KJV King James Version
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.
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Joshua 2:15
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Joshua 2
12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
13 And [that] ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
15 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.
16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
17 And the men said unto her, We [will be] blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
18 Behold, [when] we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
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וַתּוֹרִדֵ֥םH3381 · ya.radto go downבַּחֶ֖בֶלH2256 · che.velMahalabבְּעַ֣דH1157 · be.adabout/through/forהַֽחַלּ֑וֹןH2474 · chal.lonwindowכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforבֵיתָהּ֙H1004 · betplaceבְּקִ֣ירH7023 · qirwallהַֽחוֹמָ֔הH2346 · cho.mahwallוּבַֽחוֹמָ֖הH2346 · cho.mahwallהִ֥יאH1931 · huhe/she/itיוֹשָֽׁבֶת׃H3427 · ya.shavto dwell
Cross-references
Acts 9:25Then the disciples took him by night, and let [him] down by the wall in a basket.2 Corinthians 11:33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.Joshua 6:20So the people shouted when [the priests] blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.1 Samuel 19:12-17So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
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