Joshua 14:13

THE MESSAGE

Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite still today, because he gave himself totally to God , the God of Israel.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as an inheritance.

Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua blessed him; and he gave Hevron to Kalev the son of Yefunneh for an inheritance.

King James Version
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

Lexham English Bible
And Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

English Standard Version
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

New Century Version
Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him the city of Hebron as his own.

New English Translation
Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

Amplified Bible
So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

New American Standard Bible
So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioshua blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Contemporary English Version
Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb, then he gave Hebron to Caleb and his descendants.

Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshua blessed him and gave Hevron to Kalev the son of Y'funeh as his inheritance.

Darby Translation
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Easy-to-Read Version
Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh. Joshua gave him the city of Hebron as his own.

George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua blessed Caleb the son of Jophaniah, and gave him Hebron and its environs as an inheritance.

Good News Translation
Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him the city of Hebron as his possession.

Literal Translation
And Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Iosua blessed him, and so gaue Hebron vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune.

American Standard Version
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Bible in Basic English
And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosuah blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune, Hebron to inherite.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Chebron to Chaleb the son of Jephone the son of Kenez for an inheritance.

English Revised Version
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Josue blesside hym, and yaf to hym Ebron in to possessioun.

Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua blesseth him, and giveth Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,

Update Bible Version
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

World English Bible
Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

New King James Version
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

New Living Translation
So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as his portion of land.

New Life Bible
So Joshua prayed that God would favor him. And he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his share.

New Revised Standard
Then Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, for an inheritance.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josue blessed him, and gave him Hebron in possession.

Revised Standard Version
Then Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephun'neh for an inheritance.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Contextual Overview

⁶The people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite spoke: "You'll remember what God said to Moses the man of God concerning you and me back at Kadesh Barnea. I was forty years old when Moses the servant of God sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land. And I brought back an honest and accurate report. My companions who went with me discouraged the people, but I stuck to my guns, totally with God , my God. That was the day that Moses solemnly promised, ‘The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance, you and your children's, forever. Yes, you have lived totally for God .' Now look at me: God has kept me alive, as he promised. It is now forty-five years since God spoke this word to Moses, years in which Israel wandered in the wilderness. And here I am today, eighty-five years old! I'm as strong as I was the day Moses sent me out. I'm as strong as ever in battle, whether coming or going. So give me this hill country that God promised me. You yourself heard the report, that the Anakim were there with their great fortress cities. If God goes with me, I will drive them out, just as God said." ¹³Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite still today, because he gave himself totally to God , the God of Israel. ¹⁵ The name of Hebron used to be Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

blessed: Joshua 22:6, Genesis 47:7, Genesis 47:10, 1 Samuel 1:17, Song of Solomon 6:9

gave unto: Joshua 10:36, Joshua 10:37, Joshua 15:13, Joshua 21:11, Joshua 21:12, Judges 1:20, 1 Chronicles 6:55, 1 Chronicles 6:56

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:18 - Hebron Genesis 27:4 - that my Genesis 37:14 - Hebron Numbers 13:22 - Hebron 1 Samuel 30:14 - Caleb 1 Samuel 30:31 - Hebron 2 Chronicles 27:4 - the mountains

Cross-References

Genesis 43:32
Joseph was served at his private table, the brothers off by themselves and the Egyptians off by themselves (Egyptians won't eat at the same table with Hebrews; it's repulsive to them). The brothers were seated facing Joseph, arranged in order of their age, from the oldest to the youngest. They looked at one another wide-eyed, wondering what would happen next. When the brothers' plates were served from Joseph's table, Benjamin's plate came piled high, far more so than his brothers. And so the brothers feasted with Joseph, drinking freely.

Exodus 2:11
Time passed. Moses grew up. One day he went and saw his brothers, saw all that hard labor. Then he saw an Egyptian hit a Hebrew—one of his relatives! He looked this way and then that; when he realized there was no one in sight, he killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand.

Numbers 21:21
Israel sent emissaries to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, "Let us cross your land. We won't trespass into your fields or drink water in your vineyards. We'll keep to the main road, the King's Road, until we're through your land."

