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28 but the people who already live there are really strong. Their cities are enormous and fortified. What’s more, we saw the Anakites there. 29 In the Negev, there are Amalekites; and in the high hill country are Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites. As for the seacoast, Canaanites live there and along the Jordan River too.

It is certain the Israelites are deeply discouraged by this report, for what was said about the native inhabitants is most alarming.

30 But Caleb calmed the congregation, and he spoke to Moses.

Caleb: We should go straight in, right away, and take it over. We are surely able!

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28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.(A) We even saw descendants of Anak(B) there.(C) 29 The Amalekites(D) live in the Negev; the Hittites,(E) Jebusites(F) and Amorites(G) live in the hill country;(H) and the Canaanites(I) live near the sea and along the Jordan.(J)

30 Then Caleb(K) silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

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28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.

30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

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