1. Abraham was old, having seen many days, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
2. Abraham said to the senior servant of his household, who had charge of all his possessions: “Put your hand under my thigh,
3. and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,