2Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain."
2Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain."
1 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their Jewish brothers.
2 Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain."
3 Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine."
4 Still others were saying, "We have had to borrow money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
5:2For 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.
5:2And there were some that said: Our sons and our daughters are very many: Yet us take up corn for the price of them, and let us eat and live.
5:2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
5:2And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
5:2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get corn, that we may eat and live.
5:2For 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.
5:2For there were that said, |We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.|
5:2yea, there are who are saying, 'Our sons, and our daughters, we — are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'
5:2For 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.