29 I will not cast them out from thy face in one year, lest the land grow to a wilderness, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from thy face, until thou increase, and inherit the land.

31 And I will make thy coasts from the red sea unto the sea [a]of the Philistines, and from the [b]desert unto the [c]River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and thou shalt drive them out from thy face.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:31 Called the Sea of Syria.
  2. Exodus 23:31 Of Arabia called desert.
  3. Exodus 23:31 To wit, Ephraim.

29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals(A) too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession(B) of the land.

31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.(C) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out(D) before you.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:31 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. Exodus 23:31 Hebrew to the Sea of the Philistines