“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.”
But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We also saw the descendants of Anak there' — the pivotal 'but' (aval) shifts the report from affirmation to fear; the land is good, yes, but the inhabitants are formidable, the cities impregnable, and the Anakim (giants) dwell there. Fear casts the shadow of impossibility over promise.
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