So the men went north and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin in the south all the way to Rehob, near Hamath Pass in the north.

They went first into the southern part of the land and came to Hebron, where the clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of a race of giants called the Anakim, lived. (Hebron was founded seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Then he moved on from place to place, going toward the southern part of Canaan.

Abram went north out of Egypt to the southern part of Canaan with his wife and everything he owned, and Lot went with him.

went southward from the Akrabbim Pass and on to Zin. It ran south of Kadesh Barnea, past Hezron and up to Addar, turned toward Karka,

She answered, "I want some water holes. The land you have given me is in the dry country." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

Early the next morning they started out to invade the hill country, saying, "Now we are ready to go to the place which the LORD told us about. We admit that we have sinned."

The valley was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away from the battle, they fell into the pits; but the other three kings escaped to the mountains.

Then the Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased you as far as Hormah and defeated you there in the hill country of Edom.

After this they went on to fight the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the foothills, and in the dry country to the south.

(SEE 1:18)