Nehemiah 5:2 · KJV
“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.”
— Nehemiah 5:2
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
{Some} also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Nehemiah 5 — Context
And there was 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: 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.
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, {and that upon} our lands and vineyards.
Cross References
Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay {it} to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay {it} to heart.
Psalms 128:2-4
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy {shalt} thou {be}, and {it shall be} well with thee.
Psalms 127:3-5
Lo, children {are} an heritage of the LORD: {and} the fruit of the womb {is his} reward.
Genesis 42:2
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
Genesis 43:8
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, {and} also our little ones.
Genesis 41:57
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy {corn}; because that the famine was {so} sore in all lands.
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