For 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: (Deuteronomy 11:10)
The laborious methods of irrigation practiced in Egypt were applicable only to a narrow strip of land adjoining the Nile, whereas the rain of Canaan would make the countryside of Palestine a fruitful field.
Wateredst.
A figure of speech to denote the contrivances used to lift water from the Nile and its tributary canals, which involved hard labor. But the Promised Land was watered by copious rainfall that never failed so long as Israel was faithful to God (see 1 Kings 8:35; 17:1; 18:17, 18).