Exodus 3:8

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

Exodus 3:8 - Amplified Bible

And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand {and} power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a land good and large, a land flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty]--to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:8 - American Standard Version

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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:8 - Bible in Basic English

And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:8 - Darby Bible

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 and spacious land, 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.

Exodus 3:8 - English Standard Version

and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Exodus 3:8 - King James Version

Exodus 3:8 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y he descendido para librarlos de mano de los egipcios, y para sacarlos de aquella tierra a una tierra buena y espaciosa, a una tierra que mana leche y miel, al lugar de los cananeos, de los hititas, de los amorreos, de los ferezeos, de los heveos y de los jebuseos.

Exodus 3:8 - The Message

Exodus 3:8 - New American Standard Bible

~"So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:8 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

~"Asì que he descendido para librarlos de mano de los Egipcios, y para sacarlos de aquella tierra a una tierra buena y espaciosa, a una tierra que mana leche y miel, al lugar de los Cananeos, de los Hititas, de los Amorreos, de los Ferezeos, de los Heveos y de los Jebuseos.

Exodus 3:8 - World English Bible

I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:8 - Young's Living Translation

and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey -- unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Exodus 3:8 - Additional Comments

"A land flowing with milk and honey" would indicate ample areas for cows and bees, meaning there would be good meadows and plenty of area. It also meant a place for prosperity.
Funny that God was mentioning all these tribes to Moses, who probably had never heard of them.

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