Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has not allowed me to have children. So go with my servant Hagar. I will accept the child that is born from her like it is my own.”
Exodus 21:4 - Easy To Read Version If the slave is not married, the master can give him a wife. If that wife gives birth to sons or daughters, then she and her children will belong to the master. After the slave is finished with his years of service, then he will be made free. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
Sarai said to Abram, “The Lord has not allowed me to have children. So go with my servant Hagar. I will accept the child that is born from her like it is my own.”
So every baby boy in your nation will be circumcised. Every boy that is born from your family or bought as a slave will be circumcised.
If the person is not married when he becomes your slave, then when he becomes free, he will leave without a wife. But if the man is married when he becomes your slave, then he will keep his wife at the time he is made free.
“But maybe the slave will decide that he wants to stay with the master. Then he must say, ‘I love my master. I love my wife and my children. I will not become free—I will stay.’