Caleb (son of Jephunneh)
갈렙 (여분네의 아들)
Named at Numbers 13:6 as the spy sent from the tribe of Judah, the son of Jephunneh. At 13:30 he stills the people before Moses and says they should go up at once and possess the land, and at 14:6–9 he and Joshua tear their clothes and tell the congregation that the land is exceedingly good. At 14:24 the LORD calls him his servant, who has followed him fully, and says he will bring him into the land he went to; 14:30 excepts him and Joshua from those counted who shall not come into the land, and 14:38 has the two of them remain alive of the men who went to spy it out. Numbers 26:63–65 records that of those counted in the wilderness of Sinai, not one was left among those counted in the plains of Moab except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. Numbers 32:12 calls him the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, who with Joshua followed the LORD completely, and 34:19 names him the prince from the tribe of Judah who is to divide the land. At Deuteronomy 1:34–36 the LORD swears that not one of this evil generation shall see the good land “except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him and to his children, because he has wholly followed the LORD.” Joshua 14:6–12 says that when the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal, Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. I brought him word again as it was in my heart,” “Now, behold, I am eighty-five years old, today. As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me,” and “Now therefore give me this hill country, of which the LORD spoke in that day”; 14:13–14 says that Joshua blessed Caleb and gave him Hebron for an inheritance, and that Hebron became his inheritance to this day, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel wholeheartedly. Joshua 15:13–19 says that, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, Caleb was given a portion among the children of Judah, even Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and drove out the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai; that he promised Achsah his daughter as wife to him who struck Kiriath Sepher and took it, and gave her to Othniel, who took it; and that when Achsah asked for a blessing and for springs of water, Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
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- 1CH 4:13–15, engwebp
13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.
14Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.
15The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
- 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp
54Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
56but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
58Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
59Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- DEU 1:34–40, engwebp
34The LORD heard the voice of your words and was angry, and swore, saying,
35“Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land which I swore to give to your fathers,
36except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him and to his children, because he has wholly followed the LORD.”
37Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, “You also shall not go in there.
38Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
39Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be captured or killed, your children, who today have no knowledge of good or evil, shall go in there. I will give it to them, and they shall possess it.
40But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
- JDG 1:12–13, engwebp
12Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”
13Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.
- JDG 1:14–15, engwebp
14When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”
15She said to him, “Give me a blessing; because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- JDG 1:20, engwebp
20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
- JDG 3:7–11, engwebp
7The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
8Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
9When the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
10The LORD’s Spirit came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. His hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
11The land had rest forty years, then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- JOS 14:6–12, engwebp
6Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the thing that the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.
7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
8Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
9Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land where you walked shall be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
10“Now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. Now, behold, I am eighty-five years old, today.
11As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then, even so is my strength now for war, to go out and to come in.
12Now therefore give me this hill country, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and great and fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the LORD said.”
- JOS 14:13–15, engwebp
13Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
15Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.
- JOS 15:13–14, engwebp
13He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
14Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
15He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
- JOS 15:18–19, engwebp
18When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”
19She said, “Give me a blessing. Because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
9They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
11They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
12But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
- NUM 13:1–16, engwebp
1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2“Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel. Of every tribe of their fathers, you shall send a man, every one a prince among them.”
3Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the LORD. All of them were men who were heads of the children of Israel.
4These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
9Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11Of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
- NUM 13:6, engwebp
6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
- NUM 13:25–33, engwebp
25They returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
26They went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.
27They told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
28However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
29Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan.”
30Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let’s go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”
31But the men who went up with him said, “We aren’t able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”
32They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.
33There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
- NUM 14:1–10, engwebp
1All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that we had died in this wilderness!
3Why does the LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return into Egypt?”
4They said to one another, “Let’s choose a leader, and let’s return into Egypt.”
5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
7They spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.
8If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey.
9Only don’t rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us. Don’t fear them.”
10But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. The LORD’s glory appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.
- NUM 14:6, engwebp
6Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
- NUM 14:11–25, engwebp
11The LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? How long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
12I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
13Moses said to the LORD, “Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them.
