Exodus 21:5

New American Bible - revised edition

If, however, the slave declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I will not leave as a free person,’

Cross References

Exodus 21:4

But if his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children belong to her master and the man shall leave alone.

Exodus 21:6

his master shall bring him to God and there, at the door or doorpost, he shall pierce his ear with an awl, thus keeping him as his slave forever.

Isaiah 26:13

Lord, our God, lords other than you have ruled us; only because of you can we call upon your name.