1 Abraham was old, having seen many days, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
2 Abraham said to the senior servant of his household, who had charge of all his possessions: “Put your hand under my thigh,
3 and I will make you swear by the Lord, 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 among whom I live,
4 but that you will go to my own land and to my relatives to get a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 The servant asked him: “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6 Abraham told him, “Never take my son back there for any reason!