Nehemiah 5:2

For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs.

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In The King James Version

For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

In Context

1Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.

3And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:2And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

Genesis 47:19Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

Psalms 128:2You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:2-6

The Complaints of the Poor. ( b. c. 445.) 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5… Read the whole commentary →

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