16 (A)And Caleb said, “He who [a]attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17 So (B)Othniel the (C)son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him (D)Achsah his daughter as wife. 18 (E)Now it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So (F)she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?”

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  1. Joshua 15:16 Lit. strikes

16 And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah(A) in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” 17 Othniel(B) son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.

18 One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him[a] to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?”

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  1. Joshua 15:18 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts (see also note at Judges 1:14) Othniel, he urged her