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Exodus 21:4 KJV
Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 4
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.Exodus 21:4 · King James Version
Exodus 21:4 in context
2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4If 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.
5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- childrenyeledsomething bornH3206 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- wifeʼishshâha womanH802 →
- bornyâladto bear youngH3205 →
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The first verse is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters between man and man.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11