= "bld">A good land and a large.</span>--The land promised to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm" title="In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:">Genesis 15:18</a>) well deserves this description. Besides Philistia, and Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, it included almost the whole of Syria from Galilee on the south, to Amanus, Taurus, and the Euphrates on the north and north-east. This tract of country is 450 miles long, and from sixty to a hundred and twenty miles broad. Its area is not much less than 50,000 square miles. Although some parts are unproductive, it is, on the whole, a region of great fertility, quite capable of forming the seat of a powerful empire.<p><span class= "bld">A land flowing with milk and honey.</span>--This expression, here used for the first time, was already, it is probable, a proverbial one, denoting generally, richness and fertility. (See <a href="/numbers/13-27.htm" title="And they told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.">Numbers 13:27</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I am come down</span>. Another anthropomorphism, and one very common in Scripture (<a href="/genesis/11-5.htm">Genesis 11:5, 7</a>; <a href="/genesis/18-21.htm">Genesis 18:21</a>; <a href="/psalms/18-9.htm">Psalm 18:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/144-5.htm">Psalm 144:5</a>, etc.), connected of course with the idea that God has a special dwellingplace, which is above the earth. <span class="cmt_word">To bring them up</span>. Literally correct. Palestine is at a much higher level than Egypt. (Compare <a href="/genesis/12-10.htm">Genesis 12:10</a>; <a href="/genesis/13-1.htm">Genesis 13:1</a>; <a href="/genesis/37-25.htm">Genesis 37:25</a>; <a href="/genesis/39-1.htm">Genesis 39:1</a>; <a href="/genesis/42-2.htm">Genesis 42:2</a>; <a href="/genesis/46-3.htm">Genesis 46:3, 4</a>; <a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">Genesis 50:25</a>.) <span class="cmt_word">A good land and a large</span>. The fertility of Palestine, though not equal to that of Egypt, was still very great. Eastward of Jordan, the soil is rich and productive, the country in places wooded with fine trees, and the herbage luxuriant. Vast tracts in the spring produce enormous crops of grain, and throughout the year pasturage of every kind is abundant. "Still the countless flocks and herds may be seen, droves of cattle moving on like troops of soldiers, descending at sunset to drink of the springs-literally, in the language of; the prophet, "rams, and lambs, and goats, and bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan (Stanley, Jewish Church, pp. 217, 218). The western region is less productive, but by careful cultivation in terraces may be made to bear excellent crops of corn, olives, and figs. Palestine proper to a modern European seems small, being about the size of Belgium, less than Holland or Hanover, and not much larger than Wales. It contains about 11,000 square miles. To an Israelite of the age of Moses such a land would appear sufficiently "large;" for it was considerably larger than the entire Delta of Egypt, whereof his nation occupied the smaller half; and it fell but little short of the entire cultivable area of the whole land of Egypt, which was the greatest and most powerful country known to him. It may be added that the land included in the covenant which God made with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>), and actually possessed by David and Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/4-21.htm">1 Kings 4:21</a>), was a "good land and a large," according even to modern notions, including (as it did) besides Palestine the whole of Syria, and thus containing an area of from 50,000 to 60,000 square miles. The phrase <span class="cmt_word">flowing with milk and honey</span>, first used here, and so common in the later books (<a href="/numbers/13-27.htm">Numbers 13:27</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/26-9.htm">Deuteronomy 26:9, 15</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Deuteronomy 31:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/11-5.htm">Jeremiah 11:5</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/32-22.htm">Jeremiah 32:22</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/20-6.htm">Ezekiel 20:6</a>, etc.) was probably a proverbial expression for "a land of plenty," and not intended literally. See what the spies say, <a href="/numbers/13-27.htm">Numbers 13:27</a> The enumeration of the nations of Palestine here made is incomplete, five only of the ten whose land was promised to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-19.htm">Genesis 15:19-21</a>) being expressly mentioned. One, however, that of the Hivites, is added. We may suppose that they had succeeded to the Kenizzites or the Kadmonites of Abraham's time. The only important omission is that of the Girgashites, who hold their place in most other enumerations (<a href="/genesis/10-16.htm">Genesis 10:16</a>; <a href="/genesis/15-21.htm">Genesis 15:21</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1</a>; <a href="/joshua/3-10.htm">Joshua 3:10</a>; <a href="/joshua/24-11.htm">Joshua 24:11</a>, etc.), but seem to have been the least important of the "seven nations,"and are omitted in <a href="/judges/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5</a>. ("Girgashites" is introduced in the Samaritan version and the Sept.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/3-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I have come down</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֵרֵ֞ד</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ê·rêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to rescue</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַצִּיל֣וֹ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haṣ·ṣî·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the hand</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיַּ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Egyptians</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרַ֗יִם</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4713.htm">Strong's 4713: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egyptian -- inhabitant of Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and to bring them</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽלְהַעֲלֹתוֹ֮</span> <span class="translit">(ū·lə·ha·‘ă·lō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">up out of that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהִוא֒</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hi·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a good</span><br /><span class="heb">טוֹבָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·w·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and spacious</span><br /><span class="heb">וּרְחָבָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·rə·ḥā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7342.htm">Strong's 7342: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wide, broad</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֤רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a land</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֛רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flowing</span><br /><span class="heb">זָבַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2100.htm">Strong's 2100: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow freely, to have a, flux, to waste away, to overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with milk</span><br /><span class="heb">חָלָ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·lāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2461.htm">Strong's 2461: </a> </span><span class="str2">Milk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and honey—</span><br /><span class="heb">וּדְבָ֑שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḏə·ḇāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1706.htm">Strong's 1706: </a> </span><span class="str2">Honey, syrup</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the home</span><br /><span class="heb">מְק֤וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(mə·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Canaanites,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hittites,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַ֣חִתִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·ḥit·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2850.htm">Strong's 2850: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hittite -- a Chittite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Amorites,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> </span><span class="str2">Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Perizzites,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hap·pə·riz·zî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6522.htm">Strong's 6522: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perizzite -- a people in the land of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hivites,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַחִוִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha·ḥiw·wî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2340.htm">Strong's 2340: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hivite -- a Chivvite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Jebusites.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hay·ḇū·sî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jebusite -- inhabitant of Jebus</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">OT Law: Exodus 3:8 I have come down to deliver them (Exo. 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