1. Now Abraham was old; and advanced in age: and the Lord had blessed him in all things.
2. And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,
3. That I may make thee swear by the Lord the God of heaven and earth, that thou take not a wife for my son, of the daughters of the Chanaanites, among whom I dwell:
4. But that thou go to my own country and kindred, and take a wife from thence for my son Isaac.
5. The servant answered: If the woman will not come with me into this land, must I bring thy son back again to the place, from whence thou camest out?
6. And Abraham said: Beware thou never bring my son back again thither.
7. The Lord God of heaven, who took me out of my father's house, and out of my native country, who spoke to me, and swore to me, saying: To thy seed will I give this land: he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for my son.
8. But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath; only bring not my son back thither again.