KJV King James Version
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
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Leviticus 25:45
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.
WEB World English Bible
Moreover of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.
ASV American Standard Version
Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and also of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you, of them ye buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have begotten in your land, and they have been to you for a possession;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 25
42 For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit [them for] a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother [that dwelleth] by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger [or] sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family:
48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
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וְ֠גַםH1571 · gamalsoמִבְּנֵ֨יH1121 · benson: childהַתּוֹשָׁבִ֜יםH8453 · to.shavsojournerהַגָּרִ֤יםH1481 · gurto sojournעִמָּכֶם֙H5973 · imwithמֵהֶ֣םH9038 · hemthemתִּקְנ֔וּH7069 · qa.nahto buyוּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם֙H4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichעִמָּכֶ֔םH5973 · imwithאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהוֹלִ֖ידוּH3205 · ya.ladto begetבְּאַרְצְכֶ֑םH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְהָי֥וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלָכֶ֖םH9036 · khemyouלַֽאֲחֻזָּֽה׃H272 · a.chuz.zahpossession
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