Our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren; we are of the same nature, and nation, and religion with them although they treat us as if we were beasts or heathens, forgetting both humanity and God's law, Deuteronomy 15:7. We bring into bondage; we are compelled to sell them for our subsistence. Our sons and our daughters; which was an evidence of their great necessity, because their daughters were more tender, and weak, and unfit for bond-service, and more exposed to injuries, than their sons. Neither is it in our power to redeem them; which we are allowed to do, Exodus 21:7, but have not wherewith to do it.
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Nehemiah 5:5
5 Yet 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 unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.