Joshua 15:19

"When she came, she had him ask her father for a field. She got off her donkey, and Caleb said, “What do you want?”"

Key Reflection

This passage highlights the transformative power of direct request and faith. Caleb's simple question reveals his readiness to respond to divine guidance, illustrating how faithfulness can open doors for blessings and the establishment of God’s promises in the land.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

A south land -This term (“negeb”) which is often equivalent to a proper nameJoshua 15:21, importing the well-defined district which formed the south of the promised land (Numbers 13:17note), seems here used in its more general sensePsalms 126:4, for a dry or barren land. The rendering of this passage adopted by Septuagint, several versions, and Commentators, etc., “thou hast given me into a south land,” i. e. “hast given me in marriage into a south land” is forced; the construction of the verb “to give,” with two accusatives, is natural and common to many languages. Springs of water -The Hebrew wordsמיםגלהgûllâhmayı̂mare found only here and in the parallel passage,Judges 1:15.

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