King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 24:2
“And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:”
Verse in context — Genesis 24
1
And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
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And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
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And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
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But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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