² And Abraham said to his servant, ^(A)the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, ^(B)“Put your hand under my thigh,

²⁹ And ^(A)when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If now ^(B)I have found favor in your sight, ^(C)put your hand under my thigh and ^(D)promise to deal kindly and truly with me. ^(E)Do not bury me in Egypt,

⁴ So Joseph ^(A)found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house ^(B)and put him in charge of all that he had. ⁵ From the time that he made him overseer in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house ^(C)for Joseph's sake; the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had, in house and field. ⁶ So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate.

Now Joseph was ^(D)handsome in form and appearance.

² But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue^[a] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

²⁴ All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

Joseph Tests His Brothers

44 Then he commanded ^(A)the steward of his house, ^(B)“Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack,

⁸ But he refused and said to his master's wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and ^(A)he has put everything that he has in my charge. ⁹ He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and ^(B)sin against God?”

⁹ So the servant ^(A)put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.

¹⁰ Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking all sorts of choice gifts from his master; and he arose and went to ^(B)Mesopotamia^[a] to the city of Nahor.

¹⁷ Let the elders ^(A)who rule well be considered worthy of ^(B)double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.