1. And Aḇraham was old, advanced in years. And יהוה had blessed Aḇraham in every way.
2. And Aḇraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please, put your hand under my thigh,
3. so that I make you swear by יהוה, the Elohim of the heavens and the Elohim of the earth, that you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Kena‛anites, among whom I dwell,
4. but to go to my land and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Yitsḥaq.”
5. And the servant said to him, “What if the woman refuses to follow me to this land? Do I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6. And Aḇraham said to him, “Beware lest you take my son back there!