Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Servant » Bond » Rights of those born to a master
And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.
If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.
If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.
And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.
I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?
Servants » Slaves or bond » By birth
And Abram, hearing that his brother's son had been made a prisoner, took a band of his trained men, three hundred and eighteen of them, sons of his house, and went after them as far as Dan.
O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
Is Israel a servant? has he been a house-servant from birth? why has he been made waste?