Lexicon :: Strong's G3610 - oiketēs

he said:

Canaan is cursed.

He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.

But Isaac answered Esau, “Look, I have made him a master over you, have given him all of his relatives as his servants, and have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I do for you, my son? ”

“What can we say to my lord? ” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed your servants’ iniquity. We are now my lord’s slaves ​— ​both we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”

“Now please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave, in place of the boy. Let him go back with his brothers.

His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves! ”

So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

“But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him.

“When a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his eye.

“Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel ​— ​you swore to them by yourself and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’ ”

“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him to do slave labor.

“They are not to be sold as slaves,[fn] because they are my servants[fn] that I brought out of the land of Egypt.

“For the Israelites are my servants. They are my servants that I brought out of the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.

They said, “If we have found favor with you, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Don’t make us cross the Jordan.”

“Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

“tell him, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.

“Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

“take an awl and pierce through his ear into the door, and he will become your slave for life. Also treat your female slave the same way.

“Remember that you were slaves in Egypt; carefully follow these statutes.

“Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

“When you knock down the fruit from your olive tree, do not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow.

“Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the LORD’s word.

“Neither,” he replied. “I have now come as commander of the LORD’s army.”

Then Joshua bowed with his face to the ground in homage and asked him, “What does my lord want to say to his servant? ”

They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.”

Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where do you come from? ”

“So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions with you for the journey; go and meet them and say, “We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.” ’

The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,

but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son

and share an inheritance among brothers.

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool ​— ​

how much less for a slave to rule over princes!

The rich rule over the poor,

and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

A servant cannot be disciplined by words;

though he understands, he doesn’t respond.

A servant pampered from his youth

will become arrogant[fn] later on.

Don’t slander a servant to his master

or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

a servant when he becomes king,

a fool when he is stuffed with food,

“How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?