I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’
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I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’
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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.
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And I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Passages linked to Exodus 3:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 15:13-21 He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth; but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.” It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
- Genesis 50:24 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
- Exodus 3:8-9 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
- Genesis 46:4 I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.”
- Exodus 2:23-25 In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about them.
- Joshua 24:11 “ ‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 3:17 And I have said, I will bring…
Exo 3:17 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.
Ver. 17. I have said, I will bring you up.] And now I am come to do it. This is some part of the import of "I am that I am," "the same yesterday, today, and for ever." {Heb 13:8} Ero qui eram, I will be the same to you in my performances that I was to your fathers in my proraises.
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A land flowing with milk.] Sumen totius orbis, as one calleth it, where the hard rocks did sweat out oil and honey. {Deu 32:13} See Exo 3:8.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I have said,.... Within himself, resolved in his…
And I have said,.... Within himself, resolved in his own mind, and had declared it to Moses:
I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt: with which they were afflicted in Egypt, and by the Egyptians; this he both purposed and promised to bring them out of: unto the land of the Canaanites, &c. then in the possession of the Canaanites, and others after named; See Gill on Exo 3:8.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. said] i.e. as often, said mentally = resolved.
17. said] i.e. as often, said mentally = resolved.
bring you up] from the low-lying land of Egypt into the high ground of Canaan. So regularly (cf. Exo_1:10).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) I have said.—See Exo_3:8. Perhaps there is also…
(17) I have said.—See Exo_3:8. Perhaps there is also a reference to the promise made to Abraham (Gen.XV. 14).
The affliction of Egypt.—Comp. Gen_15:13 · Exo_1:11-12; Exo_3:7.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 17, 18. The promises to the elders, and…
Vers. 17, 18. The promises to the elders, and to Moses.
The elders were promised two things:
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(1) that they should be brought forth out of the affliction of Egypt, and
(2) that they should be established in a good land, "a land flowing with. milk and honey" Ordinary men men who are, spiritually speaking, backward and undeveloped require to be stirred to action by comparatively low motives. Escape from present suffering and unpleasantness, enjoyment of happiness in the future these are practically the two chief moving powers of human action. Neither of them is a wrong motive; and Moses was instructed to appeal to each by a special promise. So may the preacher rightly do with his congregation, the minister with his flock, the father with his children. As long as men are what they are, appeals to the lower motives cannot be dispensed with at first. Care must, however, be taken that before each one, as he becomes fit for it, higher motives are set such as duty, the love of goodness for goodness" sake, and last, not least the highest motive of all, the love of God, our Creator, Sustainer, Sanctifier, "in whom we live, and move, and have our being." Moses was promised at this point, to stimulate him to action, immediate success. He had doubted whether his people would listen to him, or regard him as anything but a dreamer. He is told, "they shall hearken unto thy voice." A great comfort to every one who feels that he has a mission is the acceptance of it by others. Each man, more or less, misdoubts himself, questions his own ability, sincerity, singleness of heart. The seal of an apostleship is the success of the apostolic efforts. (1Co_9:2) Direct promise of success at the mouth of God was, to one so faithful as Moses, as powerful to cheer, encourage, and sustain, as success itself.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain A land flowing with milk and honey.
Exo_3:17
A land flowing with milk and honey.
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An inferior motive for a religious life
I. Some people are religious because they hope thereby to be saved from affliction. I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt.
1. They hope to escape the affliction of a bad name.
2. They hope to escape the affliction of a retributive providence.
3. They hope to escape the affliction of moral punishment from God.
II. Other people are religious because they hope thereby to better their condition, and gain greater enjoyment. Unto a land flowing with milk and honey.--
1. Because they imagine religion will free them from slavery.
2. Because they imagine religion will give them an advantage over their enemies.
3. Because they imagine religion will give them rich possession.
III. That while the land flowing with milk and honey may be one motive for a religious life, the superior is love to God and moral freedom (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
The resolution of Divine mercy
1. Awakens instruments to convey its message.
2. Prepares Churches to welcome its tidings.
3. The giving of a new impulse to history. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
The encouragement God gives to Christian workers
1. Divine aid in the work.
2. Bright hope in their future.
3. Glad success in their toil. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
A happy residence
1. A land of plenty,
2. A land of beauty.
3. A land of promise.
4. A land of freedom.
5. A land of rest.
6. A land typical of heaven. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
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