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16 He told his men, “The man who captures Kiriath-Sepher can marry my daughter Achsah.”

17 Caleb's nephew Othniel[a] captured Kiriath-Sepher, and Caleb let him marry Achsah. 18 Right after the wedding, Achsah started telling Othniel that he[b] ought to ask her father for a field. She went to see her father, and while she was getting down from[c] her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's bothering you?”

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Footnotes

  1. 15.17 Caleb's nephew Othniel: Hebrew “Othniel the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz.”
  2. 15.18 Achsah … Othniel … he: Hebrew; one manuscript of one ancient translation and two ancient translations of the parallel in Judges 1.14 “Othniel … Achsah … she.”
  3. 15.18 getting down from: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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