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1 | Gen24:2andGen47:29 please explain action | Gen 24:2 | searchingal | 87586 | ||
i've just begun to read the bible and came across two verses that interested me; Genesis 24:2 and Genesis 47:29. in these versus there is mention of putting one's hand under another's thigh to make a promise. i wasn't sure what the significance of this was. so i asked a friend if it was like a pinkie promise and he wasn't sure, he referred me to you guys. he also said that according to God your word is good enough. so since he was kina stumped too. i'm asking yall. please email me back and thanks! -jamie liljamilee@hotmail.com |
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2 | Gen24:2andGen47:29 please explain action | Gen 24:2 | Hank | 87587 | ||
Dear Searchingal (Jamie): The act of putting one's hand under the thigh of another seems strange and perhaps even risque in our polite society! But it was considered to be neither in the ancient Near Eastern culture. It was a common custom by which an intimate touch affirmed an oath. In Genesis 24:2-4, the intimate gesture was intensified by an accompanying solemn pledge invoking the name of the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. I like your user name. Keep searching, gal! --Hank | ||||||
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