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Joshua 15:15-17
New English Translation
Joshua 15:15-17
New English Translation
15 From there he attacked the people of Debir.[a] (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.) 16 Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.” 17 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother,[b] captured it, Caleb[c] gave Achsah his daughter to him as a wife.
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- Joshua 15:15 tn Heb “he went up against the inhabitants of Debir.”
- Joshua 15:17 tn “Caleb’s brother” may refer either to Othniel or to Kenaz. If Kenaz was the brother of Caleb, Othniel is Caleb’s nephew.
- Joshua 15:17 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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