Joshua 15:17

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Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as his wife.

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  • Judg 1:13 : 13 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, and Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.
  • Judg 3:9 : 9 When the Israelites cried out to the Lord, He raised up a deliverer for them, Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, who saved them.
  • Judg 3:11 : 11 The land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
  • Josh 14:6 : 6 The descendants of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, 'You know the word the LORD spoke to Moses, the man of God, about you and me in Kadesh Barnea.'
  • Num 32:12 : 12 except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they have fully followed the Lord.'
  • 1 Chr 2:49 : 49 She also bore Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.

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  • Judg 1:11-15
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    97%

    11From there, they went against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).

    12Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher."

    13Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, and Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.

    14When she came to him, she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"

    15She answered him, "Give me a blessing, since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water as well." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

  • Josh 15:13-16
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    91%

    13To Caleb son of Jephunneh, he was given a portion among the descendants of Judah, based on the Lord’s command to Joshua, the city of Arba (father of Anak), which is Hebron.

    14Caleb expelled from there the three descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak.

    15From there he went up against the inhabitants of Debir, which was formerly called Kiriath-sepher.

    16Caleb said, 'Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as his wife.'

  • Josh 15:18-19
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    18When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb asked her, 'What do you want?'

    19She replied, 'Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, grant me also springs of water.' So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

  • 1 Chr 2:48-50
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    78%

    48Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

    49She also bore Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.

    50These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim;

  • 1 Chr 2:18-19
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    18Caleb son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and Jerioth. Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

    19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, and she bore him Hur.

  • 1 Chr 4:13
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    13The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah, and the sons of Othniel were Hathath.

  • 1 Chr 2:46
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    46Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.

  • Judg 3:9
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    9When the Israelites cried out to the Lord, He raised up a deliverer for them, Othniel son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb, who saved them.

  • Josh 14:12-14
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    12So now give me this hill country the LORD promised me on that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakim are there and their cities are large and fortified. Perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I will drive them out as the LORD said.

    13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

    14So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as his inheritance to this day because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Josh 21:12
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    12However, the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

  • 1 Chr 7:15
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    15Makir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim. His sister’s name was Maacah. Another descendant was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

  • 1 Chr 6:56
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    56To the sons of Gershom, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.

  • Judg 15:1-2
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    1After some time, during the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife, bringing a young goat as a gift. He said, "Let me go into my wife's room," but her father would not let him enter.

    2Her father said, "I thought you completely hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead."

  • Judg 1:20
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    20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.

  • Judg 3:11
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    11The land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

  • Num 13:6
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    6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

  • Gen 11:29
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    29Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

  • 1 Chr 4:15
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    15The sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, were Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah was Kenaz.

  • 1 Chr 2:42
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    42The sons of Caleb, brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.

  • Gen 24:38
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    38Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

  • Judg 14:2-3
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    2He returned and told his father and mother, 'I have seen a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. Now get her for me as a wife.'

    3But his father and mother said to him, 'Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives or among all our people, that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?' Yet Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me, because she is right in my eyes.'

  • Num 36:11
    66%

    11Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, married their cousins.

  • 1 Chr 4:19
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    19The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

  • 1 Chr 2:24
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    24After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron's wife Abijah bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

  • Josh 7:18
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    18Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

  • Deut 1:36
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    36except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he walked, because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD.

  • Num 36:8
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    8'Every daughter who inherits land from the tribes of Israel must marry within a clan of her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of their ancestors.'

  • Josh 14:6
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    6The descendants of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, 'You know the word the LORD spoke to Moses, the man of God, about you and me in Kadesh Barnea.'

  • Judg 3:6
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    6They took the daughters of these peoples as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to the sons of these peoples, and worshiped their gods.