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Exodus 21:4
If his lord gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he shall go out by himself.
Exodus 21:4 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Exodus 21:4 in other translations
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.
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
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 by himself.
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In context
1 Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them.
2 When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve,—but in the seventh shall he go out freely—for nought.
3 If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out,—if he was married, then shall his wife go out with him.
4 If his lord gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he shall go out by himself.
5 But, if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife and my sons,—I will not go out free,
6 then shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door-post,—and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life.
7 And when a man shall sell his daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants,
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