Abraham Seeks a Wife for Isaac

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By now Avraham was old, advanced in years; and ADONAI had blessed Avraham in everything.

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Avraham said to the servant who had served him the longest, who was in charge of all he owned, "Put your hand under my thigh;

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because I want you to swear by ADONAI, God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from among the women of the Kena'ani, among whom I am living;

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but that you will go to my homeland, to my kinsmen, to choose a wife for my son Yitz'chak."

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The servant replied, "Suppose the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land. Must I then bring your son back to the land from which you came?"

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Avraham said to him, "See to it that you don't bring my son back there.

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ADONAI, the God of heaven - who took me away from my father's house and away from the land I was born in, who spoke to me and swore to me, 'I will give this land to your descendants'- he will send his angel ahead of you; and you are to bring a wife for my son from there.

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But if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from your obligation under my oath. Just don't bring my son back there."

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The servant put his hand under the thigh of Avraham his master and swore to him concerning the matter.

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