¹⁴ Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born [slave]? why is he become a prey?

²² You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

³ Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

⁷ I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;

¹ Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.