^{2 Ref} and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,

^{3 Ref} and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;

^{4 Ref} but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'