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A wife for Isaac

24 Abraham was now a very old man. The Lord had blessed him in every way. Abraham had an important servant in his house. He had authority over everything that belonged to Abraham. Abraham said to him, ‘Come here and make a promise to me. Put your hand between my legs to show that I can trust you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 24:2 At that time, the people used this practice. It showed that a person was making a serious promise to another person.

Isaac and Rebekah

24 Abraham was now very old,(A) and the Lord had blessed(B) him in every way.(C) He said to the senior servant(D) in his household, the one in charge of all that he had,(E) “Put your hand under my thigh.(F)

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