For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, [are] many: therefore we take up (b) corn [for them], that we may eat, and live.
(b) This is the complaint of the people, showing the extremity they were brought to.
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Nehemiah 5:2
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.