Touch but dont squeeze lol We read in then Abraham asking his servant, to swear an oath putting his hand under his thigh?? Now u make think what kind of an oath is made by putting the hand under the thigh. Well actually Abraham asked his servant to swear by touching his TESTICLES!!! He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, Put your hand under my thigh. Genesis 24:2 So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter. Genesis 24:9 Abraham was carrying the seeds of great people and nations to come, And where was he carrying them? In his LOINS! Bear in mind not to shock the readers the bible translators had to change the wording to suit it in a manner it passes through the mind without causing any disturbance Imagine how awkward you will feel if one touches your TESTICLES, will you feel turned on! Will that make u feel intimate towards the one handling your (balls) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heres commentary where we read the commentator felt disturb by this verse Clarkes Commentary on the Bible _______________________________ Put his hand under the thigh of Abraham - This form of swearing has greatly puzzled the commentators; but it is useless to detail opinions which I neither believe myself, nor would wish my readers to credit. I believe the true sense is given in the Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and that called the Jerusalem Targum. In the former it is said, Put now thy hand בגזית מהולתי bigzirath mehulathi, in sectione circumcisionis meoe; in the latter תחות ירך קימי techoth yerech keyami, sub femore foederis mei. When we put the circumstances mentioned in this and the third verse together, we shall find that they fully express the ancient method of binding by oath in such transactions as had a religious tendency. 1. The rite or ceremony used on the occasion: the person binding himself put his hand under the thigh of the person to whom he was to be bound; i.e., he put his hand on the part that bore the mark of circumcision, the sign of Gods covenant, which is tantamount to our kissing the book, or laying the hand upon the New Testament or covenant of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2. The form of the oath itself: the person swore by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth. Three essential attributes of God are here mentioned ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gen 24:2 CHIEF (ELDEST) SERVANT: Eliezer: Gen 15:2. PUT YOUR HAND UNDER MY THIGH: Cp Gen 47:29; A transaction of great and solemn import. A euphemism prob ref the organ of procreation. Showing faith in promises made to Abraham re his seed (v 7). The old man Abraham has a simple faith that God will, by His providence, provide a solution to his problem of no seed. Gen 24:9 UNDER THE THIGH: A euphemism prob ref the organ of procreation: cp v 2. Christians have a lot of explaining to do lol.... Imagine asking your son or daughter to swear how does ade or korde, Isang feel about that?
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 21:07:13 +0000
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