Genesis 24:9 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 24:9

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Chapter 24, Verse 9) And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore to him concerning this matter. The Hebrews say that he swore at his consecration, that is, at his circumcision. But we say that he swore by the seed of Abraham, that is, by Christ, who was to be born from him, according to the Gospel of Matthew, which says: The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham (Matthew 1:1).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But when he has the desired success, he worships God, not the angel. Whatever benefit we have by the ministration of angels, all the glory must be given to the Lord of the angels, Rev. xxii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Put his hand under the thigh of Abraham - This form of swearing has greatly puzzled the commentators; but it is useless to detail opinions which I neither believe myself, nor would wish my readers to credit. I believe the true sense is given in the Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and that called the Jerusalem Targum. In the former it is said, Put now thy hand בגזית מהולתי bigzirath mehulathi, in sectione circumcisionis meoe; in the latter תחות ירך קימי techoth yerech keyami, sub femore foederis mei.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he put	H7760 →
הָעֶ֙בֶד֙	ha.'E.ved	the servant	H5650 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יָד֔וֹ	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
תַּ֛חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
יֶ֥רֶךְ	Ye.rekh	[the] thigh of	H3409 →
אַבְרָהָ֖ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
אֲדֹנָ֑יו	'a.do.Nav	master<s> his	H113 →
וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע	vai.yi.Sha.va'	and he swore an oath	H7650 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	to <the> him
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַדָּבָ֖ר	ha.da.Var	the matter	H1697 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 24:2
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
leads to
- Genesis 47:29
  When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise…
- Genesis 39:4–6
  Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
- Genesis 15:2
  But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
- Genesis 39:8–9
  But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
- Genesis 44:1
  Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.