Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Eli´sha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Leviticus 25:48 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition after that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 after that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition After he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brethren may redeem him: American Standard Version (1901) after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him; Common English Bible the Israelite will have the right to be bought back after they sold themselves. One of their relatives can buy them back: Catholic Public Domain Version after the sale, he is able to be redeemed. Whoever is willing among his brothers shall redeem him: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him: |
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Eli´sha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
And I said unto them, We, after our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.