Exodus 21:9

Forsothe if he weddith hir to his sonne, he schal do to hir `bi the custom of douytris;

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

In Context

8if sche displesith in the iyen of hir lord, to whom sche was bitakun, he schal delyuere hir; sotheli he schal not haue power to sille hir to an alien puple, if he forsakith hir.

10that if he + 21:10 In Ebru it is thus, that if he take to him another womman, he shal not decreese exspencis and hilynge and hir our, that is, if he takith to him, that is, to his sone, another wyf with the handmayde takun bifore into wyf, he shal decreese spensis, that is, sufficient lyflode in hir hylynge, that is, couenable clothinge, and hir our, that is, tyme to yelde dette, he shal not decreesse this in withdrawynge fro hir for the tother wyf weddid aboue, for thanne thei miyten haue manye wyues togidere. takith another womman to hym, he schal puruey to the damysele weddingis, and clothis, and he schal not denye the prijs of chastite.

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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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