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Numbers 13:23

Brook Eshcol

21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.

24 Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.

25 After forty days the men returned from spying out the land,

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BSB
When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
KJV
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
WEB
They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
ASV
And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
DARBY
And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
BLB
And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there they cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; and [they] also [brought] some of the pomegranates and figs.
ÅB
Så kom de til Eskol-dalen; der skar de av en vinranke med en drueklase, og den bar to mann mellom seg på en stang; likeledes tok de granatepler og fikener.
OTB
Da de nådde Eshkoldalen, kuttet de av en gren med en enkelt drueklase. To av dem bar den på en stang mellom seg, sammen med noen granatepler og fikener.
B1930
Så kom de til Eskol-dalen; der skar de av en vinranke med en drueklase, og den bar to mann mellem sig på en stang; likeledes tok de granatepler og fikener.

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