Translations
Modern
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
Traditional
And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
Literal
And it came to pass in her coming in, that she urged him to ask from her father the field. And she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What shall be unto you?”
Latin
Quam pergentem in itinere monuit vir suus ut peteret a patre suo agrum. Quæ cum suspirasset sedens in asino, dixit ei Caleb: Quid habes?
Original
Hebrew
English
One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
Notes
urged him: See study note on Joshua 15:18–19.
The first prologue talks about how the tribes did not follow Joshua's farewell instructions (Joshua 23).
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
People
Caleb: Faithful spy, given Hebron as inheritance
Glossary
Achsa, Achsah Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Land Tribe of Dan
Topics
Canaanites: Not Expelled Donkey: Domesticated used for Riding The Canaanites: Partially Subdued by Israel the Tribe of Judah: First and Most Vigorous in Driving out the Canaanites Tribe of Judah: Commissioned by God to Lead in the Conquest of the Promised Land Tribe of Simeon: Inheritance Allotted To