Judges - 1:14



14 It happened, when she came (to him), that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, "What would you like?"

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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?
And it came to pass, when she came unto him , that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
And as she was going on her way her husband admonished her to ask a field of her father. And as she sighed sitting on her ass, Caleb said to her: What aileth thee?
When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field; and she alighted from her ass, and Caleb said to her, |What do you wish?|
And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted down from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
And it cometh to pass in her coming in, that she persuadeth him to ask from her father the field, and she lighteth from off the ass, and Caleb saith to her, 'What, to thee?'
Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?
It happened, when she came to him, that she got him to ask her father for a field. And she got off from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, 'What would you like?'
And as she was traveling on a journey, her husband admonished her, so that she would request a field from her father. And since she had sighed while sitting on her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What is it?"

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: (g) and she lighted from off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
(g) Read (Joshua 15:18).

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? See Gill on Joshua 15:18.

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