Judges 1:15

1:15 She answered, “Please give me a special present. ¹  Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs. ² 

Judges 11:36

11:36 She said to him, “My father, since ³  you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised. ⁴  After all, the Lord vindicated you before ⁵  your enemies, the Ammonites.”

Judges 19:30

19:30 Everyone who saw the sight ⁶  said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since ⁷  the Israelites left the land of Egypt! ⁸  Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

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¹ tn Elsewhere the Hebrew word בְרָכָה (vÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).

² tn Some translations regard the expressions “springs of water” (גֻּלֹּת מָיִם, gullot mayim) and “springs” (גֻּלֹּת) as place names here (cf. NRSV).

³ tn The conjunction “since” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn Heb “you opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me according to [what] went out from your mouth.”

⁵ tn Or “has given you vengeance against.”

⁶ tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “from the day.”

⁸ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the following additional words: “And he instructed the men whom he sent out, ‘Thus you will say to every male Israelite: “There has never been anything like this from the day the Israelites left Egypt till the present day.”’”