1. Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
2. So Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who was in charge over all that he had, “Please, place your hand under my thigh,
3. and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.
4. But you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5. Then the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”