Exodus 21:4

אִם ־ אֲדֹנָיו יִתֶּן ־ לוֹ אִשָּׁה וְיָלְדָה ־ לוֹ בָנִים אוֹ בָנוֹת הָאִשָּׁה וִילָדֶיהָ תִּהְיֶה לַֽאדֹנֶיהָ וְהוּא יֵצֵא בְגַפּֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

3אִם ־ בְּגַפּוֹ יָבֹא בְּגַפּוֹ יֵצֵא אִם ־ בַּעַל אִשָּׁה הוּא וְיָצְאָה אִשְׁתּוֹ עִמּֽוֹ ׃

5וְאִם ־ אָמֹר יֹאמַר הָעֶבֶד אָהַבְתִּי אֶת ־ אֲדֹנִי אֶת ־ אִשְׁתִּי וְאֶת ־ בָּנָי לֹא אֵצֵא חָפְשִֽׁי ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 17:13הִמּוֹל ׀ יִמּוֹל יְלִיד בֵּֽיתְךָ וּמִקְנַת כַּסְפֶּךָ וְהָיְתָה בְרִיתִי בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם לִבְרִית עוֹלָֽם ׃

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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