22 When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring(A) weighing a beka[a] and two gold bracelets(B) weighing ten shekels.[b] 23 Then he asked, “Whose daughter are you?(C) Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?(D)

24 She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milkah bore to Nahor.(E) 25 And she added, “We have plenty of straw and fodder,(F) as well as room for you to spend the night.”

26 Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord,(G) 27 saying, “Praise be to the Lord,(H) the God of my master Abraham,(I) who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness(J) to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey(K) to the house of my master’s relatives.”(L)

28 The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.(M) 29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban,(N) and he hurried out to the man at the spring. 30 As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms,(O) and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring. 31 “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord,”(P) he said. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

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Footnotes

  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

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