“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;”
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels, and gave them to her. The gifts are given after the test is complete — after Rebekah has demonstrated exactly the character the servant prayed for. The gifts are generous and appropriate: a nose ring and bracelets signal honorable intent. Proverbs 25:11 compares a timely word to apples of gold in settings of silver. The application: giving the right gift at the right time — after the character has been demonstrated, not before — is the wisdom that honors what has been shown.
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