Genesis 24:5–11

⁵The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land?^k Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?^l”

⁶“Make sure that you do not take my son back there,”^m Abraham said. ⁷“The Lord, the God of heaven,ⁿ who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land^o and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring^ap I will give this land’^q—he will send his angel before you^r so that you can get a wife for my son from there. ⁸If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath^s of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”^{t 9}So the servant put his hand under the thigh^u of his master^v Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

¹⁰Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels^w loaded with all kinds of good things^x from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim^by and made his way to the town of Nahor.^{z 11}He had the camels kneel down near the well^a outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.^b