Bible Strands
Genesis 24:22
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Abraham’s servant stands before Rebekah at a well after giving her water for himself and his camels. He presents gifts to her immediately following her hospitality.
The words — The text highlights וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח (va/i.yi.Kach, "and he took") and נֶ֣זֶם (Ne.zem, "a ring") as the servant removes jewelry to give to Rebekah. These terms mark the physical transfer of wealth after the camels finish drinking.
The thread — This exchange of gold rings and bracelets parallels divine adornment imagery in Ezekiel 16:11 and the collection of gold artifacts in Exodus 32:2. The shekel measurements used here reflect the commercial valuation standards recorded in Genesis 23:15.
Why it lands — The passage records a tangible demonstration of covenant provision through material gifts. It requires the reader to recognize how specific, measured generosity signals divine guidance in the narrative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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;
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 16:11 I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
- Exodus 32:2 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 “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 24:30 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Isaiah 3:19 their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
- 1 Timothy 2:9 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 3:3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,