Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 9. Betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her] He shall give her the same dowry he would give to one of his own daughters. From these laws we learn, that if a man's son married his servant, by his father's consent, the father was obliged to treat her in every respect as a daughter; and if the son married another woman, as it appears he might do, ver. 10, he was obliged to make no abatement in the privileges of the first wife, either in her food, raiment, or duty of marriage. The word htn[ onathah, here, is the same with St. Paul's ofeilomenhn eunoian, the marriage debt, and with the omilian of the Septuagint, which signifies the cohabitation of man and wife.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they bindin on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natura justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of tha state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought int by robbing God of his glory, by the transgression of his precepts Likewise in being made free, he was an emblem of that liberty wherewit Christ, the Son of God, makes free from bondage his people, who ar free indeed; and made so freely, without money and without price, or free grace.
Original Hebrew ואם518 לבנו1121 ייעדנה3259 כמשׁפט4941 הבנות1323 יעשׂה׃6213
