Genesis 24:9
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The servant, therefore, put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, and swore to him upon his word.

Genesis 24:2
And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:10
And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor.

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The servant, therefore, put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, and swore to him upon his word.

Context
A Wife for Isaac
8But if the woman will not follow thee, thou shalt not be bound by the oath: only bring not my son back thither again. 9The servant, therefore, put his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his lord, and swore to him upon his word.10And he took ten camels of his master's herd, and departed, carrying something of all his goods with him, and he set forward and went on to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nachor.…
Lexicon
So the servant
הָעֶ֙בֶד֙ (hā·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

placed
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

his hand
יָד֔וֹ (yā·ḏōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

under
תַּ֛חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

his master
אֲדֹנָ֑יו (’ă·ḏō·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

Abraham’s
אַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

thigh
יֶ֥רֶךְ (ye·reḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3409: Thigh,loin, flank, side

and swore an oath
וַיִּשָּׁ֣בַֽע (way·yiš·šā·ḇa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7650: To seven oneself, swear

to him
ל֔וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

concerning
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

matter.
הַדָּבָ֖ר (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


Additional Translations
So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham’s thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore unto him concerning that matter.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.

The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter.
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