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17 Othniel, the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz, captured it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as his wife. 18 Sometime later, she came to Othniel[a] and persuaded him to ask her father for a field.

As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”

19 She replied, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negev,[b] give me also some springs of water.” So he gave her the upper and lower springs.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 15:18 The Heb. lacks to Othniel
  2. Joshua 15:19 I.e. the southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40