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BrLXXΚαὶ ἔθηκεν ὁ παῖς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὸν μηρὸν Ἁβραὰμ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ περὶ τοῦ ῥήματος τούτου. (Kai ethaʸken ho pais taʸn ⱪeira autou hupo ton maʸron Habraʼam tou kuriou autou, kai ōmosen autōi peri tou ɽaʸmatos toutou. )
BrTrAnd the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter.
ULTThen the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
USTSo Abraham’s servant put his hand under his master’s thigh and vowed to him that he would do what Abraham had requested him to do.
BSB § So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
OEBSo the servant put his hand under Abraham’s thigh and made the promise.
WEBBEThe servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
JPSAnd the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
ASVAnd the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.
DRAThe servant therefore put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swore to him upon this word.
YLTAnd the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.
DrbyAnd the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore unto him concerning that matter.
RVAnd the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.
WbstrAnd the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.
KJB-1769And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
KJB-1611And the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
BshpsAnd the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister, and sware to hym as concernyng yt matter. (And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him as concerning it matter.)
GnvaThen the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter. (Then the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter. )
CvdlThen ye seruaunt layed his hade vnder his master Abrahams thye, and sware the same vnto him. (Then ye/you_all servant laid his hade under his master Abrahams thye, and sware the same unto him.)
WyclTherfore the seruaunt puttide his hond vndur the hipe of Abraham, his lord, and swoor to him on this word. (Therefore the servant put his hand under the hipe of Abraham, his lord, and swoor to him on this word.)
LuthDa legte der Knecht seine Hand unter die Hüfte Abrahams, seines Herrn, und schwur ihm solches. (So laid the/of_the Knecht his hand under the Hüfte Abrahams, his Lord, and schwur him solches.)
ClVgPosuit ergo servus manum sub femore Abraham domini sui, et juravit illi super sermone hoc.[fn] (Posuit therefore servus hand under femore Abraham master sui, and he_promised illi over sermone hoc. )
24.9Posuit ergo, etc. HIER. in Quæst. Hebr. Tradunt Hebræi quia in sanctificatione ejus, etc., usque ad et pondus tribulationis fortiter ferant, quod cameli significant.
24.9Posuit therefore, etc. HIER. in Quæst. Hebr. Tradunt Hebræi because in sanctificatione his, etc., until to and pondus tribulationis fortiter ferant, that cameli significant.
24:1-67 Isaac’s marriage to Rebekah ensured that God’s plan would continue into the next generation. God showed covenant faithfulness by working through his faithful people (24:12, 27, 49).
and=he/it_assigned the,servant DOM his/its=hand below/instead_of thigh ʼAⱱrāhām master,his
See how you translated a similar clause in verse 2. Also, in that culture, people owned servants and had complete authority over them. Make sure your translation of master and servant does not imply that the servant was mistreated. Servants were treated well, could hold important positions and were often considered as members of the master’s family. See how you translated a related term “mistress/owner” in Gen 16:4, 8-9.
וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע ל֔וֹ
and,swore to=him/it
See how you translated swore in verse 7 and “swear” in verse 3. Alternate translation: “and made an vow to him” or “and made an unbreakable promise to him”
Some languages need to make explicit what this matter refers to. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “that he would do what he had told him to do.” or “that he would go find a wife for Isaac.”
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
