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9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Genesis 24:9

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-9)

Three things we may observe here concerning Abraham:— I. The care he took of a good son, to get him married, well married. It was high time to think of it now, for Isaac was about forty years old, and it had been customary with his ancestors to marry at thirty, or sooner, Gen. 11:14 , 18 , 22 , 24 . Abraham believed the promise of the building up of his family, and therefore did not make haste; no...

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