Exodus 23:29

I will not drive them out from before you in one year , lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you.

But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you.

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.