So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, Adonai has prevented me from having children. Go, please, to my slave-girl. Perhaps I’ll get a son by her.” Abram listened to Sarai’s voice.
Exodus 21:4 - Tree of Life Version If his master gave him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will be her master’s, and he will go free by himself. 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. |
So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, Adonai has prevented me from having children. Go, please, to my slave-girl. Perhaps I’ll get a son by her.” Abram listened to Sarai’s voice.
Your house-born slave and your purchased slave must surely be circumcised. So My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
If he comes in by himself, he is to go out by himself. If he was married, then his wife will go out with him.
“But if the servant plainly states, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children, and I will not go out free,’