Genesis 24:9
“And the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.”
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Genesis 24:9 Context
7¶ The LORD God of heauen which tooke mee from my fathers house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake vnto mee, and that sware vnto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence. 8And if the woman wil not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt bee cleare from this my othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe. 9And the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. 10¶ And the seruant tooke ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, ( for all the goods of his master were in his hand) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, vnto the citie of Nahor. 11And he made his camels to kneele downe without the citie, by a well of water, at the time of the euening, euen the time that women goe out to draw water.
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And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
- King James Version
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
- New American Standard Version (1995)