Joshua 2:15
New International Version
So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall.

New Living Translation
Then, since Rahab’s house was built into the town wall, she let them down by a rope through the window.

English Standard Version
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she lived in the wall.

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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall.

New American Standard Bible
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.

NASB 1995
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.

NASB 1977
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.

Amplified Bible
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.

Christian Standard Bible
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, since she lived in a house that was built into the wall of the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, since she lived in a house that was built into the wall of the city. “

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And she let them down by a cord from a window, because her house was in a party wall of the wall, and she was dwelling upon the wall

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she let them down by the window;

Contemporary English Version
Rahab's house was built into the town wall, and one of the windows in her house faced outside the wall. She gave the spies a rope, showed them the window, and said, "Use this rope to let yourselves down to the ground outside the wall.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then she let them down with a cord out of a window: for her house joined close to the wall.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So she let them down by a rope from her window since her house was built into the city wall. (She lived in the city wall.)

Good News Translation
Rahab lived in a house built into the city wall, so she let the men down from the window by a rope.

International Standard Version
So she let them down by a rope through the window, since her house was built into the town wall where she lived.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
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;

Majority 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.

New American Bible
Then she let them down through the window with a rope; for she lived in a house built into the city wall.

NET Bible
Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window. (Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)

New Revised Standard Version
Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the outer side of the city wall and she resided within the wall itself.

New Heart 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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.

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;

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Context
The Promise to Rahab
14“Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.” 15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city. 16“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”…

Cross References
Joshua 2:14
"Our lives for your lives!" the men agreed. "If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land."

Joshua 2:16
"Go to the hill country," she said, "so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way."

1 Samuel 19:12
So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.


Treasury of Scripture

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the town wall, and she dwelled on the wall.

she let them

1 Samuel 19:12-17
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped…

Acts 9:25
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

2 Corinthians 11:33
And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

for her house

Joshua 6:20
So 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.

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Joshua 2
1. Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim
8. The covenant between her and them
23. Their return and description of events














(15) Her house was upon the town wall--Happily for the two spies. Perhaps, indeed, they selected it for this reason, as it enabled them to leave the town without passing the gate.

Verse 15. - Then she let them down. The conversation which is related afterwards, no doubt occurred afterwards, as is proved by the use of the perfect הורַדְתֵּנוּ in ver. 18. There is no reason to suppose the window by which she let them down. to have been so distant from the ground as to preclude a conversation, and it is quite possible that Rahab's house may have been in a situation in which such a conversation could be carried on without interruption. There are continental cities now surrounded by walls, in which such a conversation would involve no difficulty whatever, especially if the house from which such a conversation was carried on happened to stand a little apart from other houses. And though the spies sent by Moses described the walls of the Phoenician cities in hyperbolical language, it is highly improbable that their fortifications were stronger than those of mediaeval times. The little town of Ahrweiler, in the valley of the Ahr, near Remagen, may serve as an instance in point. It would once have been called a strongly fortified town, but the walls are of no great height, and the houses are built upon them. The same may be seen at Bacharach and Oberwesel, and other well known places where the fortifications have not been modernised. With the escape of the spies we may compare the escape of St. Paul from Damascus, as recorded in Acts 9:25, and 2 Corinthians 11:32, 33.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then [Rahab] let them down
וַתּוֹרִדֵ֥ם (wat·tō·w·ri·ḏêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

by a rope
בַּחֶ֖בֶל (ba·ḥe·ḇel)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

through
בְּעַ֣ד (bə·‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

the window,
הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן (ha·ḥal·lō·wn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 2474: A window

since
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the house
בֵיתָהּ֙ (ḇê·ṯāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

where she
הִ֥יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

lived
יוֹשָֽׁבֶת׃ (yō·wō·šā·ḇeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

was built into the wall
בְּקִ֣יר (bə·qîr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7023: A wall

of the city.
הַֽחוֹמָ֔ה (ha·ḥō·w·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection


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