Genesis 24:2-9 ▼

2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “ Place your hand under my thigh,

3 and I will have you swear by the LORD , God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,

4 but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

5 The servant said to him, “ Suppose the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I have your son go back to the land you came from ? ”

6 Abraham answered him, “ Make sure that you don’t take my son back there.

7 The LORD , the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘ I will give this land to your offspring’  — He will send His angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.

8 If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me, but don’t let my son go back there.”

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