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


In Context

6 Abraham said to him, |Beware that you don't bring my son there again.

7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

8 If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again.|

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

10 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:9So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this 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 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.