The river was called Escol, because of the cluster of grapes which
the children of Israel cut down there. And they turned back again
from searching the land, at forty days' end. And they went and
came to Moses and Aaron and unto all the multitude of the children
of Israel, unto the wilderness of Pharan: even unto Cades, and
brought them word and also unto all the congregation, and shewed
them the fruit of the land. And they told him saying: we came unto
the land whither thou sendedst us, and surely it is a land that
floweth with milk and honey and here is of the fruit of it.
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the
cities are walled and exceeding great, and moreover we saw the
children of Enack there. The Amaleks dwell in the south country,
and the Hethites, Iebusites and the Amorites dwell in the
mountains, and the Cananites dwell by the sea and along by the
coast of Iordan. And Caleb stilled the murmur of the people
against Moses saying: let us go up and conquer it, for we be able
to overcome it. But the men that went up with him, said: We be not
able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we:
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had
searched, unto the children of Israel saying: The land which we
have gone thorow to search it out, is a land that eateth up the
inhabiters thereof, and the people that we saw in it are men of
stature.
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