22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring(A) weighing a beka[a] and two gold bracelets(B) weighing ten shekels.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:22 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams
  2. Genesis 24:22 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams

47 “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’(A)

“She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel(B) son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’(C)

“Then I put the ring in her nose(D) and the bracelets on her arms,(E)

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They are a garland to grace your head
    and a chain to adorn your neck.(A)

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40 “They even sent messengers for men who came from far away,(A) and when they arrived you bathed yourself for them, applied eye makeup(B) and put on your jewelry.(C)

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