23 When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a staff between two men, as well as some of the pomegranates and the figs.
24 That place was called the Eshcol Valley, because of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites cut from there.
25 They returned from investigating the land after forty days.
26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole community and showed the fruit of the land.
27 They told Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
28 But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”