And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
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Gill's Exposition
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee,.... Out of his house, nor quit his service:
because he loveth thee and thine house; his master and his family, and so loath to…
The commands here are repeated from Exo 21:2-6, with amplifications relative to the maidservant Deu 15:12 and to the making (Deu 15:13 ff) liberal provision for launching the freedman on an…
Here is, I. A repetition of the law that had been given concerning Hebrew servants who had sold themselves for servants, or were sold by their parents through extreme poverty, or were sold by the…
Cambridge Bible
And it shall be, if he say unto thee E, Exo 21:5, more simply And if the slave say.
I will not go out from thee E, I will not go out free. On go out, cp. Deu 13:13.
because he loveth thee and thine…