Genesis 24:9

9 So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham's thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 24:9

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
master
Or "then" or "therefore the servant", &c. ^F14 being satisfied of the nature and extent of his oath, and thoroughly understanding how he was to act upon it, readily took it by using this rite, (See Gill on Genesis 24:2); and sware to him concerning that matter;
of taking a wife to his son, engaging to do everything he had directed and enjoined him relative to it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Mvyw) "posuit ergo", V. L. "igitur", Tigurine version; "itaque", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ita", Drusius; "tum", Schmidt.

Genesis 24:9 In-Context

7 The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, 'I will give this land to your offspring'-He will send His angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.

8 If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me, but don't let my son go back there."

9 So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham's thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

10 The servant took 10 of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of his master's goods in hand. Then he set out for the town of Nahor, Aram-naharaim.

11 He made the camels kneel beside a well of water outside the town at evening. [This was] the time when the women went out to draw water.