"A [servant] whois bornin your houseor whois boughtwith your moneyshall surelybe circumcised;thus shall My covenantbe in your fleshfor an everlastingcovenant.
When Abramheardthat his relativehad been takencaptive,he ledout his trainedmen,bornin his house,threehundredand eighteen,and wentin pursuitas faras Dan.
And Abramsaid,"SinceYou have givennooffspringto me, onebornin my houseis my heir."
"I will establishMy covenantbetweenMe and you and your descendantsafteryou throughout their generationsfor an everlastingcovenant,to be Godto you and to your descendantsafteryou.
"Comeand let us sellhim to the Ishmaelitesand not layour handson him, for he is our brother,our [own] flesh."And his brotherslistened[to him].
Meanwhile, the Midianitessoldhim in Egyptto Potiphar,Pharaoh'sofficer,the captainof the bodyguard.
Now Josephhad been takendownto Egypt;and Potiphar,an Egyptianofficerof Pharaoh,the captainof the bodyguard,boughthim from the Ishmaelites,whohad takenhim downthere.
"When the bowis in the cloud,then I will lookupon it, to rememberthe everlastingcovenantbetweenGodand everylivingcreatureof allfleshthat is on the earth."
"Nowour fleshis like the fleshof our brothers,our childrenlike their children.Yet behold,we are forcingour sonsand our daughtersto be slaves,and someof our daughtersare forcedinto bondage[already], and we are helplessbecause our fieldsand vineyardsbelong to others."
I saidto them, "We according to our abilityhave redeemedour Jewishbrotherswho were soldto the nations;now would you evensellyour brothersthat they may be soldto us?" Then they were silentand could not finda word[to say].
but everyman'sslavepurchasedwith money,after you have circumcisedhim, thenhe may eatof it.
"He who kidnapsa man,whether he sellshim or he is foundin his possession,shall surelybe putto death.
"Ifyou buya Hebrewslave,he shall servefor sixyears;but on the seventhhe shall goout as a freemanwithoutpayment.
"Ifhis mastergiveshim a wife,and she bearshim sonsordaughters,the wifeand her childrenshall belongto her master,and he shall goout alone.
But ifa priestbuysa slaveas [his] propertywith his money,that onemay eatof it, and thosewhoare bornin his housemay eatof his food.
"But since he did not have[the means] to repay,his lordcommandedhim to be sold,alongwith his wifeand childrenand allthat he had,and repayment to be made.
