Judges 1:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.”

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BSBPD

““Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And she saith to him, `Give to me a blessing; when the south land thou hast given me--then thou hast given to me springs of water; and Caleb giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Judges 1:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 33:11Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:18Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
  3. 1 Samuel 25:27Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
  4. 2 Corinthians 9:5So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
  5. Hebrews 6:7For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
  6. 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

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