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She said, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. He gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

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A Bold and Wise Request

Achsah received a "south land," which commentators explain was a dry, arid region. Recognizing the land's deficiency, she wisely and boldly approached her father, Caleb, not with a complaint, but with a specific request for a "blessing" of water springs. This serves as a model for believers to proactively and specifically ask for what they need to make their God-given inheritance fruitful.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Joshua 15:19

18th Century

Theologian

A south land - This term (“negeb”), which is often equivalent to a proper name (Joshua 15:21), signifying the well-defined distr…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Joshua 15:13–19

19th Century

Bishop

And to Caleb ... This paragraph also occurs in Judges 1:10-15, with some slight variations. Which is its original place? In Judges…

John Gill

John Gill

On Joshua 15:19

17th Century

Pastor

Who answered, give me a blessing
By which she meant not a paternal benediction, or that he would wish and pray for a…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Joshua 15:13–19

17th Century

Minister

Achsah obtained some land by Caleb's free grant. He gave her a south land���land indeed, but a south land, dry and likely to be parched. She obtain…