42 The (A)sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and with men of the common sort, drunkards[a] were brought from the wilderness; and they put (B)bracelets on the hands of the women, and (C)beautiful crowns on their heads.

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  1. Ezekiel 23:42 Or Sabeans

42 “The noise of a carefree(A) crowd was around her; drunkards(B) were brought from the desert along with men from the rabble, and they put bracelets(C) on the wrists of the woman and her sister and beautiful crowns on their heads.(D)

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

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  1. Genesis 24:22 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

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]

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  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

30 As soon as he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, “Thus the man spoke to me,” he went to the man. And behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

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30 As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms,(A) 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.

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47 Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.’ (A)So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her arms.

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47 “I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’(A)

“She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel(B) son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.’(C)

“Then I put the ring in her nose(D) and the bracelets on her arms,(E)

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