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Joshua 15:17

AchsahCalebKenazOthniel

15 From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).

16 And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”

So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

18 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?”

19 “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

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BSB
So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
KJV
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
WEB
Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
ASV
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
DARBY
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
BLB
And Othniel son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it, and he gave to him Acsah his daughter for a wife.
ÅB
Og kenisitten Otniel, Kalebs bror, inntok det; og han gav ham sin datter Aksa til hustru.
OTB
Otniel, sønn av Kenaz, Kalebs bror, inntok den; så Kaleb ga ham sin datter Aksa til ekte.
B1930
Og kenisitten Otniel, Kalebs bror, inntok det; og han gav ham sin datter Aksa til hustru.

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  • Judges 3:9

    But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

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  • Judges 1:13

    So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

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  • Joshua 14:6

    Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

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  • Judges 3:11

    So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

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  • 1 Chronicles 2:49

    She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

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  • Numbers 32:12

    not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’

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