^24:22After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka⁴⁰ and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels⁴¹ and gave them to her.⁴²

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Footnotes

40 A beka weighed about 5–6 grams (0.2 ounce).
41 A shekel weighed about 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce) although weights varied locally, so these bracelets weighed about 4 ounces (115 grams).
42 The words “and gave them to her” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As the camels finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing ten shekels of gold.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets for her wrists.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And it happened that as the camels finished drinking the man took a gold ring of a half shekel in weight and two bracelets for her arms, ten shekels in weight,

KJV 1900King 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;

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