⁴⁶ You may even give them as an inheritance to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. ^(A)But in respect to your brothers, the sons of Israel, you shall not have dominion over one another with brutality.

Kindness Toward a Poor Sojourner

⁴⁷ ‘Now if the ^[a]means of a sojourner or of a foreign resident with you becomes sufficient, and a brother of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a sojourner who resides with you or to the descendants of a sojourner’s family, ⁴⁸ then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him,