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Numbers 13:23

Brook Eshcol

21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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.

24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

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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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  • Numbers 13:24

    The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

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  • Numbers 32:9

    For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:24–25

    And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.

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  • Judges 16:4

    And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

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