Midrash
Midrash Tanchuma (Buber), Sh'lach 16 מדרש תנחומא (בובר), שלח ט״ז
Part of: Siman 16
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למקום ההוא קרא נחל אשכול וגו' (שם יג כד). זש"ה מגיד מראשית אחרית [ומקד אשר לא נעשו] (ישעיה מו י), שהכל צפוי לפני הקב"ה, אשכול אוהבו של אברהם היה, ונקרא אשכול על אודות האשכול שהיו ישראל עתידין לכרות משם ממקומו.
(Numb. 13:24:) THAT PLACE WAS CALLED WADI ESHCOL. This text is related (to Is. 46:10): DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, [AND FROM OF OLD, THINGS THAT HAVE NOT YET HAPPENED], in that everything is foreseen by the Holy One.40Tanh., Numb. 4:9; Numb. R. 16:16. Eshcol (according to Gen. 14:24) was Abraham's friend, and he was called Eshcol because of the grape cluster (eshkol), which Israel was going to cut from his place in his name.
(Numb. 13:24:) THAT PLACE WAS CALLED WADI ESHCOL. This text is related (to Is. 46:10): DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, [AND FROM OF OLD, THINGS THAT HAVE NOT YET HAPPENED], in that everything is foreseen by the Holy One.40Tanh., Numb. 4:9; Numb. R. 16:16. Eshcol (according to Gen. 14:24) was Abraham's friend, and he was called Eshcol because of the grape cluster (eshkol), which Israel was going to cut from his place in his name.