9So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.


In Context

6 "Make sure that you do not take my son back there," Abraham said.

7 "The Lord , the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'-he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

8 If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."

9 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

10 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.

11 He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.

Genesis 24:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:9The servant therefore put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swore to him upon this word.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore unto him concerning that matter.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:9The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:9And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.