Nehemiah 5:2

וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֹמְרִים בָּנֵינוּ וּבְנֹתֵינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ רַבִּים וְנִקְחָה דָגָן וְנֹאכְלָה וְנִחְיֶֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

1וַתְּהִי צַעֲקַת הָעָם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם גְּדוֹלָה אֶל ־ אֲחֵיהֶם הַיְּהוּדִֽים ׃

3וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר אֹמְרִים שְׂדֹתֵינוּ וּכְרָמֵינוּ וּבָתֵּינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ עֹרְבִים וְנִקְחָה דָגָן בָּרָעָֽב ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 42:2וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה שָׁמַעְתִּי כִּי יֶשׁ ־ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם רְדוּ ־ שָׁמָּה וְשִׁבְרוּ ־ לָנוּ מִשָּׁם וְנִחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמֽוּת ׃

Genesis 47:19לָמָּה נָמוּת לְעֵינֶיךָ גַּם ־ אֲנַחְנוּ גַּם אַדְמָתֵנוּ קְנֵֽה ־ אֹתָנוּ וְאֶת ־ אַדְמָתֵנוּ בַּלָּחֶם וְנִֽהְיֶה אֲנַחְנוּ וְאַדְמָתֵנוּ עֲבָדִים לְפַרְעֹה וְתֶן ־ זֶרַע וְנִֽחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמוּת וְהָאֲדָמָה לֹא תֵשָֽׁם ׃

Psalms 128:2יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ כִּי תֹאכֵל אַשְׁרֶיךָ וְטוֹב לָֽךְ ׃

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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