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For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

Nehemiah 5:2 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીનહેમ્યા ૫:૨
તેમાંના કેટલાંક કહેવા લાગ્યાં કે, “અમારા પુત્રો તથા અમારી પુત્રીઓ સહિત અમે ઘણાં માણસો છીએ. તેથી અમને અનાજ આપો કે જેથી અમે તે ખાઈને જીવતાં રહીએ.”
हिन्दीनहेम्याह ५:२
कुछ तो कहते थे, “हम अपने बेटे-बेटियों समेत बहुत प्राणी हैं, इसलिए हमें अन्न मिलना चाहिये कि उसे खाकर जीवित रहें।”

In context

1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

2For there were some who said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

3There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”

4There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.

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