²²When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring^x weighing a beka^c and two gold bracelets^y weighing ten shekels.^d ²³Then he asked, “Whose daughter are you?^z Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?^a”

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

²⁶Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord,^d ²⁷saying, “Praise be to the Lord,^e the God of my master Abraham,^f who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness^g to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey^h to the house of my master’s relatives.”ⁱ

²⁸The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.^j

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Footnotes

cThat is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams
dThat is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams

Cross references

xver 47; Ge 41:42; Isa 3:21; Eze 16:11–12
ySee ver 10
zver 47
a Jdg 19:15; 20:4
bver 29, 47; See Ge 11:29
cver 32; Jdg 19:19
dver 48, 52; Ex 4:31; 12:27; 1 Ch 29:20; 2 Ch 20:18
e Ge 14:20; Ex 18:10; Ru 4:14; 1 Sa 25:32; 2 Sa 18:28; 1 Ki 1:48; 8:56; Ps 28:6; 41:13; 68:19; 106:48; Lk 1:68
fSee ver 12
gver 49; Ge 32:10; 47:29; Jos 2:14; Ps 98:3
hver 21
iSee ver 12, 48; See Ge 12:1
j Ge 29:12

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, and said, “Please tell me whose daughter you are. Is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?” She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” She added, “We have plenty of both straw and fodder, and room to spend the night.” The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me in the way to the house of my master’s kinsmen.” Then the young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

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. “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” She also said to him, “We have plenty of straw and feed and a place to spend the night.”

Then the man knelt low, worshiped the Lord, and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

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.

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “And please tell me, would your father have any room to put us up for the night?”

“I am the daughter of Bethuel,” she replied. “My grandparents are Nahor and Milcah. Yes, we have plenty of straw and feed for the camels, and we have room for guests.”

The man bowed low and worshiped the Lord. “Praise the Lord, the God of my master, Abraham,” he said. “The Lord has shown unfailing love and faithfulness to my master, for he has led me straight to my master’s relatives.”

The young woman ran home to tell her family everything that had happened.

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, and said, “Please tell me, whose daughter are you? Is there a place at the house of your father for us to spend the night?” And she said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” Then she said to him, “We have both straw and fodder in abundance, as well as a place to spend the night.” And the man knelt down and worshiped Yahweh. And he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his loyal love and his faithfulness from my master. I was on the way and Yahweh led me to the house of my master’s brother.” Then the girl ran and reported these things to the household of her mother.

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; And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in? And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord. And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren. And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

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