Exodus 21:4
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But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters; the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.

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Context
Laws for Servants
3With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him. 4But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters; the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.5And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:…
Cross References
Exodus 21:3
With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him.

Exodus 21:5
And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

his master
אֲדֹנָיו֙ (’ă·ḏō·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

gives
יִתֶּן־ (yit·ten-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

him a wife
אִשָּׁ֔ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

and she bears
וְיָלְדָה־ (wə·yā·lə·ḏāh-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

him sons
בָנִ֖ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

daughters,
בָנ֑וֹת (ḇā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

the woman
הָאִשָּׁ֣ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

and her children
וִילָדֶ֗יהָ (wî·lā·ḏe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring

shall belong to
תִּהְיֶה֙ (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

her master,
לַֽאדֹנֶ֔יהָ (la·ḏō·ne·hā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

and [only] the man
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

shall go free.
יֵצֵ֥א (yê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim


Additional Translations
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

If his master give him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.

If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.

If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

If his master hath given him a wife, and she hath borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall depart by himself.

If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters -- the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.
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