22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a (A)gold ring weighing a [a]half-shekel, and two bracelets for her [b]wrists weighing ten shekels in gold, 23 and he said, “Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to stay overnight at your father’s house?” 24 She said to him, “(B)I am the daughter of Bethuel, Milcah’s son, whom she bore to Nahor.”

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  1. Genesis 24:22 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  2. Genesis 24:22 Lit hands

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)

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  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