Joshua 15:12-14

King James Version

¹²And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

¹³And 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.

¹⁴And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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Joshua 15:12-14

New International Version

¹²The western boundary is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.^(A)

These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.

¹³In accordance with the Lord’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb^(B) son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah—Kiriath Arba^(C), that is, Hebron.^(D) (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)^(E) ¹⁴From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites^(F)—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai,^(G) the sons of Anak.^(H)

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Joshua 15:12-14

New King James Version

¹²The west border was ^(A)the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.

Caleb Occupies Hebron and Debir^(B)

¹³^(C)Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of ^(D)Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely, ^(E)Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). ¹⁴Caleb drove out ^(F)the three sons of Anak from there: ^(G)Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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Joshua 15:12-14

New American Standard Bible

¹²The western border was ^(A)at the Great Sea, even its ^[a]coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.

¹³Now ^(B)he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion ^(C)among the sons of Judah, in accordance with the ^[b]command of the Lord to Joshua, namely, ^[c]Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron). ¹⁴And ^(D)Caleb ^[d]drove out from there the three ^(E)sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

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Footnotes

Joshua 15:12 Lit border
Joshua 15:13 Lit mouth
Joshua 15:13 I.e., the city of Arba
Joshua 15:14 Or dispossessed them

Joshua 15:12-14

English Standard Version

¹²And the west boundary was ^(A)the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.

¹³According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, ^(B)Kiriath-arba, that is, ^(C)Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). ¹⁴And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, ^(D)Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

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