창세기 45:25의 미드라쉬

"and they brought it down to us" — whence it is seen that Eretz Yisrael is higher than all the (other) lands, as in (Bamidbar 13:30) "Let us go up and inherit it," and (Ibid. 21) "And they went up and spied out the land," and (Bereshith 45:25) "And they went up from Egypt and they came to the land of Canaan." (Devarim, Ibid.)

And just as a deer is quicker than any beast or animal, so the fruits of Eretz Yisrael are "quicker" (to come) than those of all the other lands. If so, I might think they are not rich. It is, therefore, written (Devarim 11:9) "a land flowing with milk and honey" — rich as milk and sweet as honey. And thus is it written (Isaiah 5:11) "I will now sing of my Beloved, my Beloved's song of His vineyard. My Beloved had a vineyard in the horn of Ben Shamen": Just as there is nothing higher in a bullock than its horns, so, Eretz Yisrael is higher than all of the other lands. — But perhaps, just as a bullock is defective in the contents of its horns, so, Eretz Yisrael is more "defective" than all of the other lands! It is, therefore, written "in the horn of Ben Shamen": It is fat (shamen, rich, fruitful, productive). Eretz Yisrael, being higher than all (other lands) is superior to all, viz.: (Bamidbar 13:30) "Let us go up and we will inherit it," (Ibid. 13:21) "and they went up and spied out the land," (Ibid. 13:22) "and they went up in the south," (Bereshith 45:25) "and they went up from Egypt." The Temple, in that it is higher than all, is superior to all, viz.: (Devarim 17:8) "then you shall rise and go up" (to the Temple), (Isaiah 2:3) "and many peoples will go and say 'Let us go up to the mountain of the L-rd, to the house of the G-d of Yaakov,'" and (Jeremiah 31:5) "For there is a day when the watchers will call out on the mountain of Ephraim: 'Arise, let us go up to Tzion to (the house of) the L-rd our G-d!'"