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Genesis 24:47

in Genesis 24

Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.

KJV

And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

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This verse in Genesis 24

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

Commentary (church-history corpus) · Written before 373.

proposed

The servant swore the oath to his master and went off with many choice gifts. He sat beside a well, prayed and asked for a sign.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

. [3.] How he had immediately acknowledged God's goodness to him therein, leading him, as he here expresses it, in the right way. Note, God's way is always the right way ( Ps. cvii. 7 ), and those are well led whom he leads.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation

And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou?.... See Gill on Gen 24:23. And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: See Gill on Gen 24:24. and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. See Gill on Gen 24:22.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וָאֶשְׁאַ֣לand I asked

    vaeshalH7592 →171 times

  • אֹתָ֗הּ<obj.> her

    ʾotahH853 →10935 times

  • וָאֹמַר֮and I said

    vaomarH559 →5305 times

  • בַּת־daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • מִ֣יwhom?

    miH4310 →423 times

  • אַתְּ֒[are] you

    ʾatH859 →1094 times

  • וַתֹּ֗אמֶרand she said

    vatomerH559 →5305 times

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • בְּתוּאֵל֙Bethuel

    betuelH1328 →10 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • נָח֔וֹרNahor

    nachorH5152 →18 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יָֽלְדָה־she bore

    yaldah-H3205 →496 times

  • לּ֖וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • מִלְכָּ֑הMilcah

    milkahH4435 →11 times

  • וָאָשִׂ֤םand I put

    vaasimH7760 →584 times

  • הַנֶּ֙זֶם֙the ring

    hanezemH5141 →17 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַפָּ֔הּnose her

    ʾapahH639 →276 times

  • וְהַצְּמִידִ֖יםand the bracelets

    vehatzemidimH6781 →7 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יָדֶֽיהָ׃hands her

    yadeihaH3027 →1618 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezekiel 16:11I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.6 worksIsaiah 3:21their signet rings and nose rings;5 worksSong of Solomon 1:10Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.4 worksGenesis 24:22And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.4 worksIsaiah 62:3–5You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.3 worksPsalms 45:13–14All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.3 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 16:10–13I clothed you in embroidered cloth and gave you sandals of fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.3 worksGenesis 24:53Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.3 worksProverbs 11:22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.3 worksPsalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.2 worksEphesians 5:26–27to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,2 worksExodus 32:2So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”2 worksGenesis 22:23And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.2 works1 Peter 3:3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,1 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 24:53

    Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 24:10

      Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

    • Genesis 24:22

      And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.

    • Exodus 12:35

      Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

    • Exodus 3:22

      Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder…

    • Exodus 11:2

      Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 24 →

This page draws on Ephrem the Syrian, Commentary (church-history corpus); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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