Genesis 24:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 24:2 : 2 And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh,

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  • Gen 24:1-8
    8 verses
    92%

    1And Abraham was old and advanced in age, and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

    2And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh,

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

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

    5And the servant said to him, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?"

    6And Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there.

    7The LORD God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

    8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    79%

    23Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have sojourned.

    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

  • Gen 24:34-39
    6 verses
    77%

    34So he said, "I am Abraham's servant.

    35The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

    36And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old; and to him he has given all that he has.

    37Now my master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell;

    38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

    39And I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'

  • Gen 24:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, for all his master's goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

    11And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

    12And he said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray, give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 24:48-49
    2 verses
    75%

    48And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

    49Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left."

  • Gen 22:16
    74%

    16And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:

  • Gen 24:51-52
    2 verses
    74%

    51Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the LORD has spoken."

    52And it came to pass, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he worshiped the LORD, bowing himself to the ground.

  • Gen 22:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

    10And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

  • Gen 24:41-43
    3 verses
    73%

    41You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family, for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.'

    42And this day I came to the well and said, 'O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,

    43behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass that when the virgin comes out to draw water, and I say to her, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

  • Gen 24:14
    73%

    14Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, 'Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also'—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. And by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master."

  • Gen 24:66
    72%

    66And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

  • Gen 17:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin that very same day, as God had said to him.

    24And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  • Gen 44:32-33
    2 verses
    72%

    32For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

    33Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.

  • Gen 21:30
    71%

    30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that they may be a witness that I have dug this well.

  • Gen 31:53
    71%

    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 22:12
    71%

    12And he said, Do not lay your hand upon the boy, nor do anything to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me.

  • Heb 6:13
    71%

    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • Luke 1:73
    71%

    73The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:

  • Ps 105:9
    71%

    9The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Gen 26:3
    71%

    3Stay in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these countries, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;

  • Josh 24:3
    70%

    3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 17:9
    70%

    9And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you and your descendants after you in their generations.

  • Gen 23:12
    70%

    12And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

  • Gen 28:4
    70%

    4And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you; that you may inherit the land where you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.