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Genesis 24:9 KJV
Genesis · chapter 24 · verse 9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.Genesis 24:9 · King James Version
Genesis 24:9 in context
7The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- concerningʻalabove, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applicationsH5921 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- thighyârêkthe thighH3409 →
- swareshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
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Three things we may observe here concerning Abraham: - I. The care he took of a good son, to get him married, well married. It was high time to think of it now, for Isaac was about forty years old, and it had been customary with his ancestors to marry at thirty, or sooner, Gen 11:14, Gen 11:18, Gen 11:22, Gen 11:24.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9