SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:10
Y ahora El SEÑOR me ha hecho vivir, como él dijo, estos cuarenta y cinco años, desde el tiempo que el SEÑOR habló estas palabras a Moisés, que Israel ha andado por el desierto; y ahora, he aquí soy hoy de edad de ochenta y cinco años;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 14:10
Verse 10. These forty and five years] See the note on Joshua xiii. 1.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said , etc.] Had upheld him in life, and preserved him from many dangers in the wilderness; and had continued him not only in life, but in health to that day, according to his promise to him, that he would bring him into the land of Canaan, and that he should see and possess it, ( Numbers 14:24) ( Deuteronomy 1:36); these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, and while [the children] of Israel wandered in the wilderness ; not that the children of Israel were wandering in the wilderness forty five years, but it was while they were in the wilderness this word or promise, concerning Caleb, was spoken by the Lord to Moses; and it was in the second year of their coming out of Egypt, after which they wandered in the wilderness thirty eight years, so that they had now been in the land of Canaan seven years; and from hence the Jewish chronologers gather, that the land was seven years in subduing, and which their commentators in general take notice of. Maimonides seems to be displeased with the Arabs for calling the wilderness, through which the Israelites travelled, “the desert of wandering”; but it appears from hence to be a very proper epithet of it; and Kadesh the place where they were first threatened, that they should be wanderers in the wilderness for such a time, had the additional name of Barnea, which signifies the son of a wanderer: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old ; being forty years of age when sent a spy into the land, ( Joshua 14:7); thirty eight years he was with Israel in the wilderness, and seven years more since they entered into the land, in all eighty five; there is no necessity of understanding it that this was his precise birth day, but that about this time, or that he was now completely of such an age, which was more by fifteen years than the age of man in common at that time, (see Psalm 90:10).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-15 - Caleb's request is, "Give me this mountain," or Hebron, because it wa formerly in God's promise to him, and he would let Israel knows ho much he valued the promise. Those who live by faith value that which is given by God's promise, far above what is given by his providence only It was now in the Anakims' possession, and Caleb would let Israel know how little he feared the enemy, and that he would encourage them to push on their conquests. Caleb answered to his name, which signifie "all heart." Hebron was settled on Caleb and his heirs, because he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. Happy are we if we follow him Singular piety shall be crowned with singular favour __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ועתה 6258 הנה 2009 החיה 2421 יהוה 3068 אותי 853 כאשׁר 834 דבר 1696 זה 2088 ארבעים 705 וחמשׁ 2568 שׁנה 8141 מאז 227 דבר 1696 יהוה 3068 את 853 הדבר 1697 הזה 2088 אל 413 משׁה 4872 אשׁר 834 הלך 1980 ישׂראל 3478 במדבר 4057 ועתה 6258 הנה 2009 אנכי 595 היום 3117 בן 1121 חמשׁ 2568 ושׁמונים 8084 שׁנה׃ 8141
