Our flesh — We are of the same nature, and religion with them, though they treat us as if we were beasts or Heathens. Bondage — We are compelled to sell them for our subsistence. 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. Redeem — Which we are allowed to do, Exodus 21:7-11, 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.