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Josva 15,18

Caleb
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16 Kaleb sa: "Til den mannen som angriper og inntar Kirjat-Sefer, vil jeg gi min datter Aksa til ekte."

17 Otniel, sønn av Kenaz, Kalebs bror, inntok den; så Kaleb ga ham sin datter Aksa til ekte.

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?"

19 Hun svarte: "Gi meg en velsignelse. Siden du har gitt meg land i Negev, gi meg også vannkilder." Så ga Kaleb henne de øvre og nedre kildene.

20 Dette er arven til Judas stamme, etter deres familier:

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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?

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