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Gen 24:22 — 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;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

took		Gen 24:30; Exd 32:2,3; Est 5:1; Jer 2:32; 1Ti 2:9,10; 1Pe 3:3,8
earring		"or, jewel for the forehead. Exd 32:2,3; Isa 3:19-23; Eze 16:11,12; From the word being in the singular number, it is not likely to have been an ear-ring, or a ""jewel for the forehead,"" but ""a jewel for the nose, a nose-ring,"" which is in use throughout Arabia and Persia, particularly among young women. It is very properly translated [epirrinon] ""an ornament for the nose,"" by Symmachus; and Sir John Chardin informs us, that ""it is a custom in almost all the East, for the women to wear rings in their noses, in the left nostril, which is bored low down in the middle. These rings are of gold, and have commonly two pearls and one ruby between, placed in the ring. I never saw a girl or young woman in Arabia or in all Persia, who did not wear a ring after this manner in her nostril."""
of half		Gen 23:15,16
bracelets		"The word rendered ""bracelet,"" from a root which signifies ""to join or couple together,"" may imply whatever may clasp round the arms and legs; for rings and ornaments are worn round both by females in India and Persia. The small part of the leg, and the whole arm, from the shoulder to the wrist, are generally decorated in this way. As these were given to Rebekah for ""her hands,"" it sufficiently distinguishes them from similar ornaments for the ankles."

Correlating Passages

took

	Gen 24:30	And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
	Exd 32:2	And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.
	Exd 32:3	And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.
	Est 5:1	Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
	Jer 2:32	Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
	1Ti 2:9	In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
	1Ti 2:10	But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
	1Pe 3:3	Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
	1Pe 3:8	Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:

earring

	Exd 32:2	And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me.
	Exd 32:3	And all the people brake off the golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron.
	Isa 3:19	The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
	Isa 3:20	The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
	Isa 3:21	The rings, and nose jewels,
	Isa 3:22	The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
	Isa 3:23	The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
	Eze 16:11	I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
	Eze 16:12	And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

of half

	Gen 23:15	My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
	Gen 23:16	And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 24:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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