2Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, |Please put your hand under my thigh.


In Context

1 Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, |Please put your hand under my thigh.

3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

4 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.|

Genesis 24:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:2And 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:2He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:2And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:2And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2And Abraham said to his servant, the eldest of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:2And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2And Abraham said to his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:2and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, 'Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:2And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh: