Genesis 24:22
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Note A beka is half a shekel, or approximately 0.2 ounces or 5.7 grams.
Note 10 shekels is approximately 4 ounces or 114 grams.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Note earring: or, jewel for the forehead
As the camels had finished drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
Note A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- took
- Genesis 24:30; Exodus 32:2, 3; Esther 5:1; Jeremiah 2:32; 1 Timothy 2:9, 10; 1 Peter 3:3, 8
- earring
- or, jewel for the forehead.
- Exodus 32:2, 3; Isaiah 3:19–23; Ezekiel 16:11, 12
- of half
- Genesis 23:15, 16