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Selected Verse: Genesis 24:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Ge 24:22 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass, as the camels [01581] had done [03615] drinking [08354], that the man [0376] took [03947] a golden [02091] earring [05141] of half a shekel [01235] weight [04948], and two [08147] bracelets [06781] for her hands [03027] of ten [06235] shekels weight [04948] of gold [02091]; |
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King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the man took a golden earring, &c.--The ring was not for the ear, but the nose; the armlets, such as young women in Syria and Arabia still appear daily at wells decked in. They are worn from the elbow to the wrist, commonly made of silver, copper, brass, or horn. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| After the watering of the camels was over, the man took a golden nose-ring of the weight of a beka, i.e., half a shekel (Exo 38:26), and two golden armlets of 10 shekels weight, and (as we find from Gen 24:30 and Gen 24:47) placed these ornaments upon her, not as a bridal gift, but in return for her kindness. He then asked her about her family, and whether there was room in her father's house for him and his attendants to pass the night there; and it was not trill after Rebekah had told him that she was the daughter of Bethuel, the nephew of Abraham, and had given a most cheerful assent to his second question, that he felt sure that this was the wife appointed by Jehovah for Isaac. He then fell down and thanked Jehovah for His grace and truth, whilst Rebekah in the meantime had hastened home to relate all that had occurred to "her mother's house," i.e., to the female portion of her family. חסד the condescending love, אמת the truth which God had displayed in the fulfilment of His promise, and here especially manifested to him in bringing him to the home of his master's relations. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The man took a golden ear-ring - נזם זהב nezem zahab. That this could not be an ear-ring is very probable from its being in the singular number. The margin calls it a jewel for the forehead; but it most likely means a jewel for the nose, or nose-ring, which is in universal use through all parts of Arabia and Persia, particularly among young women. They are generally worn in the left nostril. The word is very properly translated επιρῥινιον, an ornament for the nose, by Symmachus.
Half a shekel - For the weight of a shekel, See note Gen 20:16.
And two bracelets - ושני צמידים usheney tsemidim. As tsemidim comes from צמד tsamad, to join or couple together, it may very properly mean bracelets, or whatever may clasp round the arms or legs; for rings and ornaments are worn round both by females in India and Persia. The small part of the leg is generally decorated in this way, and so is the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist. As these tsemidim were given to Rebekah for her hands, it sufficiently distinguishes them from a similar ornament used for the ankles.
In different parts of the sacred writings there are allusions to ornaments of various kinds still in use in different Asiatic countries. They are of seven different sorts. 1. for the forehead; 2. for the nose; 3. for the ears; 4. for the arms; 5. for the fingers; 6. for the neck and breast; 7. for the ankles. See Gen 24:22, Gen 24:47; also Eze 16:12; Pro 11:22; Isa 3:21; Gen 35:4; Exo 32:2, Exo 32:3; Job 42:11; Jdg 8:24. The principal female ornaments are enumerated in the third chapter of Isaiah, which are very nearly the same that are in use in Persia and India to the present time. |
47 And I asked [07592] her, and said [0559], Whose daughter [01323] art thou? And she said [0559], The daughter [01323] of Bethuel [01328], Nahor's [05152] son [01121], whom Milcah [04435] bare [03205] unto him: and I put [07760] the earring [05141] upon her face [0639], and the bracelets [06781] upon her hands [03027].
30 And it came to pass, when he saw [07200] the earring [05141] and bracelets [06781] upon his sister's [0269] hands [03027], and when he heard [08085] the words [01697] of Rebekah [07259] his sister [0269], saying [0559], Thus [03541] spake [01696] the man [0376] unto me; that he came [0935] unto the man [0376]; and, behold, he stood [05975] by [05921] the camels [01581] at the well [05869].
26 A bekah [01235] for every man [01538], that is, half [04276] a shekel [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944], for every one that went [05674] to be numbered [06485], from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605], for six [08337] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] and three [07969] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] men.
24 And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto them, I would desire [07592] a request [07596] of you, that ye would give [05414] me every man [0376] the earrings [05141] of his prey [07998]. (For they had golden [02091] earrings [05141], because they were Ishmaelites [03459].)
11 Then came [0935] there unto him all his brethren [0251], and all his sisters [0269], and all they that had been of his acquaintance [03045] before [06440], and did eat [0398] bread [03899] with him in his house [01004]: and they bemoaned [05110] him, and comforted [05162] him over all the evil [07451] that the LORD [03068] had brought [0935] upon him: every man [0376] also gave [05414] him a [0259] piece of money [07192], and every one [0376] an earring [05141] of gold [02091].
3 And all the people [05971] brake off [06561] the golden [02091] earrings [05141] which were in their ears [0241], and brought [0935] them unto Aaron [0175].
2 And Aaron [0175] said [0559] unto them, Break off [06561] the golden [02091] earrings [05141], which are in the ears [0241] of your wives [0802], of your sons [01121], and of your daughters [01323], and bring [0935] them unto me.
4 And they gave [05414] unto Jacob [03290] all the strange [05236] gods [0430] which were in their hand [03027], and all their earrings [05141] which were in their ears [0241]; and Jacob [03290] hid [02934] them under the oak [0424] which was by Shechem [07927].
21 The rings [02885], and nose [0639] jewels [05141],
22 As a jewel [05141] of gold [02091] in a swine's [02386] snout [0639], so is a fair [03303] woman [0802] which is without [05493] discretion [02940].
12 And I put [05414] a jewel [05141] on thy forehead [0639], and earrings [05694] in thine ears [0241], and a beautiful [08597] crown [05850] upon thine head [07218].
47 And I asked [07592] her, and said [0559], Whose daughter [01323] art thou? And she said [0559], The daughter [01323] of Bethuel [01328], Nahor's [05152] son [01121], whom Milcah [04435] bare [03205] unto him: and I put [07760] the earring [05141] upon her face [0639], and the bracelets [06781] upon her hands [03027].
22 And it came to pass, as the camels [01581] had done [03615] drinking [08354], that the man [0376] took [03947] a golden [02091] earring [05141] of half a shekel [01235] weight [04948], and two [08147] bracelets [06781] for her hands [03027] of ten [06235] shekels weight [04948] of gold [02091];
16 And unto Sarah [08283] he said [0559], Behold, I have given [05414] thy brother [0251] a thousand [0505] pieces of silver [03701]: behold, he is to thee a covering [03682] of the eyes [05869], unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved [03198].