Genesis 24:22

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Measurements

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• a beka: About 0.2 oz (5.7 g)
• ten shekels: About 4 oz (114 g)

Related verses

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• Ezekiel 16:11–12
  I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
• Exodus 32:2–3
  So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
• Genesis 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.”
• Genesis 24:47
  Then 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.
• Genesis 24:30
  As 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.
• Jeremiah 2:32
  Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
• Isaiah 3:19–23
  …their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
• Esther 5:1
  On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes 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.
• 1 Timothy 2:9–10
  Likewise, 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 Peter 3:8
  Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
• 1 Peter 3:3
  Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

Glossary

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Bethuel (Person)· Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament)· Ebla Tablets· Family Life and Relations· Genesis, Book of· Hospitality· Isaac· Jewelry, Jewels· Laban (Person)· Milcah· Miracle· Money· Nahor (Person)· Patriarchs, Period of the· Rebecca, Rebekah

Topics

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Answers To Prayer: Abraham's Servant· Bracelet: Present of· Gold used in the Arts: Into Ornaments· Jewelry· Men Wearing Earrings· Prayer: Answered: Abraham's Servant, for Guidance· Presents: Things Given as Ornaments· Rebekah (Rebecca): Becomes Isaac's Wife· Rings: Antiquity of· Servants: Good: Eliezer· Shekel used to Weigh: Gold· Wedding Ring· Weights: Bekah or Half Shekel