⁹ and ^(A)that you may live long in the land ^(B)that the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, ^(C)a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰ For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it,^[a] like a garden of vegetables. ^11 (D)But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven, ¹² a land that the Lord your God cares for. ^(E)The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.