Exodus 21:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘But if the slave declares, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to leave as a free man,”

Cross References

Isaiah 26:13

Lord our God, lords other than you have owned   us, but we remember your name alone.

Exodus 21:4

If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children belong to her master, and the man must leave alone.

Exodus 21:6

his master is to bring him to the judges  and then bring him to the door or doorpost. His master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve his master for life.