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22 They went up through the Negev[a] and came to Hebron, where[b] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai the descendants of the Anakites were. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And they came up to the valley[c] of Eshcol, and they cut off a vine branch and one cluster of grapes from there; they carried it on a pole between two men, with pomegranates and figs. 24 That place he called the valley[d] of Eshcol on account of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites[e] cut off from there.

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  1. Numbers 13:22 An arid region south of the Judean hills
  2. Numbers 13:22 Hebrew “and there”
  3. Numbers 13:23 Or “wadi”
  4. Numbers 13:24 Or “wadi”
  5. Numbers 13:24 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(A) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(B) the descendants of Anak,(C) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(D) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a](E) they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates(F) and figs.(G) 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.

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  1. Numbers 13:23 Eshkol means cluster; also in verse 24.