Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.
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Genesis 24:2 in context
Genesis 24:1–5
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Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. The LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
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Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.
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I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
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But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
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The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”
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