Joshua 21:12

Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites

11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)12But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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Berean Standard Bible
But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
American Standard Version (1901)
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Bible in Basic English
But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
Free Bible Version
But the more distant fields from the town and the villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh to own.
Geneva Bible 1599
(But the lande of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh to be his possession)
King James (Authorized) Version
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Translation for Translators
But the fields and villages surrounding Arba had already been allotted to Caleb.
Unlocked Literal Bible
But the fields of the city, including their villages, were already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
Noah Webster Bible
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
World English Bible
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Young's Literal Translation
and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.