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I asked her, and said, `Whose daughter are you?` She said, `The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor`s son, whom Milcah bare to him.` I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
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A Nose Ring, Not an Earring
Commentators clarify that the gift described as an "earring" in some translations was, in fact, a nose ring. Scholar Charles Ellicott notes the Hebrew word specifically refers to a ring for the nose, a common custom in the ancient East. This detail helps modern readers accurately visualize the scene and understand the cultural context of the servant's gift.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
26. קרד qādad — “bow the head.” השׁתחוה shâchâh — “bow the body.”
29. לבן lābān — “Laban, white.”
In this circum…
19th Century
Anglican
Upon her face. —Hebrew, upon her nose. This mistranslation explains the strange rendering jewel for the forehead…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art] thou ? &c.] (See Gill on Genesis 24:23).
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