and Sarai said to Abram, “You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Exodus 21:4 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
and Sarai said to Abram, “You see that the Lord has prevented me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Both the slave born in your house and the one bought with your money must be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.
If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
But if the slave declares, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out a free person,”