Exodus 21:4

New International Reader's Version

Suppose his master gives him a wife. And suppose she has sons or daughters by him. Then only the man will go free. The woman and her children will belong to her master.

Cross References

Genesis 16:2

So she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go and sleep with my slave. Maybe I can have a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai had said.

Genesis 17:13

So any male born into your family or bought with your money must be circumcised. My covenant will last forever. Your body will have the mark of my covenant on it.

Exodus 21:3

If he does not have a wife when he comes, he must go free alone. But if he has a wife when he comes, she must go with him.

Exodus 21:5

“But suppose the servant says, ‘I love my master and my wife and children. I don’t want to go free.’