Joshua 15:17 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 15:17

So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

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ASV

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

KJV

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it,.... The relation of Othniel to Caleb is a little intricate, and, as it is understood, occasions objections to the marriage of Caleb's daughter to him; it seems, at first sight, that he was Caleb's own brother, a younger brother, and so uncle to his daughter, and such marriages were forbidden, Lev 18:

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Othniel was probably Caleb’s younger brother; the expression “son of Kenaz” being only an equivalent for the “Kenezite” Jos 14:6.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֛הּ	vai.yil.ke.Dah	and he captured it	H3920 →
עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל	'a.te.ni.'El	Othniel	H6274 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
קְנַ֖ז	ke.Naz	Kenaz	H7073 →
אֲחִ֣י	'a.Chi	[the] brother of	H251 →
כָלֵ֑ב	kha.Lev	Caleb	H3612 →
וַיִּתֶּן־	vai.yi.ten-	and he gave	H5414 →
ל֛וֹ	lo	to <the> him
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַכְסָ֥ה	'akh.Sah	Achsah	H5915 →
בִתּ֖וֹ	vi.To	daughter his	H1323 →
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →

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Joshua 14:6
Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about…
leads to
- Numbers 14:30
  Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Numbers 13:6
  from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
- Numbers 14:24
  But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
- Numbers 14:6
  Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
- Joshua 14:14
  Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Through
Judges 3:9
But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
leads to
- Judges 3:15
  And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Judges 1:13
  So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Through
Judges 1:13
So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
leads to
- Judges 3:9
  But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

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