Exodus 21:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants 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. |
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.