Genesis 24:2 (WEB)
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.
Fathers and councils · 6
Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Gen. 24:2) What did that oath signify, but that the God of heaven was to come in the flesh, out of the stock of Abraham.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“…seed of Abraham, out of all the children of men; did not he, I say, cause his servant to swear unto him in this manner, saying, “Put thy hand under my thigh,” and so swear; as if he had said, “Put thy hand on the altar, or on the Gospel, or on the Prophet, or on any holy thing.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxiv. 2.
Read the whole comment“What was there in the thigh of Abraham, where he put his hand in swearing?” — editor's note: Gen. xxiv. 2. [See p. 148, note 11, supra.—C.]
Read the whole comment“For putting his hand under the thigh of a man, and swearing by the God of Heaven, what else did he signify, than that in that Flesh, which derived its origin from that thigh, the God of Heaven would come?” — editor's note: Gen. xxiv. 2–4
Read the whole comment“…thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the Lord of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son Isaac of the daughters of the Canaanites,” what else was pointed out by this, but that the Lord, the God of heaven, and the Lord of the earth, was to come in the flesh which was to be derived from that…” — editor's note: Gen. xxiv. 2, 3.
Read the whole comment“But that the servant might apprehend what Abraham knew, that it was not offspring after the flesh he desired, nor anything of a carnal kind concerning his race that was referred to, he said to the servant whom he sent, “Put thy hand under my thigh, and swear by the God of heaven.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxiv. 2–4.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:52–56 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:52–56 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:52–56 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:52–56 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 8:52–56 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Good of Marriage Chapter 22.