John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master , and departed ,.... Camels were much in use in the eastern countries; where, as Pliny F15 Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 18. says, they were brought up among their herds of cattle, and their riches much consisted in them. Arabia abounded with them; Job had three thousand of them, Job 1:3 ; how many Abraham had is not said, only ten of them his servant took, being sufficient for his present purpose, and which he took with his... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 24:9
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master ,.... Or "then" or "therefore the servant", &c.; F14 וישם "posuit ergo", V. L. "igitur", Tigurine version; "itaque", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ita", Drusius; "tum", Schmidt. being satisfied of the nature and extent of his oath, and thoroughly understanding how he was to act upon it, readily took it by using this rite; see Gill on Genesis 24:2 , and sware to him concerning that matter ; of taking a... read more