Matthew Poole Commentary - Genesis 24:2

Matthew Poole Commentary - Genesis 24:2 - 24:2

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Genesis 24:2 - 24:2

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His eldest servant of his house; viz. Eliezer, Gen_15:2. This ceremony was used in swearing, as now, so anciently in the eastern parts, as Gen_47:29, either as a testimony of subjection, and promise of faithful service, for this rite was used only by inferiors towards superiors; or, as some think, with respect to the blessed Seed, Christ, who was to come out of Abraham’s thigh, as the phrase is, Gen_46:26, because this rite was used only to believers.