Buy קָנָה

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Dec 9, 2025 · 2m

We are in chapter twenty-one of Exodus with our word for today. קָנָה buy, acquire, obtain by purchase, get. It is used 84 times in the Old Testament. We see our word used in the sense of to acquire by means of a financial transaction. Abraham buys land. Genesis 25:10 The field Abraham had קָנָה bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. When we see our word used to buy a human being that seems abhorrent to us. Let’s look at how it is used in our chapter. Exodus 21:2 When you תִקְנֶה֙ buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out…