22 And when the camels had left drinking, the man took a golden [a][b]abillement of [c]half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, of ten shekels weight of gold:

23 And he said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee, Is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

24 Then she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah whom she bare unto Nahor.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:22 Or, earring.
  2. Genesis 24:22 God permitted many things both in apparel and other things which are now forbid: specially when they appertain not to our mortification.
  3. Genesis 24:22 The golden shekel is here meant and not that of silver.

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