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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  1. Genesis 24:22 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

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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  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