Leviticus 25:45-47

Good News Translation

⁴⁵ You may also buy the children of the foreigners who are living among you. Such children born in your land may become your property, ⁴⁶ and you may leave them as an inheritance to your children, whom they must serve as long as they live. But you must not treat any Israelites harshly.

⁴⁷ Suppose a foreigner living with you becomes rich, while some Israelites become poor and sell themselves as slaves to that foreigner or to a member of that foreigner's family.