Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 11:11

11 But the land whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and vallies , and drinketh water of the rain of heaven :

And therefore much more healthful than Egypt was, which [illegible: 1 word] it was inriched, so it was annoyed, with Nilus, which overflowed the land in summer time, and thereby made the country both unpleasant, and, which is much worse, unhealthful. And health being the greatest of all outward blessings, Canaan must therefore needs be a more desirable habitation than Egypt, which is the thing here implyed.

Which is more honourable, because this comes not from mans art or industry; but immediately from Gods power and goodness; more easie, being given thee without thy charge or pains; more sweet and pleasant, not hindering thy going abroad upon thy occasions, as the overflow of Nilus did, whereby the Egyptians were confined in a great measure to their several houses; more safe and healthful, being free from that Mud which attends upon the waters of Nilus; and more certain too, the former and the latter rain being promised and to be given to them in their several seasons, upon condition of their obedience, which condition, though it may seem a clog and inconvenience, yet indeed was a great benefit, that by their own necessities and worldly interest they should be obliged to that obedience, upon which their happiness depended both for this life and for the next.