1 Abraham was now old, getting on in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.
2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
3 and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,
4 but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I have your son go back to the land you came from? ”
6 Abraham answered him, “Make sure that you don’t take my son back there.