land of milk and honey
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land of milk and honey
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From English translations of Exodus 3:7-8. Calque of Biblical Hebrew אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ.
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- An imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel. Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 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
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noun a land of abundance
| 中文 | 魚米之鄉 /鱼米之乡 yúmǐzhīxiāng |
|---|---|
| Português | terra de leite e mel, terra do leite e mel |
| Italiano | bengodi |
| Русский | земля́ обетова́нная zemljá obetovánnaja |
| עברית | אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ éretz zavát ẖaláv udvásh |
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