Judges 1:13-15

Contemporary English Version

¹³Caleb's nephew Othniel captured Kiriath-Sepher, so Caleb let him marry Achsah. Othniel was the son of Caleb's younger brother Kenaz.^[a] ¹⁴Right after the wedding, Achsah started telling Othniel that he^[b] ought to ask her father for a field. She went to see her father, and while she was getting down from^[c] her donkey, Caleb asked, “What's bothering you?”

¹⁵She answered, “I need your help. The land you gave me is in the Southern Desert, so please give me some spring-fed ponds for a water supply.”

Caleb gave her a couple of small ponds named Higher Pond and Lower Pond.^[d]

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Footnotes

1.13 Othniel was the son of … Kenaz: Or “Othniel and Caleb both belonged to the Kenaz clan, but Othniel was younger than Caleb.”
1.14 Achsah … Othniel … he: Hebrew; two ancient translations “Othniel … Achsah … she.”
1.14 getting down from: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
1.15 spring-fed ponds … small ponds … Higher Pond and Lower Pond: Or “wells … wells … Higher Well and Lower Well.”