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Genesis 24:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 24:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who supervised his property, “Place your hand under my thigh[a] 3 and swear to the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom we live. 4 Rather, go to my homeland, to my family, and choose a wife for my son Isaac.”
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- Genesis 24:2 Under my thigh: a euphemism for touching the genitals; to do this is to ask God, the author of life, to be witness to the oath.