Abram's servant and, before a son was born, his heir-presumptive (15:2) — 'the steward of my house.' The Hebrew that names him (ben-mesheq beiti) is famously obscure. Jewish tradition identifies him with the UNNAMED 'senior servant who ruled over all Abraham had' sent to find Isaac's bride in Genesis 24 — the most-developed servant in Genesis, and pointedly left nameless there so that his whole character is his faithfulness: he prays for his master's success, tests the girl for kindness rather than beauty, and refuses even to eat until his errand is told (24:33). The chapter never confirms the identification, but the man who once stood to inherit everything is a fitting choice to go win the heir's wife and hand the inheritance on.