Then the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.

10 ¶ So the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed: (for he had all his master’s goods in his hand:) and so he arose, and went to [a]Aram Naharaim, unto the [b]city of Nahor.

11 And he made his camels to [c]lie down without the city by a well of water, at eventide about the time that the women come out to draw water.

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Notas al pie

  1. Genesis 24:10 Or, Mesopotamia, or, Syria of the two floods: to wit, of Tigris and Euphrates.
  2. Genesis 24:10 That is, to Haran.
  3. Genesis 24:11 Hebrew, to bow their knees.

So the servant put his hand under the thigh(A) of his master(B) Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

10 Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels(C) loaded with all kinds of good things(D) from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim[a](E) and made his way to the town of Nahor.(F) 11 He had the camels kneel down near the well(G) outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.(H)

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Notas al pie

  1. Genesis 24:10 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia