Translations:Does Biblical law really allow a father to sell his daughter into slavery?/7/en

The law also accounts for families acting "in bad faith." Unscrupulous poor families with daughters might promise them to a rich man's son, send the girl into the household and receive the advanced mohar (bridewealth), without ever intending to agree to a future betrothal/marriage. Or the girl might refuse to cooperate in the new household, making herself unattractive as a future spouse. According to this law, when the seventh year rolled around, she could be not be freed like other slaves to return to her family. She would continue to be supported until her family could return the money which they got as an advanced mohar (bridewealth payment). The return of the original payment would redeem the girl from servanthood and allow her to return to her family.