Genesis 24:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.

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  • Gen 24:2 : 2 Therefore Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruant of his house, which had the rule ouer all that he had, Put nowe thine hand vnder my thigh,

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  • Gen 24:1-8
    8 verses
    92%

    1Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

    2Therefore Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruant of his house, which had the rule ouer all that he had, Put nowe thine hand vnder my thigh,

    3And I will make thee sweare by ye Lorde God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.

    4But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, & take a wife vnto my sone Izhak.

    5And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? Shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest?

    6To whom Abraham answered, Beware that thou bring not my sonne thither againe.

    7The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne fro thence.

    8Neuertheles if the woman wil not followe thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    79%

    23Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.

    24Then Abraham said, I will sweare.

  • Gen 24:34-39
    6 verses
    77%

    34Then he said, I am Abrahams seruant,

    35And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, that he is become great: for he hath giuen him sheepe, and beeues, and siluer, and golde, and men seruants, and maide seruants, and camels, and asses.

    36And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath.

    37Now my master made me sweare, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

    38But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne.

    39Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not followe me?

  • Gen 24:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10So the seruant tooke ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his masters goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to Aram Naharaim, vnto the citie of Nahor.

    11And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water.

    12And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I beseech thee, send me good speede this day, & shew mercy vnto my master Abraha.

  • Gen 24:48-49
    2 verses
    75%

    48And I bowed downe and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had brought me the right way to take my masters brothers daughter vnto his sone.

    49Now therefore, if ye will deale mercifully and truely with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me that I may turne me to the right hand or to the left.

  • Gen 22:16
    74%

    16And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

  • Gen 24:51-52
    2 verses
    74%

    51Beholde, Rebehak is before thee, take her and goe, that she may be thy masters sonnes wife, euen as the Lord hath said.

    52And when Abrahams seruant heard their wordes, he bowed himselfe toward the earth vnto the Lord.

  • Gen 22:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And when they came to the place which God had shewed him, Abraham builded an altar there, & couched ye wood, and bound Izhak his sonne and laid him on the altar vpon the wood.

    10And Abraham stretching forth his hand, tooke the knife to kill his sonne.

  • Gen 24:41-43
    3 verses
    73%

    41Then shalt thou be discharged of mine othe, when thou commest to my kinred: and if they giue thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine othe.

    42So I came this day to the well, and said, O Lorde, the God of my master Abraham, if thou nowe prosper my iourney which I goe,

    43Behold, I stand by the wel of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke,

  • Gen 24:14
    73%

    14Graunt therefore that ye maide, to whom I say, Bowe downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drinke: if she say, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also: may be she that thou hast ordeined for thy seruant Izhak: and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed mercy on my master.

  • Gen 24:66
    72%

    66And the seruant tolde Izhak all things, that he had done.

  • Gen 17:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23Then Abraham tooke Ishmael his sonne and all that were borne in his house, and all that was bought with his money, that is, euery man childe among the men of Abrahams house, and he circumcised the foreskinne of their flesh in that selfe same day, as God had comaunded him.

    24Abraham also himselfe was ninetie yeere olde and nine, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised.

  • Gen 44:32-33
    2 verses
    72%

    32Doubtlesse thy seruant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, then I will beare the blame vnto my father for euer.

    33Nowe therefore, I pray thee, let me thy seruant bide for the childe, as a seruant to my Lord, and let the childe go vp with his brethren.

  • Gen 21:30
    71%

    30And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

  • Gen 31:53
    71%

    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.

  • Gen 22:12
    71%

    12Then he said, Lay not thine hand vpon the childe, neither doe any thing vnto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing for my sake thou hast not spared thine onely sonne.

  • Heb 6:13
    71%

    13For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

  • Luke 1:73
    71%

    73And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.

  • Ps 105:9
    71%

    9Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:

  • Gen 26:3
    71%

    3Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

  • Josh 24:3
    70%

    3And I tooke your father Abraham from beyond the flood, and brought him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seede, and gaue him Izhak.

  • Gen 17:9
    70%

    9Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • Gen 23:12
    70%

    12Then Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the land,

  • Gen 28:4
    70%

    4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.