Nehemiah 5:2
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
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.
For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- We, our sons
- Psalm 127:3–5; Psalm 128:2–4; Malachi 2:2
- we take up corn
- Genesis 41:57; Genesis 42:2; Genesis 43:8