Exodus 21:5

But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

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In The King James Version

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

In Context

4If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

6Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:13O Lord, our God, other lords than you have had rule over us; but in you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:2-12

Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. 5 And if the servant shall plainly say,… Read the whole commentary →

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