SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:39
Y vuestros chiquitos, de los cuales dijisteis: Serán por presa; y vuestros hijos que no saben hoy lo bueno ni lo malo, ellos entrarán allá, y a ellos la daré, y ellos la heredarán.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 39. Moreover, your little ones, which ye said should be a prey , etc.] To the Amorites, into whose hands they expected to be delivered, ( Deuteronomy 1:27) (see Numbers 14:3) and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil ; not being at years of understanding, and which is a common description of children; it is particularly expressed “in that day”, for now they were the very persons Moses was directing his speech unto, and relating this history, it being thirty eight years ago when this affair was, so that now they were grown up to years of discretion: they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it : the relation of which now might serve greatly to encourage their faith, as well as it would be a fulfilment of the promise of the land made unto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which was not made of none effect through the unbelief of the Israelites, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness, since their posterity was to enjoy it, and did.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-46 - Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows ho near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that they were not far from the kingdom of God. As if it were not enough that they were sure of their God befor them, they would send men before them. Never any looked into the Holy Land, but they must own it to be a good land. And was there any caus to distrust this God? An unbelieving heart was at the bottom of all this. All disobedience to God's laws, and distrust of his power an goodness, flow from disbelief of his word, as all true obedienc springs from faith. It is profitable for us to divide our past live into distinct periods; to give thanks to God for the mercies we have received in each, to confess and seek the forgiveness of all the sin we can remember; and thus to renew our acceptance of God's salvation and our surrender of ourselves to his service. Our own plans seldo avail to good purpose; while courage in the exercise of faith, and in the path of duty, enables the believer to follow the Lord fully, to disregard all that opposes, to triumph over all opposition, and to tak firm hold upon the promised blessings __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וטפכם 2945 אשׁר 834 אמרתם 559 לבז 957 יהיה 1961 ובניכם 1121 אשׁר 834 לא 3808 ידעו 3045 היום 3117 טוב 2896 ורע 7451 המה 1992 יבאו 935 שׁמה 8033 ולהם אתננה 5414 והם 1992 יירשׁוה׃ 3423
