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Exodus 21:4

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If the master gives him a wife and she gave him sons and daughters, the wife and children stay with the master and he leaves by himself.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children belong to her master, and the man must leave alone.

NLTNew Living Translation

“If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave and they had sons or daughters, then only the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If his master gives him a wife and she bears for him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master, and the slave will go out single.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.