Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.
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- Gen 24:2 : 2 Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“Put your hand under my thigh
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- Gen 24:1-88 verses92%
1The Wife for Isaac Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in everything.
2Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“Put your hand under my thigh
3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
4You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac.”
5The servant asked him,“What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6“Be careful never to take my son back there!” Abraham told him.
7“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath,‘To your descendants I will give this land.’ He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.
8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
- Gen 21:23-242 verses79%
23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”
- Gen 24:34-396 verses77%
34“I am the servant of Abraham,” he began.
35“The LORD has richly blessed my master and he has become very wealthy. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
36My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.
37My master made me swear an oath. He said,‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’
39But I said to my master,‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’
- Gen 24:10-123 verses77%
10Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.
11He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city. It was evening, the time when the women would go out to draw water.
12He prayed,“O LORD, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.
- Gen 24:48-492 verses75%
48Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
49Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way.”
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16and said,“‘I solemnly swear by my own name,’ decrees the LORD,‘that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
- Gen 24:51-522 verses74%
51Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decided.”
52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
- Gen 22:9-102 verses74%
9When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
10Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.
- Gen 24:41-433 verses73%
41You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.’
42When I came to the spring today, I prayed,‘O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:
43Here I am, standing by the spring. When the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say,“Please give me a little water to drink from your jug.”
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14I will say to a young woman,‘Please lower your jar so I may drink.’ May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply,‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master.”
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66The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.
- Gen 17:23-242 verses72%
23Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.
24Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;
- Gen 44:32-332 verses72%
32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
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30He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”
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53May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.
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12“Do not harm the boy!” the angel said.“Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
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13Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
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73the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants
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9the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
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3Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.
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3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,
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9Then God said to Abraham,“As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
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12Abraham bowed before the local people
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4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”