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Judges 1:13 Cross-References
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“And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.”
Judges 1:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Judges 1:13
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.Othniel's identity presents interpretive challenges. The text calls him "son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother," which could mean either (1) Othniel was Caleb's younger brother, both sons of Kenaz, or (2) Othniel was Caleb's nephew, son of Kenaz who was Caleb's younger brother. The Hebrew can support either reading. Most scholars favor the nephew interpretation, as marrying one's brother to one's daughter would be unusually close kinship, though not explicitly forbidden in Mosaic law. Re...
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