Exodus 3 · Verse 17

Exodus 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.
Exodus 3:17, King James Version

Exodus 3:17 in other translations

BSBAnd I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
WEBI 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.”’
ASVand 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.
YLTand I say, I 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.
DARBYand 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.
BBEAnd I have said, I will take you up out of the sorrows of Egypt into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, into a land flowing with milk and honey.
WebsterAnd I have said, I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.

What does Exodus 3:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 3:10-22

10-22. Come now therefore, and I will send thee--Considering the patriotic views that had formerly animated the breast of Moses, we might have anticipated that no mission could have been more welcome to his heart than to be employed in the national emancipation of Israel. But he evinced great reluctance to it and stated a variety of objections [Ex 3:11, 13; 4:1, 10] all of which were successfully met and…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 3:16-22

Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart, and opens the ear, could say beforehand, They shall hearken to thy voice; for he would make them willing in this day of power. As to Pharaoh, Moses is here told that petitions and persuasions, and humble complaints, would not prevail with him; nor a mighty hand stretched out in signs and wonders. But those will…

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Exodus 3:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.Marand I have saidH559
אַעֲלֶ֣ה'a.'a.LehI will bring upH5927
אֶתְכֶם֮'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
מֵעֳנִ֣יme.'o.Nifrom [the] affliction ofH6040
מִצְרַיִם֒mitz.ra.YimEgyptH4714
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
אֶ֤רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ha.ke.na.'a.Nithe Canaanite[s]H3669
וְהַ֣חִתִּ֔יve.Ha.chi.Tiand the Hittite[s]H2850
וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ve.ha.'e.mo.Riand the Amorite[s]H567
וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔יve.hap.pe.ri.Ziand the Perizzite[s]H6522
וְהַחִוִּ֖יve.ha.chi.Viand the Hivite[s]H2340
וְהַיְבוּסִ֑יve.hay.vu.Siand the Jebusite[s]H2983
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
אֶ֛רֶץ'E.retza landH776
זָבַ֥תza.Vatflowing ofH2100
חָלָ֖בcha.LavmilkH2461
וּדְבָֽשׁ\׃u.de.Vashand honeyH1706

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Cross references for Exodus 3:17

  • Genesis 15:13-21

    And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. …

  • Exodus 3:8-9

    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. Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

  • Genesis 50:24

    And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  • Exodus 2:23-25

    And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

  • Genesis 46:4

    I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

  • Joshua 24:11

    And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

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I will bring.
9; 2:23-25; Ge 15:13-21; 46:4; 50:24
unto the land.
8; Ge 15:14,18-21

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Context

  • Exodus 3:16

    Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

  • Exodus 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.

  • Exodus 3:18

    And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

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Exodus 3:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y he dicho: Yo os sacaré de la aflicción de Egipto á la tierra del Cananeo, y del Hetheo, y del Amorrheo, y del Pherezeo, y del Heveo, y del Jebuseo, á una tierra que fluye leche y miel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et j’ai dit: Je vous ferai monter hors de l’affliction de l’Égypte, dans le pays du Cananéen, et du Héthien, et de l’Amoréen, et du Phérézien, et du Hévien, et du Jébusien, dans un pays ruisselant de lait et de miel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und ich habe gesagt: Ich will euch aus dem Elend Ägyptens heraufführen in das Land der Kanaaniter und der Hethiter und der Amoriter und der Perisiter und der Hewiter und der Jebusiter, in ein Land, das von Milch und Honig fließt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixi ut educam vos de afflictione Ægypti in terram Chananæi, et Hethæi, et Amorrhæi, et Pherezæi, et Hevæi, et Jebusæi, ad terram fluentem lacte et melle.