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Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses at the burning bush, commanding him to relay a deliverance promise to the assembled elders of Israel.
The words — The Hebrew אַעֲלֶה ('a.'a.Leh) translates literally as "I will bring up," paired with מֵ/עֳנִ֣י (me./'o.Ni), "from the affliction," to denote the forced removal from Egyptian bondage.
The thread — This declaration fulfills the patriarchal covenant recorded in Genesis 15:13 and Genesis 50:24, and directly continues the rescue purpose stated in Exodus 3:8.
Why it lands — The text specifies a concrete territorial destination populated by seven named groups, requiring the reader to track the exact scope of the promised inheritance rather than an abstract spiritual concept.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Cross-references
- Genesis 15:13 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Genesis 50:24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
- Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Genesis 46:4 I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
- Exodus 2:23 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Joshua 24:11 After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.