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.
BSB
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ASV
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, 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.
KJV
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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Commentary
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֵרֵ֞ד | va.'e.Red | and I have come down | H3381 → |
| לְהַצִּיל֣וֹ׀ | le.ha.tzi.Lo | to deliver it | H5337 → |
| מִיַּ֣ד | mi.Yad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| מִצְרַ֗יִם | mitz.Ra.yim | Egypt | H4714 → |
| וּֽלְהַעֲלֹתוֹ֮ | u.le.ha.'a.lo.To | and to bring up it | H5927 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הָאָ֣רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| הַהִוא֒ | ha.hi.V' | <the> that | H1931 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | into | H413 → |
| אֶ֤רֶץ | 'E.retz | a land | H776 → |
| טוֹבָה֙ | to.Vah | good | H2896 → |
| וּרְחָבָ֔ה | u.re.cha.Vah | and spacious | H7342 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | into | H413 → |
| אֶ֛רֶץ | 'E.retz | a land | H776 → |
| זָבַ֥ת | za.Vat | flowing of | H2100 → |
| חָלָ֖ב | cha.Lav | milk | H2461 → |
| וּדְבָ֑שׁ | u.de.Vash | and honey | H1706 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| מְק֤וֹם | me.Kom | [the] place of | H4725 → |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ | ha.ke.na.'a.Ni | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → |
| וְהַ֣חִתִּ֔י | ve.Ha.chi.Ti | and the Hittite[s] | H2850 → |
| וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ | ve.ha.'e.mo.Ri | and the Amorite[s] | H567 → |
| וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י | ve.hap.pe.ri.Zi | and the Perizzite[s] | H6522 → |
| וְהַחִוִּ֖י | ve.ha.chi.Vi | and the Hivite[s] | H2340 → |
| וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ | ve.hay.vu.Si | and the Jebusite[s] | H2983 → |
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