Exodus 21:4

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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WEBBE

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.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

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אִם־ 'im- if H518 אֲדֹנָיו 'a·do·nav master(s) his H113 יִתֶּן־ yi·ten- he will give H5414 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 אִשָּׁה 'i·shah a wife H802 וְיָלְדָה־ ve·yal·dah- and she will bear H3205 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 בָנִים va·nim sons H1121 אוֹ 'o or H176 בָנוֹת va·not daughters H1323 הָאִשָּׁה ha·'i·shah the woman H802 וִילָדֶיהָ vi·la·dei·ha and children her H3206 תִּהְיֶה tih·yeh she will belong H1961 לַאדֹנֶיהָ la·do·nei·ha to master(s) her H113 וְהוּא ve·hu' and he H1931 יֵצֵא ye·tze' he will go out H3318 בְגַפּוֹ ve·ga·po with body his H1610

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–11

The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of that state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought into by robbing God of his glory, by the transgression of his precepts. Likewise in being made free, he was an emblem of that liberty wherewith Christ, the Son of God, makes free from bondage his people, who are free indeed; and made so freely, without money and without price, of free grace.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.