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 When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a](A) 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(B) and figs.(C) 24 That place was called the Valley of Eshkol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there. 25 At the end of forty days(D) they returned from exploring the land.(E)

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