came downe] See the Annot. on Genesis 18:21. and a large] Judea containeth in length, from Dan to Beersheba, but 160. miles: in breadth, from Joppa to Bethlem, but 46. miles: yet it is called large to them, in comparison of Goshen, where they then dwelt, or in regard of the plentifull increase, which it afforded, to support and nourish the Inhabitants. floweth with milke and honey] That is, abounding with all things serving for necessitie and delight. So Exodus 3:17. the Canaanites, and the Hittites, &c.] Sometimes the Inhabitants of the Land of Canaan, are signified under one name, as the name of Canaanites, or Amorites, or Hittites, here they come under 6. appellations. Deuteronomy 7:1. we find 7. named, yea sometimes their distinction ariseth to tenne severall denominations, as Genesis 15. vers. 19, 20, 21. and yet that enumeration and Nomenclature seemes to be imperfect, because the Hivites are not numbred among them: the reason hereof may be, because some names are more generall, some more particular, some more, some lesse eminent, some observable on one occasion, some on another: as the people of Israel are sometimes noted, by their common Name, Israelites, as the sonnes of Jacob or Israel; somtimes by the distinct names of their severall Tribes; sometimes one name of eminence compriseth the rest, as the Jewes have their name from Judah, the Prince of the Tribes.