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

and if

Deuteronomy 15:16,17 But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee: . . .

Isaiah 26:13 O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, only in thee let us remember thy name.

2 Corinthians 5:14,15 For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead. . . .

shall plainly say.

Context
Laws for Servants
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:6His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.…
Cross References
Exodus 21:4
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.

Exodus 21:6
His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.

Deuteronomy 15:16
But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:

Deuteronomy 15:17
Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his ear in the door of thy house, and he shall serve thee for ever: thou shalt do in like manner to thy womanservant also.

Lexicon
But if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the servant
הָעֶ֔בֶד (hā·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

declares,
אָמֹ֤ר (’ā·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘I love
אָהַ֙בְתִּי֙ (’ā·haḇ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f

my master
אֲדֹנִ֔י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

and my wife
אִשְׁתִּ֖י (’iš·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

and children;
בָּנָ֑י (bā·nāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

I do not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

want to go
אֵצֵ֖א (’ê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

free,’
חָפְשִֽׁי׃ (ḥā·p̄ə·šî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2670: Exempt


Additional Translations
But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;

But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;

But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not depart free:

But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'

'And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons -- I do not go out free;
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