1. Abraham was old, and well advanced in age. The Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
2. Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.
3. I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, amongst whom I live.