1 Samuel 4:12
Immediately, a Benjaminite raced from the front lines back to Shiloh. Shirt torn and face smeared with dirt, he entered the town. Eli was sitting on his stool beside the road keeping vigil, for he was extremely worried about the Chest of God. When the man ran straight into town to tell the bad news, everyone wept. They were appalled. Eli heard the loud wailing and asked, "Why this uproar?" The messenger hurried over and reported. Eli was ninety-eight years old then, and blind. The man said to Eli, "I've just come from the front, barely escaping with my life." "And so, my son," said Eli, "what happened?"

Jonah 1:9
He told them, "I'm a Hebrew. I worship God , the God of heaven who made sea and land."

2 Corinthians 11:22
Pseudo-Servants of God Will you put up with a little foolish aside from me? Please, just for a moment. The thing that has me so upset is that I care about you so much—this is the passion of God burning inside me! I promised your hand in marriage to Christ, presented you as a pure virgin to her husband. And now I'm afraid that exactly as the Snake seduced Eve with his smooth patter, you are being lured away from the simple purity of your love for Christ. It seems that if someone shows up preaching quite another Jesus than we preached—different spirit, different message—you put up with him quite nicely. But if you put up with these big-shot "apostles," why can't you put up with simple me? I'm as good as they are. It's true that I don't have their voice, haven't mastered that smooth eloquence that impresses you so much. But when I do open my mouth, I at least know what I'm talking about. We haven't kept anything back. We let you in on everything. I wonder, did I make a bad mistake in proclaiming God's Message to you without asking for something in return, serving you free of charge so that you wouldn't be inconvenienced by me? It turns out that the other churches paid my way so that you could have a free ride. Not once during the time I lived among you did anyone have to lift a finger to help me out. My needs were always supplied by the believers from Macedonia province. I was careful never to be a burden to you, and I never will be, you can count on it. With Christ as my witness, it's a point of honor with me, and I'm not going to keep it quiet just to protect you from what the neighbors will think. It's not that I don't love you; God knows I do. I'm just trying to keep things open and honest between us. And I'm not changing my position on this. I'd die before taking your money. I'm giving nobody grounds for lumping me in with those money-grubbing "preachers," vaunting themselves as something special. They're a sorry bunch—pseudo-apostles, lying preachers, crooked workers—posing as Christ's agents but sham to the core. And no wonder! Satan does it all the time, dressing up as a beautiful angel of light. So it shouldn't surprise us when his servants masquerade as servants of God. But they're not getting by with anything. They'll pay for it in the end. Let me come back to where I started—and don't hold it against me if I continue to sound a little foolish. Or if you'd rather, just accept that I am a fool and let me rant on a little. I didn't learn this kind of talk from Christ. Oh, no, it's a bad habit I picked up from the three-ring preachers that are so popular these days. Since you sit there in the judgment seat observing all these shenanigans, you can afford to humor an occasional fool who happens along. You have such admirable tolerance for impostors who rob your freedom, rip you off, steal you blind, put you down—even slap your face! I shouldn't admit it to you, but our stomachs aren't strong enough to tolerate that kind of stuff. Since you admire the egomaniacs of the pulpit so much (remember, this is your old friend, the fool, talking), let me try my hand at it. Do they brag of being Hebrews, Israelites, the pure race of Abraham? I'm their match. Are they servants of Christ? I can go them one better. (I can't believe I'm saying these things. It's crazy to talk this way! But I started, and I'm going to finish.)

Philippians 2:5
Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua blessed him,.... By granting him his request, congratulating him upon it, and praying for and wishing him success in his attempt to drive out the giants, and possess their country:

and gave unto Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance; being satisfied of the justness of his suit, of its being the will of God, and the order of Moses, that he should have this for an inheritance, which he had heard himself, had knowledge of, and well remembered: this is to be understood not of the city of Hebron itself, for that was given to the Levites, and was a city of refuge, but the country round about in the fields and villages annexed to it, as appears from Joshua 21:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 14:13. Joshua blessed him — As the word bless often signifies to speak good or well of or to any person, (Genesis 2:3), here it may mean the praise bestowed on Caleb's intrepidity and faithfulness by Joshua, as well as a prayer to God that he might have prosperity in all things; and especially that the Lord might be with him, as himself had expressed in the preceding verse.