Jephunneh
여분네
Named at Numbers 13:6, 14:6, 14:30 and 14:38 as the father of Caleb. Numbers 26:65 names Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Numbers 32:12 calls him, Caleb’s father, the Kenizzite, and 34:19 names him as Caleb’s father again.
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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.”
- 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 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 13:6, engwebp
6Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
- 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 14:30, 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 14:38, 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: 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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- 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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Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.
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).
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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: Jephunneh (person-jephunneh) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/jephunneh Current wording: Named at Numbers 13:6, 14:6, 14:30 and 14:38 as the father of Caleb. Numbers 26:65 names Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Numbers 32:12 calls him, Caleb’s father, the Kenizzite, and 34:19 names him as Caleb’s father again. Cited evidence: 1CH 4:13–15, engwebp / 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp / DEU 1:34–40, engwebp / JOS 14:6–12, engwebp / JOS 14:13–15, engwebp / JOS 15:13–14, engwebp / JOS 21:9–19, engwebp / NUM 13:6, engwebp (and 6 more of 14) 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.