Joshua 15:19 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁹ And she said, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the South, give me also fountains of water.” And he gave her the upper fountains and the lower fountains.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Achsah answered, Give me a present. Since you have set me in the [dry] Negeb, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the [sloping field with] upper and lower springs.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And she said, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ She said, “Give me a blessing. Since the land you’ve given me is in the arid southern plain, you should also give me springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ But she answered: "Give a blessing to me. You have given to me a southern and dry land; join to it also a watered land." And so Caleb gave to her the watered land above and below it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ But she answered: Give me a blessing. Thou hast given me a southern and dry land, give me also a land that is watered. And Caleb gave her the upper and the nether watery ground.

Joshua 15:19 Cross References

Genesis 12:9

And Aḇram set out, continuing toward the South.

Genesis 33:11

Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because Elohim has favoured me, and because I have all I need.” And he urged him, and he took it.

2 Corinthians 9:5

So I thought it necessary to appeal to the brothers to come to you in advance, and arrange your promised blessing beforehand – this to be ready as a blessing and not as greediness.

Deuteronomy 33:7

And this of Yehuḏah, and he said, “Hear, יהוה, the voice of Yehuḏah, and bring him to his people. His hands shall fight for him, and You be a help against his enemies.”

Joshua 15:18

And it came to be, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. And when she got off from the donkey, Kalĕḇ said to her, “What is the matter?”

Joshua 15:20

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Yehuḏah for their clans:

1 Samuel 25:27

“And now this present which your female servant has brought to my master, let it be given to the young men who follow my master.