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Genesis 24:1

Verse 1 of 67. The 24th of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.

1Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. The LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

2Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.

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

4But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

5The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?”

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.