“Your handmaid had two sons, but the two of them fought with each other in the field, where there was no one to separate them. So one struck the other and killed him.
Exodus 21:18 - Tree of Life Version “If people quarrel, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and the other does not die but lies in bed, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist and he does not die but keeps his bed, American Standard Version (1901) And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed; Common English Bible When two people are fighting and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist so that he is in bed for a while but doesn’t die— Catholic Public Domain Version If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in bed, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: |
“Your handmaid had two sons, but the two of them fought with each other in the field, where there was no one to separate them. So one struck the other and killed him.
Then he went out the following day, and saw two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the guilty one, “Why are you beating your companion?”
“Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
if he rises again and walks around on his staff, then the one that struck him he will be cleared. But he must pay for the loss of his time and help him to be thoroughly healed.
“If a man strikes his male or female servant with a staff, who dies by his hand, he must surely be punished.
“If men fight, and hit a pregnant woman so that her child is born early, yet no harm follows, the one who hit her is to be strictly fined, according to what the woman’s husband demands of him. He must pay as the judges determine.
“Suppose people fight with one another, a man and his brother, and the wife of the one approaches to rescue her husband from the hand of the one hitting him; and she puts out her hand and grabs him by his genitals.