23 And they ascended toward the South, and came unto Hebron, where were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of [a]Anak. And [b]Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

24 (A)Then they came to the river of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a bar between two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.

25 That place was called the [c]river Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel cut down thence.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:23 Which were a kind of giants.
  2. Numbers 13:23 Declaring the antiquity thereof: also Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob were buried there.
  3. Numbers 13:25 Or, the valley of Eshcol, that is, of grapes.

23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.

24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

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