14They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you LORD are among this people; for you LORD are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
16‘Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.’
17Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
18‘The LORD is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’
19Please pardon the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
20The LORD said, “I have pardoned according to your word;
21but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the LORD’s glory—
22because all those men who have seen my glory and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
23surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it.
24But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
25Since the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
- NUM 14:26–35, engwebp
26The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
27“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation that complain against me? I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel, which they complain against me.
28Tell them, ‘As I live, says the LORD, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you.
29Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me,
30surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31But I will bring in your little ones that you said should be captured or killed, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.
32But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
33Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies are consumed in the wilderness.
34After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.’
35I, the LORD, have spoken. I will surely do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”
- NUM 14:30, engwebp
30surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- NUM 14:36–38, engwebp
36The men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land,
37even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
38But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
- NUM 14:38, engwebp
38But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
- NUM 26:63–65, engwebp
63These are those who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
64But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
65For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- NUM 32:6–15, engwebp
6Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
7Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
8Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
9For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
10The LORD’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, saying,
11‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me,
12except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have followed the LORD completely.’
13The LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation who had done evil in the LORD’s sight was consumed.
14“Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of sinful men, to increase the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
15For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all these people.”
- NUM 34:16–29, engwebp
16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
17“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
19These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20Of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli.
23Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25Of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
26Of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27Of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28Of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”
29These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
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Unresolved interpretation: Who is called the brother of Caleb at Joshua 15:17
- At 15:17 the Korean Revised Version reads 갈렙의 아우요 그나스의 아들인 옷니엘, which calls Othniel the younger brother of Caleb and the son of Kenaz.
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- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
15He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
- WEB reads “Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it” at 15:17, where “the brother of Caleb” can go with Othniel or with Kenaz.
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- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
15He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
- 15:13 calls Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and 15:17 calls Othniel the son of Kenaz, in both editions.
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- JOS 15:13–14, engwebp
13He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
14Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
15He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
- JOS 15:13–14, engwebp
- Judges 3:9 reads “even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother”, where “Caleb’s younger brother” can go with Othniel or with Kenaz. The Korean Revised Version reads 갈렙의 아우 그나스의 아들 옷니엘, where 갈렙의 아우 (Caleb’s younger brother) stands right before Kenaz and can go with Kenaz or with Othniel.
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- JDG 3:7–11, engwebp
7The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and forgot the LORD their God, and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
8Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
9When the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
10The LORD’s Spirit came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. His hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
11The land had rest forty years, then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- JDG 3:7–11, engwebp
At Joshua 15:17 the Korean Revised Version calls Othniel Caleb’s younger brother; at Judges 3:9 its words 갈렙의 아우 그나스의 아들 옷니엘 do not by themselves settle whether Caleb’s younger brother is Kenaz or Othniel. In WEB, “the brother of Caleb” at Joshua 15:17 and “Caleb’s younger brother” at Judges 3:9 can each go with Othniel or with Kenaz. This collection records Kenaz as Othniel’s father, records no brother relationship between Caleb and Othniel, and does not decide who is called the brother of Caleb.
Unresolved interpretation: Caleb the son of Hezron and Caleb the son of Jephunneh
- Joshua 15:16–17 says, “Caleb said, ‘He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.’ Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.”
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- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
15He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
- JOS 15:15–17, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 2:18 says, “Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth”, and 2:19, “Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.” 2:42 says, “The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn”, and 2:49, “the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.”
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- 1CH 2:18–20, engwebp
18Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
20Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
- 1CH 2:42–49, engwebp
42The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
44Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
45The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
47The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
49She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
- 1CH 2:18–20, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 4:15 says, “The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.”
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AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 1CH 4:13–15, engwebp
13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.
14Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.
