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 15:18

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ³  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ⁴ 

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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 Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

⁴ tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.