That makes no difference! So if a perv couple would rent their children for sex that would make it OK??? Hell, no. They were stolen, we knew they were stolen, it was totally wrong.
There appears to be a lot that you “know” that just isn't so. While it may be convenient for you to label anyone in disagreement with your many historical misunderstandings and Biblical misinterpretations as “Neo-Reb” or whatever in order to try to shut down any further discussion, that does not change the errors that you've made, it doesn't change history and it doesn't change the Bible. I'm no advocate of human bondage, here. I'm glad I'm not in it and don't want anyone in this country to be, either. That does not change how the practice was actually viewed, up to the Civil War in the south, border states and even some others, it doesn't change how it was viewed in practically all the British North American colonies and it certainly has no bearing upon it in antiquity. The practice was widespread and accepted as a status some people held. Rome was that way, Greece was that way, Phoenicia was that way, ancient Israel was that way, the world was that way. You reject the practice, good for you, but that doesn't mean you get to rewrite everything in recorded history in order to accommodate your exquisite sensibilities.
I'm not rewriting anything. The question was what does the bible say about slavery. Exodus is clear about stealing a human, anf Jesus was clear about how to treat a neighbor. Slavery became extinct for Christians as of the crucifixion.
The text itself shows you wrong about this but the debate is getting tiresome. You’ll believe what you want to believe regardless of what is written, that much is clear. Understand that what you’re saying, laudable though it may appear to modern ears, results in other Biblical passages appearing to be “wrong.” As a Christian you accept scripture as truth however, therefore it is not scripture that is “wrong,” but you. Remember that, it will serve you well in other, less controversial matters. I’m sure you’ll want to have the last word, so feel free. I’m done with this, though. Have a nice day.