Genesis 24:22-24
English Standard Version Anglicised
22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel,[a] and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels, 23 and said, “Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?” 24 She said to him, (A)“I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
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- Genesis 24:22 A shekel was about 2/5 of an ounce or 11 grams
Genesis 24:22-24
New International Version
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] 23 Then he asked, “Whose daughter are you?(C) Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?(D)”
24 She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor.(E)”
Footnotes
- Genesis 24:22 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams
- Genesis 24:22 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
Genesis 24:22-24
King James Version
22 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;
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
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