he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.

Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,

Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, “We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.”

If any of your servants is found to have it, he will die; and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves.”

“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.”

His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.

“Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.

But those who ignored the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the field.

But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.

“‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.

“‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.

You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you want to treat these men like slaves? No, we will not come!”

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

tell him: “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and follow carefully these decrees.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.