וְכִֽי־יַכֶּ֨ה אִ֜ישׁ אֶת־עֵ֥ין עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֽוֹ־אֶת־עֵ֥ין אֲמָת֖וֹ וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ תַּ֥חַת עֵינֽוֹ׃ (ס)
人若打壞他男僕的一隻眼或婢女的一隻眼,把它毀了,就要為這隻眼的緣故放他自由出去。
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“When a man strikes the eye of his slave” [21:26]. If a master knocks out the eye of his slave, or his female Canaanite slave, the master should let them go free. Bahya writes here that this is because Canaanites must serve because they committed a sin with their eye or tooth. Because Ham saw his father lying uncovered, he committed a sin with his eye, and did not cover his shame. Afterwards, he went and said with his mouth to his brothers how their father was uncovered. Thus, he committed a sin with his teeth. He uncovered his teeth with his talking. Therefore, when he knocks out a Canaanite’s eye or tooth, he must let the slave go free, because the slave has suffered travails in his eye or tooth. Thus, the sin that he had committed with his eye or tooth has been forgiven.25Bahya, Exodus, 21:26.
Rashi
את עין עבדו [AND IF A MAN SMITE] THE EYE OF HIS SERVANT — of a Canaanitish servant; but the Hebrew servant does not got free on account of his tooth or his eye having been knocked out by his master, as we have stated in our comment on the passage לא תצא כצאת העבדים (v. 7).