Exodus 21:8
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If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.

Exodus 21:7
If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out.

Exodus 21:9
But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

Ezekiel 15:8
And I shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God.

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If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.

please not.

Genesis 28:8 Experiencing also, that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:

Judges 14:3 And his father and mother said to him: Is there no woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou wilt take a wife of the Philistines, who are uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father: Take this woman for me; for she hath pleased my eyes.

1 Samuel 8:6 And the word was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, that they should say: Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 18:8 And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand, what can he have more but the kingdom?

who hath

Deuteronomy 20:7 What man is there, that hath espoused a wife, and not taken her? let him go, and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man take her.

Deuteronomy 21:11-14 And seest in the number of the captives a beautiful woman, and lovest her, and wilt have her to wife, . . .

seeing

Exodus 8:29 And Moses said: I will go out from thee, and will pray to the Lord: and the flies shall depart from Pharao, and from his servants, and from his people to morrow: but do not deceive any more, in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.

Judges 9:19 If therefore you have dealt well, and without fault, with Jerobaal and his house, rejoice ye, this day, in Abimelech, and may he rejoice in you.

Job 6:15 My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys.

Malachi 2:11-15 Juda hath transgressed, and abomination hath been committed in Israel, and in Jerusalem: for Juda hath profaned the holiness of the Lord, which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. . . .

Context
Laws for Servants
7If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out. 8If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.9But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.…
Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

she is displeasing
רָעָ֞ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

in the eyes
בְּעֵינֵ֧י (bə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

of her master
אֲדֹנֶ֛יהָ (’ă·ḏō·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

had designated her for himself,
יְעָדָ֖הּ (yə·‘ā·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3259: To fix upon, to meet, to summon, to direct, to engage

he must allow her to be redeemed.
וְהֶפְדָּ֑הּ (wə·hep̄·dāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6299: To sever, ransom, gener, to release, preserve

He has no
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

right
יִמְשֹׁ֥ל (yim·šōl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

to sell
לְמָכְרָ֖הּ (lə·mā·ḵə·rāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4376: To sell

her to foreigners,
לְעַ֥ם (lə·‘am)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

since he has broken faith
בְּבִגְדוֹ־ (bə·ḇiḡ·ḏōw-)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage

with her.
בָֽהּ׃ (ḇāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.If she please not her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.

If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.

If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

If she shall not please her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

If she doesn't please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.
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