And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
As she came unto him х bªbow'aah (H935) in bringing her home; Septuagint en too ekporeuesthai As she came unto him, х bªbow'aah (H935), in bringing her home; Septuagint, en too ekporeuesthai auteen] - i:e., when about to remove from her father's to her husband's house. She suddenly alighted from her traveling equipage-a mark of respect to her father (cf. Genesis 24:64), and a sign of making some request. [The Septuagint represents her as retaining her seat upon the beast, and bawling out her request, eboeesen ek tou onou (cf. Judges 1:14, where the Greek translation uses still stronger terms).]
She moved him to ask of her father a field. [The parallel passage, Judges 1:14, has hasaadeh (H7704), THE field-namely, his own allotted inheritance.] She had urged Othniel to broach the matter; but he not wishing to do what appeared like evincing a grasping disposition, she resolved herself to speak out; and, taking the advantage of the parting scene, when a parent's heart was likely to be tender, begged that, as her marriage portion consisted of a field which, having a southern exposure, was comparatively an arid and barren waste, he would add the adjoining one, which abounded in excellent springs.