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Joshua 15:17-19
Contemporary English Version
Joshua 15:17-19
Contemporary English Version
17 Caleb's nephew Othniel[a] captured Kiriath-Sepher, and Caleb let him marry Achsah. 18 Right after the wedding, Achsah started telling Othniel that he[b] ought to ask her father for a field. She went to see her father, and while she was getting down from[c] her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's bothering you?”
19 She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so I really need some spring-fed ponds[d] for a water supply.”
Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds, named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.[e]
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- 15.17 Caleb's nephew Othniel: Hebrew “Othniel the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz.”
- 15.18 Achsah … Othniel … he: Hebrew; one manuscript of one ancient translation and two ancient translations of the parallel in Judges 1.14 “Othniel … Achsah … she.”
- 15.18 getting down from: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 15.19 spring-fed ponds: Or “wells.”
- 15.19 small ponds … Pond … Pond: Or “wells … Well … Well.”
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