Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageFor the land you are entering to possess is nothing like the land of Egypt you left behind—where you sowed your seed and had to irrigate it by foot like a kitchen garden.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor the land you are entering to possess is not like the land of Mitzrayim from which you came out, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot like a garden of vegetables.
KJV
King James VersionFor the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
Footnotes
Watered with your foot' (*vehishqita veraglekha*) is a vivid idiom referring to the foot-operated irrigation channels and treadmill water-lifts of ancient Egypt, where farmers would kick open sluices or pump pedals to direct Nile water into their fields. The metaphor frames Egypt as a land of relentless human toil, contrasting sharply with Kena'an, which depends not on human ingenuity but on divine provision through rain. FOG preserves the literal idiom to honour its cultural specificity; FOG Message renders it as 'irrigate by foot' to make the physical labour vivid for a modern reader.