Josué 15:18

18 Cuando Acsa se casó con Otoniel, ella insistió
en que le pidiera un campo a su padre. Mientras ella se bajaba de su burro, Caleb le preguntó:
—¿Qué te pasa?

Josué 15:18 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:18

And it came to pass, as she came [unto him]
To her husband, being conducted from her father's house to his, in order to consummate the marriage, just as we may suppose when she was got to her husband's house, before she lighted off the beast on which she rode:

that she moved him to ask of her father a field;
or persuaded him to make such a request to him, or that he would give her leave to make it; that is, Achsah put Othniel her espoused husband upon it, to entreat her father Caleb, or suffer her to use her interest with him to obtain a field of him, over and above, and something better, than what he had already given;

and she lighted off [her] ass;
she leaped or threw herself from it; or bowing herself, she fell off on her feet, as Jarchi interprets it, and in an humble manner made her obeisance to her father; though De Dieu, from the use of the word in the Ethiopic language, gives a different sense, as if she continued on her ass, and did not alight, waiting the success of her husband's request; or that her father, taking notice of this, might ask the reason of it, which would give her an opportunity of asking the favour of him, which she judged was a proper time of doing it; and there are some versions which seem to countenance this sense the Septuagint version is,

``she cried from off the ass;''

and the Vulgate Latin version,

``she sighed as she sat upon the ass:''

and Caleb said unto her, what wouldest thou?
what wouldest thou have? what is thy request for he perceived, by the posture she put herself in, that she had something to say to him.

Josué 15:18 In-Context

16 Caleb dijo: «Daré a mi hija Acsa en matrimonio al que ataque y tome Quiriat-sefer».

17 Otoniel, hijo de Cenaz, un hermano de Caleb, fue quien conquistó la ciudad; así que Acsa pasó a ser esposa de Otoniel.

18 Cuando Acsa se casó con Otoniel, ella insistió
en que le pidiera un campo a su padre. Mientras ella se bajaba de su burro, Caleb le preguntó:
—¿Qué te pasa?

19 Ella contestó:
—Concédeme otro regalo. Ya me regalaste tierras en el Neguev; ahora te ruego que también me des manantiales.
Entonces Caleb le entregó tanto los manantiales de la parte alta como los de la parte baja.

20 Las ciudades asignadas a Judá
Esta fue la tierra asignada a los clanes de la tribu de Judá para que fuera su hogar.