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Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.
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And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
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In context
6 And Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.
7 The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To thy seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence.
8 And if the woman shall not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath; only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; (for all the goods of his master [were] in his hands:) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, the time when women go out to draw [water]:
12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, prosper me this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
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