◄ Genesis 24:9 ►
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Good News Translation
So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.

New Revised Standard Version
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

Contemporary English Version
So the servant gave Abraham his word that he would do everything he had been told to do.

New American Bible
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore to him concerning this matter.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The servant, therefore, put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, and swore to him upon his word.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The servant, therefore, put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, and swore to him upon his word.

Context
A Wife for Isaac
…8But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath: only bring not my son back thither again. 9The servant, therefore, put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, and swore to him upon his word.10And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor.…
Cross References
Genesis 24:2
And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:10
And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor.

Genesis 24:8
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