And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.
WEB
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
YLT
And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.
DBT
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore unto him concerning that matter.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)