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Judges 1:14

Caleb

12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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BSB
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
KJV
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
WEB
When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”
ASV
And it came to pass, when she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
DARBY
And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father the field; and she sprang down from the ass. And Caleb said to her, What wouldest thou?
BLB
And it came to pass in her coming in, that she urged him to ask from her father the field. And she dismounted from [her] donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What [shall be] unto you?”
ÅB
Og da hun kom (til sin manns hus), egget hun ham til å be hennes far om en jordeiendom, og hun sprang ned av eselet. Da sa Kaleb til henne: Hva vil du?
OTB
Da hun kom til Otniel, oppfordret hun ham til å be hennes far om et jorde. Da hun steg av eselet sitt, spurte Kaleb henne: «Hva ønsker du?»
B1930
Og da hun kom (til sin manns hus), egget hun ham til å be hennes far om en jordeiendom, og hun sprang ned av asenet. Da sa Kaleb til henne: Hvad vil du?

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  • Joshua 15:18–19

    And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

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