Joshua 15:16-18

International Children’s Bible

¹⁶Caleb said, “I want a man to attack and capture Kiriath Sepher. I will give him Acsah, my daughter, as a wife.” ¹⁷Othniel son of Kenaz defeated the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to Othniel to be his wife. ¹⁸Acsah wanted Othniel to ask her father Caleb for more land.

So Acsah went to her father. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”

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Joshua 15:16-18

New International Version

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

¹⁸One 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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Footnotes

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

Joshua 15:16-18

English Standard Version

¹⁶And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as wife.” ¹⁷^(A)And Othniel the son of Kenaz, ^(B)the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. ¹⁸When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?”

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