Joshua 15:17

15:17 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, ¹  captured it, Caleb ²  gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

Joshua 15:14

15:14 Caleb drove out ³  from there three Anakites – Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

Joshua 15:16

15:16 Caleb said, “To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.”

Joshua 15:18

15:18 One time Acsah ⁴  came and charmed her father ⁵  so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

Joshua 14:6

14:6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea. ⁶ 

[15:17]  ¹ tn “Caleb’s brother” may refer either to Othniel or to Kenaz. If Kenaz was the brother of Caleb, Othniel is Caleb’s nephew.

[15:17]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:14]  ³ tn Or “dispossessed.”

[15:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Acsah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “him.” The referent of the pronoun could be Othniel, in which case the translation would be, “she incited him [Othniel] to ask her father for a field.” This is problematic, however, for Acsah, not Othniel, makes the request in v. 19. The LXX has “he [Othniel] urged her to ask her father for a field.” This appears to be an attempt to reconcile the apparent inconsistency and probably does not reflect the original text. If Caleb is understood as the referent of the pronoun, the problem disappears. For a fuller discussion of the issue, see P. G. Mosca, “Who Seduced Whom? A Note on Joshua 15:18//Judges 1:14,” CBQ 46 (1984): 18-22. This incident is also recorded in Judg 1:14.

[14:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses, the man of God, because of me and because of you in Kadesh Barnea.”