23. And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two [of them]; they brought also some pomegranates and figs.
24. That place was called the Valley of Eshcol [cluster] because of the cluster which the Israelites cut down there.
25. And they returned from scouting out the land after forty days.
26. They came to Moses and Aaron and to all the Israelite congregation in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh, and brought them word, and showed them the land's fruit.
27. They told Moses, We came to the land to which you sent us; surely it flows with milk and honey. This is its fruit.
28. But the people who dwell there are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; moreover, there we saw the sons of Anak [of great stature and courage].
29. Amalek dwells in the land of the South (the Negeb); the Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and along by the side of the Jordan [River].
30. Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; we are well able to conquer it.
31. But his fellow scouts said, We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are stronger than we are.