Joshua 14:6-14

Thomson(i) 6 Now the children of Juda had come to Joshua at Galgal, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, the Kenezite said to him, Thou knowest the word which the Lord said to Moses, the man of God, respecting me and thee at Kades-barne; 7 for I was forty years old, when Moses the servant of God sent me from Kades-barne to spy the land, and I made him a report to his mind. 8 My brethren who went up with me disturbed the heart of the people; but I determined to follow the Lord my God; 9 so Moses solemnly promised that day, saying, The land to which thou hast gone up shall be thy lot, and thy children's forever, for a possession, because thou hast determined to follow the Lord our God. 10 Now the Lord hath kept me alive as he said. This is the forty fifth year since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, and Israel commenced their wanderings in the wilderness. And behold I am now eighty five years of age; 11 yet I am now as strong as when Moses sent me; as able now as then to go out and come in to battle; 12 now therefore I ask of thee that mountain, as the Lord said on that day; for thou didst hear the word on that day. The' Enakims indeed are now there; the cities are fortified and large; if then the Lord be with me, I will exterminate them, as the Lord said to me. 13 Thereupon Joshua blessed him, and gave to Chaleb son of Jephonne, the Kenezite, Chebron for a possession. 14 For this cause Chebron had become the possession of Chaleb son of Jephonne, the Kenezite, at this day, because he followed the command of the Lord God of Israel.