Exodus 21:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant or bondwoman, she shall not go out [in six years] as menservants do. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. Common English Bible When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shouldn’t be set free in the same way as male slaves are set free. Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone sells his daughter to be a servant, she shall not depart as a female servant is accustomed to go out. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out. |
Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children; yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved; but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.
If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt faithlessly with her.