American Standard Version
"And 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; "
— Deuteronomy 15:16, American Standard Version
“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;”
“It 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;”
“However, if the servant says to you,“I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,”
“But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:”
“But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;”
“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;”
And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:
thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
And 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;
then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise.
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy herd, nor shear the firstling of thy flock.