Exodus 21:4

If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and the children are the master’s, and he shall go out alone.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3If he came in alone, he shall go out alone; if the husband of a wife, his wife shall go out with him.

5But if the servant saying shall say, I love my master, my wife and my children, I will not go out free;

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Cross References

Genesis 17:13the one born in the house, and him bought with money; and it shall be My covenant in your flesh for a covenant forever.

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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