Exodus 23:30
28 I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29 I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
31 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
32 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
- KJV
- By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
- WEB
- Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.
- ASV
- By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
- DARBY
- By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land.
- BLB
- Little by little I will drive them out from before your faces, until that you are fruitful and you take possession of the land.
- ÅB
- litt etter litt vil jeg jage dem bort fra deg, inntil du blir så stort et folk at du kan ta landet i eie.
- OTB
- Gradvis vil jeg drive dem ut foran deg, til du har økt nok til å ta landet i besittelse.
- B1930
- litt efter litt vil jeg jage dem bort fra dig, inntil du blir så stort et folk at du kan ta landet i eie.