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13 He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron). 14 Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher. 16 Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17 Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 18 When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”

19 She said, “Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.”

So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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13 According to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua,[a] he gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a plot of ground among the descendants[b] of Judah, Kiriath Arba,[c] which is Hebron (Arba was Anak’s father). 14 Caleb drove out from there three of Anak’s sons, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants[d] of Anak. 15 And from there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir (the former name of Debir was Kiriath Sepher). 16 And Caleb said, “Whoever attacks Kiriath Sepher and captures it, I will give to him my daughter Acsah as a wife.” 17 Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter as a wife. 18 When she came to him she urged him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”[e] 19 And she said to him, “Give to me a gift;[f] you have given me the land of the Negev,[g] and you must give to me a spring of water.” And he gave to her the upper and lower spring.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 15:13 Literally “according to the mouth of Yahweh to Joshua”
  2. Joshua 15:13 Or “sons”
  3. Joshua 15:13 Or “the city of Arba”
  4. Joshua 15:14 Or “children”
  5. Joshua 15:18 Literally “What is for you?”
  6. Joshua 15:19 Or “blessing”
  7. Joshua 15:19 An arid region south of the Judaean hills
  8. Joshua 15:19 Joshua 15:13–19 is almost identical to Judges 1:11–15