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.
Parallel translations
- WEB As the camels had done drinking, the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
- KJV 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;
- NKJV So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,
- NASB When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,
- NLT Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets for her wrists.
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Quick answer
As the camels finish, the servant gives Rebekah a gold ring and two bracelets. He honors her with valuable gifts, anticipating she is the one.
Overview
The costly gold ornaments signal the servant's growing confidence and his master's generosity toward the prospective bride. Such gifts were customary in betrothal arrangements. They mark the seriousness of the proposal soon to be made to her family.
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- Ezek 16:11–12I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
- Exod 32:2–3So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
- Gen 24:30As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
- Jer 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
- Gen 24:47Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
- Gen 23:15–16“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
- Esth 5:1On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
- Isa 3:19–23their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
- 1 Pet 3:3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
- 1 Tim 2:9–10Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- 1 Pet 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
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