King James Version
Genesis 24:9 in the King James Version says “And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.”
Genesis 24:9 · KJV
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. for: or, and
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. that: Heb. that women who draw water go forth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“under the thigh”
H3409the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
“and sware”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
“to him concerning”
H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“matter”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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