Holy Scripture

Genesis 24:9

A church father on this verse
“(Chapter 24, Verse 9) And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore to him concerning this matter. The Hebrews say that he swore at his consecration, that is, at his circumcision. But we say that he swore by the seed of Abraham, that is, by Christ, who was to be born from him, according…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Hebrew Questions on Genesis

Source: Septuagint

Original

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

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7The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father’s house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.

8And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.

— Genesis 24:9 —

10And the servant took ten camels of his master’s camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.

11And he rested his camels without the city by the well of water toward evening, when damsels go forth to draw water.

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