16But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,
16But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,
13 And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.
14 Supply him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to him as the Lord your God has blessed you.
15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.
16 But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,
17 then take an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your maidservant.
18 Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because his service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
15:16And 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;
15:16But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:
15:16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;
15:16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, —
15:16And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
15:16And it shall be, if he shall say to thee, I will not leave thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;
15:16It shall be, if he tells you, |I will not go out from you;| because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;
15:16And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee — because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because it is good for him with thee —
15:16And it shall be, if he say to you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;