1. Now Abraham was old, advanced in age, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in everything.
2. And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh
3. that I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,