“And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.”
When they reached the Valley of Eshcol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs — the cluster of grapes, so enormous that two men are required to carry it on a pole, embodies the land's fertility and God's promise. The grapes become the iconic symbol of Canaan's abundance.
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