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Ki̇tap (Turkish Bible)
Yeşu 15:17
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- InternationalBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Othniel: Judges 1:13, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:11
Kenaz: Joshua 14:6, Numbers 32:12
Achsah: 1 Chronicles 2:49
Reciprocal: Judges 1:12 - And Caleb 2 Samuel 5:8 - Whosoever 1 Chronicles 4:13 - Kenaz 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Whosoever
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it,.... The relation of Othniel to Caleb is a little intricate, and, as it is understood, occasions objections to the marriage of Caleb's daughter to him; it seems, at first sight, that he was Caleb's own brother, a younger brother, and so uncle to his daughter, and such marriages were forbidden, Leviticus 18:14. Jarchi thinks he was the brother of Caleb by his mother's side; Kimchi, both by father and mother's side; but not to observe, that besides the word "brother" sometimes signifies only a kinsman, or near relation, and not precisely a brother; it is not Othniel that is called the brother of Caleb, but Kenaz, who was the father of Othniel; so that Caleb was Othniel's uncle, and Achsah and Othniel were brothers' children, or first cousins, between whom marriage was allowed of:
and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife; according to the tenor of his proclamation, and the promise he made.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Othniel was probably Caleb’s younger brother; the expression “son of Kenaz” being only an equivalent for the “Kenezite” Joshua 14:6.
