וְלֹ֣א אָמְר֔וּ אַיֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה הַמַּעֲלֶ֥ה אֹתָ֖נוּ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הַמּוֹלִ֨יךְ אֹתָ֜נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר בְּאֶ֨רֶץ עֲרָבָ֤ה וְשׁוּחָה֙ בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ צִיָּ֣ה וְצַלְמָ֔וֶת בְּאֶ֗רֶץ לֹֽא־עָ֤בַר בָּהּ֙ אִ֔ישׁ וְלֹֽא־יָשַׁ֥ב אָדָ֖ם שָֽׁם׃
Mereka tidak bertanya: “Di manakah Yang Mahakekal, yang membawa kita keluar dari negeri Mesir, yang memimpin kita melalui padang gurun, melalui negeri dataran tandus dan penuh lubang, melalui negeri yang kering dan kelam pekat, melalui negeri yang tidak pernah dilalui orang dan tidak didiami manusia?”
Berakhot
He answered, "Thou hast reminded me of something which R. Jose b. R. Hannina said, viz. : What means that which is written, 'Through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt' (Jer. ii. 6) ? Since no man passed through it, how could anyone dwell there ! But it intends to tell us that every land concerning which Adam decreed that it should be inhabited has become inhabited, and every land concerning which Adam did not so decree has not been inhabited."