Exodus 21:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴ If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ If his master has given him a wife and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out [of your service] alone.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ If his master give him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

Common English Bible

⁴ If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master. He will leave single.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters: the woman and her children shall be her master's. But he himself shall go out with his raiment.

Exodus 21:4 Cross References

Genesis 16:2

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

Genesis 17:13

He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Exodus 21:3

If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.

Exodus 21:5

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