And it happened when the camels had finished drinking, the man took a golden ring, its weight a half shekel, and two bracelets for her hands, ten of gold their weighing.
And they gave all the strange gods in their hand to Jacob, and the earrings which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.
And he took them from their hand and formed it with an engraving tool. And he made it a molten calf. And they said, These are your gods, O Israel, who made you go up from the land of Egypt.
Those who lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver on the measuring rod; they hire one who refines and he makes it a god. They fall down; yea, they worship.
Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and the hands of the goldsmith. Violet and purple is their clothing; they are all the works of skillful ones.