JOS 15:47 Parallel Verse View

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15:47 OSHB variant note: ה/גבול: (x-qere) ’הַ/גָּד֖וֹל’: lemma=d/1419 a n=0.0 morph=HTd/Aamsa id=06S8w הַ/גָּד֖וֹל

UHB אַשְׁדּ֞וֹד בְּנוֹתֶ֣י⁠הָ וַ⁠חֲצֵרֶ֗י⁠הָ עַזָּ֥ה בְּנוֹתֶ֥י⁠הָ וַ⁠חֲצֵרֶ֖י⁠הָ עַד־נַ֣חַל מִצְרָ֑יִם וְ⁠הַ⁠יָּ֥ם הַגָּד֖וֹל [fn] וּ⁠גְבֽוּל׃ס ‡
(ʼashdōd bənōtey⁠hā va⁠ḩₐʦērey⁠hā ˊazzāh bənōtey⁠hā va⁠ḩₐʦērey⁠hā ˊad-naḩal miʦrāyim və⁠ha⁠yyām haggādōl ū⁠gəⱱūl.§)

BrLXX Ἀσιεδὼθ, καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῆς, καὶ αἱ ἐπαύλεις αὐτῆς· Γάζα, καὶ αἱ κῶμαι αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπαύλεις αὐτῆς ἕως τοῦ χειμάῤῥου Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἡ θάλασσα ἡ μεγάλη διορίζει.
(Asiedōth, kai hai kōmai autaʸs, kai hai epauleis autaʸs; Gaza, kai hai kōmai autaʸs, kai epauleis autaʸs heōs tou ⱪeimaɽɽou Aiguptou, kai haʸ thalassa haʸ megalaʸ diorizei.)

BrTr Asiedoth, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.

ULT Ashdod, its daughters, and its villages; Gaza, its daughters, and its villages, unto the wadi of Egypt and the Great Sea and the border.

UST Judah’s territory also included the city of Ashdod itself. And its surrounding towns and villages. It also included the city of Gaza and its surrounding towns and villages. It included all of the land down to the brook of Egypt and to the Great Sea. The border followed the coastline.

BSB & MSB Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.

OEB Ashdod with its townships and villages, and Gaza with its townships and villages, to the Stream of Egypt, The western frontier was the Mediterranean coast.

WEBBE & WMBB Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea with its coastline.

NET Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt and the border at the Mediterranean Sea.

LSV Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea, and [its] border.

FBV Ashdod and its towns with its associated villages, and Gaza with its towns and associated villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and along the coastline of the sea.

T4T 45-47 The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns close to the Mediterranean Sea with their surrounding villages: Ekron and the towns between Ekron and the coast, Ashdod, and Gaza. The area extended south to the dry riverbed on the border of Egypt.

LEB Ashdod, its towns and villages; Gaza, its towns and villages, up to the wadi[fn] of Egypt and the Great Sea[fn] and its coast.[fn]

15:47 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season

15:47 That is, the Mediterranean

15:47 Literally “border”

BBE Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.

Moff Ashdod with its townships and villages, and Gaza with its townships and villages, to the Wady-el-Arish, The western frontier was the Mediterranean coast.

JPS Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the Brook of Egypt, the Great Sea being the border thereof.

ASV Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof.

DRA Azotus with its towns and villages. Gaza with its towns and villages, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea that is the border thereof.

YLT Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and [its] border.

Drby Ashdod, its dependent villages and its hamlets; Gazah, its dependent villages and its hamlets, as far as the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and [its] coast.

RV Ashdod, her towns and her villages; Gaza, her towns and her villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof.

SLT Ashdod, her daughters and her enclosures: Gaza, her daughters and her enclosures, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and the bound:

Wbstr Ashdod, with her towns and her villages; Gaza, with her towns and her villages, to the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and its border:

KJB-1769 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

KJB-1611 Ashdod with her townes and her villages, Gaza with her townes and her villages, vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the great sea and the border thereof.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Asdod with her townes and villages, Azah with her townes & villages, vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the great sea was their coast.
(Asdod with her towns and villages, Azah with her towns and villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea was their coast.)

Gnva Ashdod with her townes and her villages: Azzah with her townes and her villages, vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the great Sea was their coast.
(Ashdod with her towns and her villages: Azzah with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great Sea was their coast.)

Cvdl Asdod with the doughters and vyllages therof. Gasa with hir doughters and vyllages vnto the water of Egipte. And the greate see is his border.
(Asdod with the daughters and villages thereof. Gasa with her daughters and villages unto the water of Egypt. And the great see is his border.)

Wycl Azotus with hise townes and vilagis; Gaza with hise townes and villagis, til to the stronde of Egipt; and the grete see is the terme therof;
(Azotus with his towns and villages; Gaza with his towns and villages, till to the stream/river of Egypt; and the great see is the term thereof;)

Luth Asdod mit ihren Töchtern und Dörfern, Gasa mit ihren Töchtern und Dörfern bis an das Wasser Ägyptens. Und das große Meer ist seine Grenze.
(Ashdod with your(pl) daughters and villages, Gaza with your(pl) daughters and villages until at/to the water Egypt’s. And the large sea is his border/boundary.)

