9. and that you may have long life on the land which the Lord swore to your ancestors he would give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10. The land you are to enter and possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you would sow your seed and then water it by hand, as in a vegetable garden.
11. No, the land into which you are crossing to take possession is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in rain from the heavens,
12. a land which the Lord, your God, looks after; the eyes of the Lord, your God, are upon it continually through the year, from beginning to end.
13. If, then, you truly listen to my commandments which I give you today, loving and serving the Lord, your God, with your whole heart and your whole being,
14. I will give the seasonal rain to your land, the early rain and the late rain, that you may have your grain, wine and oil to gather in;