【创24:1】 亚伯拉罕年纪老迈,向来在一切事上耶和华都赐福给他。
Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
【创24:2】 亚伯拉罕对管理他全业最老的仆人说,请你把手放在我大腿底下。
He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, 'Put your hand under my thigh.
【创24:3】 我要叫你指着耶和华天地的主起誓,不要为我儿子娶这迦南地中的女子为妻。
I want you to swear by the Lord , the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,
【创24:4】 你要往我本地本族去,为我的儿子以撒娶一个妻子。
but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.'