Joshua 15:18

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?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

19And she said, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a southern land; give me also springs of water. Then he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:64And Rebecca lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she sprang off the camel.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 15:14-20

Caleb's Inheritance. ( b. c. 1444.) 13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him… Read the whole commentary →

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