Genesis 24:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

eldest servant. Probably Eleazar of Dan 15:2.

thigh. According to the Midrash and ancient Jewish expositors,. Euphemism (App-6) for the organs of generation, as most sacred. According to Ibn Ezra and present Indian custom, on the thigh is. token of subjection.

Genesis 24:2

2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: