So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham’s thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

10 The servant took 10 of his master’s camels and departed with all kinds of his master’s goods in hand. Then he set out for Nahor’s town Aram-naharaim. 11 He made the camels kneel beside a well of water outside the town at evening. This was the time when the women went out to draw water.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 24:10 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

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

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.

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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