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Genesis 24:9

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And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

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  1. Genesis 24:7

    The 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.

  2. Genesis 24:8

    And 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.

  3. Genesis 24:10

    And 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.

  4. Genesis 24:11

    And 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.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.