Exodus 21:9 - Compare All Versions

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If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.

But if the slave’s owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave but as a daughter.

Or if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her according to the customary treatment of daughters.

And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

“When a man sells his daughter to be a handmaid, she doesn’t go free after six years like the men. If she doesn’t please her master, her family must buy her back; her master doesn’t have the right to sell her to foreigners since he broke his word to her. If he turns her over to his son, he has to treat her like a daughter. If he marries another woman, she retains all her full rights to meals, clothing, and marital relations. If he won’t do any of these three things for her, she goes free, for nothing.

And if he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

If her master chooses her [as a wife] for his son, he shall act toward her as if she were legally his daughter.

If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.