King James Version with Apocrypha
"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;"
— Deuteronomy 15:16, King James Version with Apocrypha
“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 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; ”
“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 when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord 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 the Lord 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 away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.