Midrash for Kiddushin 34:5
דתנו רבנן (דברים טו, יב) ועבדך שש שנים לך ולא ליורש אתה אומר לך ולא ליורש או אינו אלא לך ולא לבן כשהוא אומר (שמות כא, ב) שש שנים יעבד הרי לבן אמור הא מה אני מקיים ועבדך שש שנים לך ולא ליורש
- thee, but not thine heir'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Other than the son.');"><sup>6</sup></span> You say: 'thee, but not thine heir': yet perhaps it is not s but 'thee, but not thy son'? When it is said, six years he shall serve,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 2.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
If he ran away and returned, whence do I derive that he completes his (six) years (of service)? From "then he shall serve you six years." I might think that if he took sick and recovered he makes up for his days of idleness; it is, therefore, written "and in the seventh year you shall send him free from you."
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