servant

And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto his brethren.

And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.

1611 marginal noteOr, seruant to them.

God shall enlarge Iaphet, and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.

1611 marginal noteOr, perswade.

And said, My LORD, If now I haue found fauour in thy sight, passe not away, I pray thee, frō thy seruant:

And I will fetch a morsell of bread; and comfort ye your hearts, after that you shall passe on: for therefore are you come to your seruant. And they said; So doe, as thou hast said.

1611 marginal noteHebr. stay.

1611 marginal noteHebr. you haue passed.

Beholde now, thy seruant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed vnto me, in sauing my life, and I cannot escape to the mountaine, lest some euill take me, and I die.

And Abraham said vnto his eldest seruant of his house, that ruled ouer all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand vnder my thigh:

1611 marginal noteChap. 47.29.

And the seruant said vnto him, Peraduenture the woman will not bee willing to follow mee vnto this land: must I needes bring thy sonne againe, vnto the land from whence thou camest?

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

¶ And the seruant tooke 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, vnto the citie of Nahor.

1611 marginal noteOr, And