Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
And the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
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Genesis 24:9
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.
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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.
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Swore; made a solemn oath or declared with an oath.
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concerning
Regarding, relating to, or about.
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1. A subject, affair, or cause. 2. Material substance.
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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.
24:7¶ The LORD God of heauen which tooke mee from my fathers house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake vnto mee, and that sware vnto me, saying, *Unto thy seed will I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.
24:8And 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.
24:8And if the woman wil not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt bee cleare from this my othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.
24:9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
24:9And the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
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