That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

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Everyone was to free their Hebrew slaves, both male and female; no one was to hold a fellow Hebrew in bondage.(A)

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And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

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She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

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13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

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13 A man who had escaped came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew.(A) Now Abram was living near the great trees of Mamre(B) the Amorite, a brother[a] of Eshkol(C) and Aner, all of whom were allied with Abram.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:13 Or a relative; or an ally

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

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circumcised(A) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(B) of the tribe of Benjamin,(C) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(D)

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22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

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22 Are they Hebrews? So am I.(A) Are they Israelites? So am I.(B) Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I.(C)

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Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

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Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.(A)

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10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.

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10 So all the officials and people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their male and female slaves and no longer hold them in bondage. They agreed, and set them free.

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For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

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“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke(A) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;(B)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.(C)

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And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

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All nations will serve(A) him and his son and his grandson until the time(B) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(C) him.

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14 For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.

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14 They themselves will be enslaved(A) by many nations(B) and great kings; I will repay(C) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

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11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

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11 So both of them showed themselves to the Philistine outpost. “Look!” said the Philistines. “The Hebrews(A) are crawling out of the holes they were hiding(B) in.”

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Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

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Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they(A) have been to you. Be men, and fight!”

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And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

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Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew(A) camp?”

When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp,

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