15The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
- 1CH 4:13–15, engwebp
Joshua 15:16–17 says that Caleb gave Achsah his daughter to Othniel as wife. 1 Chronicles 2:18 names Caleb the son of Hezron, and 2:42 Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel; 2:49 says, “the daughter of Caleb was Achsah”; and 4:15 names the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Both editions write the same name in these places (the Korean Revised Version 갈렙, WEB Caleb). This collection records Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Caleb the son of Hezron as two entries, and records the Caleb of Joshua 15:16–17 as Achsah’s father. The text does not say whether the Caleb of 1 Chronicles 2 and Caleb the son of Jephunneh of 4:15 are one man, and this collection does not decide it.
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Jephunneh — Father of — Caleb (son of Jephunneh)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 4:13–15, 1 Chronicles 6:54–60, Deuteronomy 1:34–40, Joshua 14:6–12, Joshua 14:13–15, Joshua 15:13–14, Joshua 21:9–19, Numbers 13:6, Numbers 14:6, Numbers 14:30, Numbers 14:38, Numbers 26:63–65, Numbers 32:6–15, Numbers 34:16–29
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Caleb (son of Jephunneh) — Father of — Achsah
Evidence: Judges 1:12–13, Judges 1:14–15, Joshua 15:15–17, Joshua 15:18–19
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Took part in (11) — The spies sent from the wilderness of Paran, The spies’ report, and the evil report of the land, The people weep and murmur; Joshua and Caleb tear their clothes, Moses pleads, and the LORD pardons, Forty years of wandering in the wilderness, The men of the evil report die by the plague, None left of the count at Sinai but Caleb and Joshua, The men who are to divide the land, Caleb’s request for the hill country of which the LORD spoke, Hebron, given by Joshua to Caleb for an inheritance, Hebron given to Caleb, Kiriath Sepher taken by Othniel, and the springs Achsah asks for
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Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, “Let’s go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!”
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
surely you shall not come into the land concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, because they have followed the LORD completely.’
These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him and to his children, because he has wholly followed the LORD.”
Then the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the thing that the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh Barnea.
Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”
Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”
Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.
When she came, she got him to ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”
She said to him, “Give me a blessing; because you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
When the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Caleb (son of Jephunneh) (person-caleb) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/caleb Current wording: Named at Numbers 13:6 as the spy sent from the tribe of Judah, the son of Jephunneh. At 13:30 he stills the people before Moses and says they should go up at once and possess the land, and at 14:6–9 he and Joshua tear their clothes and tell the congregation that the land is exceedingly good. At 14:24 the LORD calls him his servant, who has followed him fully, and says he will bring him into the land he went to; 14:30 excepts him and Joshua from those counted who shall not come into the land, and 14:38 has the two of them remain alive of the men who went to spy it out. Numbers 26:63–65 records that of those counted in the wilderness of Sinai, not one was left among those counted in the plains of Moab except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. Numbers 32:12 calls him the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, who with Joshua followed the LORD completely, and 34:19 names him the prince from the tribe of Judah who is to divide the land. At Deuteronomy 1:34–36 the LORD swears that not one of this evil generation shall see the good land “except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him and to his children, because he has wholly followed the LORD.” Joshua 14:6–12 says that when the children of Judah came near to Joshua in Gilgal, Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. I brought him word again as it was in my heart,” “Now, behold, I am eighty-five years old, today. As yet I am as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me,” and “Now therefore give me this hill country, of which the LORD spoke in that day”; 14:13–14 says that Joshua blessed Caleb and gave him Hebron for an inheritance, and that Hebron became his inheritance to this day, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel wholeheartedly. Joshua 15:13–19 says that, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, Caleb was given a portion among the children of Judah, even Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and drove out the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai; that he promised Achsah his daughter as wife to him who struck Kiriath Sepher and took it, and gave her to Othniel, who took it; and that when Achsah asked for a blessing and for springs of water, Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. Cited evidence: 1CH 4:13–15, engwebp / 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp / DEU 1:34–40, engwebp / JDG 1:12–13, engwebp / JDG 1:14–15, engwebp / JDG 1:20, engwebp / JDG 3:7–11, engwebp / JOS 14:6–12, engwebp (and 18 more of 26) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.