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Genesis 24:20-22
New King James Version
Genesis 24:20-22
New King James Version
20 Then she quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough, ran back to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 21 And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether (A)the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 So it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden (B)nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels of gold,
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Genesis 24:20-22
English Standard Version
Genesis 24:20-22
English Standard Version
20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew for all his camels. 21 The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the Lord had prospered his journey or not.
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,
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- Genesis 24:22 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Genesis 24:20-22
New International Version
Genesis 24:20-22
New International Version
20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.(A) 21 Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful.(B)
22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring(C) weighing a beka[a] and two gold bracelets(D) weighing ten shekels.[b]
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- 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 24:20-22
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 24:20-22
New American Standard Bible
20 So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels. 21 (A)Meanwhile, the man was taking a close look at her [a]in silence, to find out whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.
22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a (B)gold ring weighing a [b]half-shekel, and two bracelets for her [c]wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,
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- Genesis 24:21 Lit keeping silent
- Genesis 24:22 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
- Genesis 24:22 Lit hands
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