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Yehoshua 15:16-21 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

16. And Kalev said, He that strikes down Kiryat Sefer, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my bat as isha.

17. And Otniel ben Kenaz, the brother of Kalev, took it; and he gave him Achsah his bat as isha.

18. And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she urged him to ask of her av a sadeh; and she got off her chamor; and Kalev said unto her, What wouldest thou?

19. She answered, Give me a berakhah; for thou hast given me eretz HaNegev [land in the southern desert]; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the lower springs.

20. This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah according to their mishpekhot.

21. And the towns at the extremity of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah toward the boundary of Edom southward were Kavtze'el, and Eder, and Yagur,

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