| John Yonge Akerman - 1837 - 306 pages
...times ; but one reference to the Old Testament will be sufficient : — " And it came to pass as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden...bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold"." This brings me to the consideration of Sir William Beetham's observations "On the Ring-money of the... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1837 - 910 pages
...22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden • ear-ring fof half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold ; 23 And said, Whose daughter art thou ? tell me," I pray thee : is there room in thy father's house... | |
| William Till - 1838 - 276 pages
...Rebecca, the sacred historian, in the twentysecond verse of the twenty-fourth chapter of Genesis, says, " The man took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight,...bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold." Again, in the first book of Samuel, at the fifth and seventh verses, Goliath's helmet and coat of arms... | |
| 1838 - 1196 pages
...prosperous or not» S3 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden '2 ies : of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites : of Kohath, the fa •Î) ten s/u'kcli weight of gold ; and said, vVhose daughter art thou? tell me, I 1:4 pray thee:... | |
| George Bush - 1839 - 738 pages
...Khan, had a peculiar yet sweet and pleasant taste." — BURDER. Ver. 22. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden...half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands often shekels weight of gold. The weight of the ornaments that the servant of Abraham put upon Rebecca... | |
| George Bush - 1839 - 458 pages
...prosperous, or not, 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden b ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, • v r. 12, 56. b Exod. 32. 2. 3. Isai. 3. 19, 20, 21. Ezek. 16. H, 12. 1 Pet 3. 3. was accompanied... | |
| John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...reason to believe that she had been providentially made known to him as the destined wife of Isaac, " he took a golden ear-ring of half a shekel weight, and...bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold," and placed them in her hands. There may be these tokens of affection, and these signs of rank and situation,... | |
| 1840 - 494 pages
...Genesis it is recorded that Eliezer gave to Rebekah "a golden earring, (more probably a nose-jewel) of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold." This was a costly present — about five ounces of gold. The bracelets alone weighed four and a half... | |
| Robert Sears - 1841 - 408 pages
...Genesis it is recorded that Eliezer gave to Rebekah " a golden ear-ring (more probably a nose-jewel) of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold." This was a costly present — about five ounces of gold. The bracelets alone weighed four and a half... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 772 pages
...peace, to wit, whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. 22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden...bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold ; 23 And said, Whose daughter art thou ? tell me, I pray thee : is there room in thy father's house... | |
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