Nehemiah 5:2

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

Nehemiah 5:2 — American Standard Version

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Context — Nehemiah 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

3Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king`s tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.

5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

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