Joshua 15:18
16 And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
17 So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
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.
20 This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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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, 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?
- WEB
- When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”
- 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, What wouldest thou?
- DARBY
- And it came to pass as she came, that she urged him to ask of her father a 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 persuaded him to request from her father a field. And she dismounted from [her] donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you [want]?”
- 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 sin far om et jorde. Hun steg av eselet sitt, og Kaleb spurte henne: "Hva vil 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?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 24:64
And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
Read in context1 Samuel 25:23
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
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