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The Promise to Rahab

Joshua 2:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
KJV
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
WEB
Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.
ASV
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
LSV
And she causes them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house [is] in the side of the wall, and she [is] dwelling in the wall;
YLT
And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house [is] in the side of the wall, and in the wall she [is] dwelling;
DBY
And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
DRC
Then she let them down with a cord out of a window: for her house joined close to the wall.
GNV
Then she let them downe by a corde thorowe the windowe: for her house was vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall.
JPS
Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
LXXE
And she let them down by the window;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתּוֹרִדֵ֥ם בַּחֶ֖בֶל בְּעַ֣ד הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן כִּ֤י בֵיתָהּ֙ בְּקִ֣יר הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה וּבַֽחוֹמָ֖ה הִ֥יא יוֹשָֽׁבֶת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ κατεχάλασεν αὐτοὺς διὰ τῆς θυρίδος,

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◆ Crossing the Jordan into Canaan

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Part of

  • Rahab and the fall of Jericho Rahab hides two Israelite spies, lies to the king's messengers and wins a promise to spare her family. Israel circles Jericho as commanded; …

Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 9:25One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:33But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
  • 1 Samuel 19:12–17So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped. Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment. When Saul sent the…
  • Joshua 6:20So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.

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