“If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself,[a] he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

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  1. Exodus 21:8 Or master so that he does not choose her

“And if a man (A)sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. If she [a]does not please her master, who has betrothed 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. And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

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  1. Exodus 21:8 Lit. is evil in the eyes of