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It happened, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, What would you?
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Achsah's Bold Initiative
Commentators highlight the initiative of Achsah. Upon arriving at her new home, she urged her husband, Othniel, to ask her father for a field. When he hesitated, likely out of modesty, she did not give up but took matters into her own hands, demonstrating a proactive and determined spirit in securing provision for her new family.
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19th Century
Anglican
When she came to him. —When she first reached his house as a bride.
She moved him. —He w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she li…
Presbyterian
The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psalms 68:17. Yet they suffe…