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A Wife for Isaac

24 Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. Abraham said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of everything he owned, “Put your hand under my leg.[a] Make a promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Don’t get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

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  1. 24:2 Put . . . leg This showed that a person would keep the promise.

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