Commentary for Kiddushin 43:7
ת"ר לו אשה ובנים ולרבו אין אשה ובנים אינו נרצע שנאמר (דברים טו, טז) כי אהבך ואת ביתך לרבו אשה ובנים ולו אין אשה ובנים אינו נרצע שנאמר אהבתי את אדוני את אשתי ואת בני
If his master has a wife and children, but he has no wife and children, he may not be bored, for it is said: 'I love my master, my wife, and my children'. If he loves his master but his master does not love him, he may not be bored, for it is said: 'because he is well with thee.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid.');"><sup>11</sup></span> If his master loves him but he does not love his master,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yet he desires to remain on account of his wife and children.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
For the slave to be bored, he must fulfill all of the conditions in his statement. These include that the master has a “house”—meaning a wife and kids. And that he (the slave himself) have a wife and kids.
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