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land of milk and honey land of fertility and abundance. [O.T.: Exodus 3:8, 33:3; Jeremiah 11:5] See : Abundance land of milk and honey proverbial ideal of plenty and happiness. [Western Cult.: Brewer Dictionary] See : Paradise |
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If wiser counsels do not prevail, Darfur and Ethiopia will pale into insignificance in comparison to the starvation of the Palestinian people in the biblical land of milk and honey that was promised to the children of Abraham. He concludes on an optimistic note, however: "We Canaanites, who invented the alphabet, domesticated animals and developed agriculture, and made this arid land into a land of milk and honey, surely can do this. Hotels in Sinai even serve kosher-for-Passover meals for when the Children of Israel make their annual exodus from the Land of Milk and Honey back into the land of their bondage and suffering. |
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