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To: ratan lal who wrote (8482)	11/1/2001 8:00:54 AM
From: BirdDog	Respond to of 281500

But you still had the CHOICE... Actually, every instance was different. For example... Jacob entered into voluntary servitude tending a flock for seven years to earn his wife. He could have left anytime...but without Rachael. Israel entered Egypt voluntarily. They became voluntary servants (found work) by choice. They could have left easily at the start. However, as time went by, Egypt came to depend on that workforce. The rest is a well known story involving Moses. Israel was also overthrown by the Babylonians. Jerusalem was destroyed. The people were taken as slaves to Babylon. Then seventy years later, the King of Babylon gave the Jewish people the right to go back to Jerusalem and rebuild it. A small minority actually went back. Either way you look at it. Working for someone else in ancient times was considered slavery. Voluntary slavery could be under any agreement. You weren't necessarily allowed freedom to leave either. BirdDog