Genesis 21:18

21:18 Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Genesis 49:8

49:8 Judah, ¹  your brothers will praise you.

Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies,

your father’s sons will bow down before you.

Genesis 24:2

24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the senior one ²  in his household who was in charge of everything he had, “Put your hand under my thigh ³ 

Genesis 22:12

22:12 “Do not harm the boy!” ⁴  the angel said. ⁵  “Do not do anything to him, for now I know ⁶  that you fear ⁷  God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 47:29

47:29 The time ⁸  for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh ⁹  and show me kindness and faithfulness. ¹⁰  Do not bury me in Egypt,

[49:8]  ¹ sn There is a wordplay here; the name Judah (יְהוּדָה, yÿhudah) sounds in Hebrew like the verb translated praise (יוֹדוּךָ, yodukha). The wordplay serves to draw attention to the statement as having special significance.

[24:2]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term זָקֵן (zaqen) may refer to the servant who is oldest in age or senior in authority (or both).

[24:2]  ² sn Put your hand under my thigh. The taking of this oath had to do with the sanctity of the family and the continuation of the family line. See D. R. Freedman, “Put Your Hand Under My Thigh – the Patriarchal Oath,” BAR 2 (1976): 2-4, 42.

[22:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Do not extend your hand toward the boy.”

[22:12]  ² tn Heb “and he said, ‘Do not extend…’”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the context for clarity. The order of the introductory clause and the direct discourse has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[22:12]  ³ sn For now I know. The test was designed to see if Abraham would be obedient (see v. 1).

[22:12]  ⁴ sn In this context fear refers by metonymy to obedience that grows from faith.

[47:29]  ¹ tn Heb “days.”

[47:29]  ² sn On the expression put your hand under my thigh see Gen 24:2.

[47:29]  ³ tn Or “deal with me in faithful love.”