A slave has no permanent place in the house. He may be sold, exchanged, or cast out. Compare Gen 21:10; Gal 4:30. House. See Heb 3:6; Joh 14:2. The elder son in the parable of the prodigal (Luk 15:29), denies his sonship by the words, “These many years do I serve thee (δουλεύω).”