ClVg Azotus cum vicis et villulis suis. Gaza cum vicis et villulis suis, usque ad torrentem Ægypti, et mare magnum terminus ejus.
(Azotus when/with villages and small_farmsteads to_his_own. Gaza when/with villages and small_farmsteads to_his_own, until to torrent of_Egypt, and the_sea magnum terminus his/her.)

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–63 The tribe of Judah received their land

This section describes the boundaries of the tribe of Judah and lists the towns that are within those boundaries.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The boundaries of Judah

The land of the tribe of Judah

Paragraph: 15:45–47

This paragraph is a list of more towns that were given to the tribe of Judah.

15:47a

Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages,

The town of Ashdod together with its towns and villages also belonged to them.
They also received the town of Ashdod and the towns and villages that were near it.

Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages: The town of Gaza was another one of the five most important towns of the Philistines.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

The town of Ashdod together with its towns and villages, and the town of Gaza together with its towns and villages also belonged to the people of Judah

They also received Ashdod and Gaza, and the towns and villages that were near them

15:47b

as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.

They also had the places south along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, up to the Brook of Egypt.
This area reached south along the Mediterranean Sea to the river at the border of Egypt.

as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea: The phrase Brook of Egypt occurred in Joshua 15:4, and you translate it the same way in both places.

the Great Sea: The phrase Great Sea refers to the Mediterranean Sea. This indicates that all the towns and villages near Ashdod and Gaza, and along the shore of the Mediterranean south to the Brook of Egypt, belonged to the people of Judah.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

and all the places southward along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the Brook of Egypt

This area reached all the way south along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, to the stream at the border of Egypt

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּנוֹתֶ֣י⁠הָ & בְּנוֹתֶ֥י⁠הָ

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼAshdōd daughters_of,its and,villages_of,its Azzah daughters_of,its and,villages_of,its until wadi_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,the,sea the, and,territory )

See how you translated this expression in [Joshua 15:45](../15/45.md) where it is used with the same meaning. Alternate translation: [its surrounding settlements … its surrounding settlements]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

נַ֣חַל מִצְרָ֑יִם

wadi_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt)

See how you translated this same name in [Joshua 13:3](../13/03.md) and [Joshua 15:4](../15/04.md). Alternate translation: [the Shihor River]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

וְ⁠הַ⁠יָּ֥ם הַגָּד֖וֹל וּ⁠גְבֽוּל

(Some words not found in UHB: ʼAshdōd daughters_of,its and,villages_of,its Azzah daughters_of,its and,villages_of,its until wadi_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and,the,sea the, and,territory )

See how you translated the similar expression in [Joshua 13:23](../13/23.md) and [Joshua 15:12](../15/12.md). Alternate translation: [and the coast of the Great Sea]

BMM BibleMapper.com Maps:

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land

After the Israelites had conquered portions of the Promised Land and Joshua had grown old, the Lord directed him to divide the rest of the land among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance (Joshua 13-20). The eastern tribes had already been allotted their land under Moses’ leadership (Numbers 32), but they continued to help the other tribes drive out the Canaanites from land west of the Jordan River. The Lord also instructed the Israelites to designate several cities of refuge, where someone could flee for protection from an avenger if they accidentally killed someone (Numbers 35; Joshua 20).

Poster Map of the Tribe of Benjamin, circa 1200 B.C.

The descendants of Jacob’s son Benjamin occupied one of the smallest of the Israelite tribal allotments–measuring a mere 27 miles (43 km) wide by 14 miles (23 km) high–yet the significance of all the biblical events that took place within it is immense. Benjamin was the location of the Israelites’ very first battles to conquer to the Promised Land, beginning with Jericho and moving on to Ai (see “The Israelites Conquer Ai” map). After this, four Gibeonite towns–all located in western Benjaminite territory–deceived the Israelites into forming an alliance with them (see “The Conquest of Canaan: The Southern Campaign” map) in order to avoid being wiped out by them. Two judges (Ehud and Deborah; see “Ehud Rescues Israel” and “Deborah and Barak Defeat Sisera” maps) hailed from Benjamin as did the prophet Samuel (see “The Tribe of Benjamin” map). After the Ark of the Covenant was captured near Aphek and Shiloh was overrun by the Philistines, it appears that the altar was moved to the High Place of Gibeah by the time of Solomon (see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). In the closing years of the judges, a tragic incident at Gibeah led to a war between Benjamin and the rest of the Israelites tribes (see “Israel Battles Benjamin” map). Saul, the first king of Israel, also hailed from Benjamin (see “Saul Searches for His Father’s Donkeys” map). While King David’s capital was at Hebron, a detachment of his forces attacked those of Saul’s son Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, leading them to flee to the Hill of Ammah (likely the same as Emmaus; see “The Battle at the Pool of Gibeon” map). David later established Jerusalem, technically located within Benjamin’s territory, as his new capital over all Israel (2 Samuel 5:6-9). The borders of Benjamin’s tribal allotment and the adjacent borders of its neighboring tribes are meticulously defined in Joshua 15:1-16:3 and Joshua 18:11-28, demonstrating the biblical writers’ acute awareness of Benjamin’s territory. Several stretches of these borders appear to follow established roads that existed during the settlement era.

Parallel JOS 15:47

Section 15:1–63 The tribe of Judah received their land

Paragraph: 15:45–47

15:47a

15:47b

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land

Poster Map of the Tribe of Benjamin, circa 1200 B.C.