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.Exodus 3:8 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd I am come down to deliver them - This is the very purpose for which I am now come down upon this mountain, and for which I manifest myself to thee.
Large - land - Canaan, when compared with the small tract of Goshen, in which they were now situated, and where, we learn, from Exodus 1:7, they were straitened for room, might be well called a large land. See a fine description of this land Deuteronomy 8:7.
A land flowing with milk and honey - Excellent for pasturage, because abounding in the most wholesome herbage and flowers; and from the latter an abundance of wild honey was collected by the bees. Though cultivation is now almost entirely neglected in this land, because of the badness of the government and the scantiness of the inhabitants, yet it is still good for pasturage, and yields an abundance of honey. The terms used in the text to express the fertility of this land, are commonly used by ancient authors on similar subjects. It is a metaphor taken from a breast producing copious streams of milk. Homer calls Argos ουθαρ αρουρης, the breast of the country, as affording streams of milk and honey, Il. ix., ver. 141. So Virgil:
Prima tulit tellus, eadem vos ubere laeto Accipiet.
Aen., lib. iii., ver. 95.
"The land that first produced you shall receive you again into its joyous bosom." The poets feign that Bacchus, the fable of whom they have taken from the history of Moses, produced rivers of milk and honey, of water and wine: -
Ῥει δε γαλακτι πεδον,
Ῥει δ' οινῳ, ῥει δε μελισσαν
Νεκταρι.
Eurip. Bacch., Εποδ., ver. 8.
"The land flows with milk; it flows also with wine; it flows also with the nectar of bees, (honey)." This seems to be a mere poetical copy from the Pentateuch, where the sameness of the metaphor and the correspondence of the descriptions are obvious.
Place of the Canaanites, etc. - See Genesis 15:18, etc.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am.
Genesis 11:5,7 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built...
Genesis 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know.
Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said to his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you...
Psalm 18:9-19 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet...
Psalm 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, said the LORD...
Psalm 22:4,5 Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you did deliver them...
Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him.
Psalm 91:15 He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
Isaiah 64:1 Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence,
John 3:13 And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
deliver.
Exodus 6:6-8 Why say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians...
Exodus 12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Genesis 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said to his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you...
unto a good.
Exodus 3:17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites...
Exodus 13:5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites...
Exodus 33:2,3 And I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite...
Genesis 13:14,15 And the LORD said to Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes...
Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed have I given this land...
Numbers 13:19,27 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents...
Numbers 14:7,8 And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it...
Deuteronomy 1:7,24 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and to all the places near thereunto, in the plain, in the hills...
Deuteronomy 8:7-9 For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water...
Deuteronomy 11:9-24 And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed...
Deuteronomy 26:9-15 And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land that flows with milk and honey...
Deuteronomy 27:3 And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you are passed over...
Deuteronomy 28:11 And the LORD shall make you plenteous in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle...
Nehemiah 9:22-25 Moreover you gave them kingdoms and nations, and did divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon...
Jeremiah 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when you entered...
Jeremiah 11:5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day...
Jeremiah 32:22 And have given them this land, which you did swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Ezekiel 20:6 In the day that I lifted up my hand to them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them...
Canaanites.
Exodus 22:23-31 If you afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry...
Exodus 34:11 Observe you that which I command you this day: behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite...
Genesis 15:18-21 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed have I given this land...
Deuteronomy 7:1 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites...
Joshua 9:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys...
Nehemiah 9:8 And found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites...
Exodus 3:8 Parallel Commentaries
Amorite Amorites Canaanite Canaanites Deliver Egyptians Flowing Good Hand Hittite Hittites Hivite Hivites Honey Jebusite Jebusites Large Milk Perizzite Perizzites Power SpaciousAmorite Amorites Canaanite Canaanites Deliver Egyptians Flowing Good Hand Hittite Hittites Hivite Hivites Honey Jebusite Jebusites Large Milk Perizzite Perizzites Power SpaciousTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.Exodus 3:8 Mobile Bible
Exodus 3:8 Bible Suite
Exodus 3:8 Biblia Paralela
Exodus 3:8 Chinese Bible
Bible Apps
Bible Hub
