Judges 1:15
Context1:15 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
Context11:36 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
Context19:30 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!”
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
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.”’”