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15 From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir, which used to be called Kiriath-sepher,(A) 16 and Caleb said, ‘Whoever attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher, I will give my daughter Achsah to him as a wife.’ 17 So Othniel(B) son of Caleb’s brother, Kenaz, captured it, and Caleb gave his daughter Achsah to him as a wife.(C) 18 When she arrived, she persuaded Othniel to ask her father for a field. As she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, ‘What can I do for you? ’ 19 She replied, ‘Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me the springs also.’ So he gave her the upper and lower springs.

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