The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 13:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Caleb the son of Jephunneh. In Numbers 32:12 he is called "the Kenezite" ( הַקְּנִזּי), which appears in Genesis 15:19 as the name of one of the ancient races inhabiting the promised land. It is possible that Jephunneh may have been connected by descent or otherwise with this race; it is more likely that the similarity of name was accidental.

The younger son of Jephunneh, the father of Othniel, was a Kenaz ( קְנַז), and so was Caleb's grandson (see on Joshua 15:17; 1 Chronicles 4:13, 1 Chronicles 4:15). Kenaz was also an Edomitish name.

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