Nehemiah 5:2 Cross References - CLV

² yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we--are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live..

⁵⁷ And all lands come to Egypt to Joseph to purchase, for fast is the famine holding in all the earth.

² And saying is he, "Behold! I hear, forsooth, that there are victuals in Egypt. Go down there and purchase for us thence a little food that we will live, and not die.

⁸ And saying is Judah to Israel, his father, "Send the youth with me, and we will rise and go, and live and not die, both we, and you and our tots.

³ Behold, sons are an allotment from Yahweh; The fruit of the belly is a reward." ⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a master, So are the sons of youthful parents." ⁵ Happy is the master who fills his quiver with them; They shall not be ashamed When they are speaking with enemies in the gateway.

² The fruit of the labor of your palms shall you surely eat; Happy are you, and it will be well for you." ³ Your wife will be like a fruitful vine In the recesses of your house, Your sons like transplanted olive shoots Round about your table." ⁴ Behold that so a master is being blessed, Who is fearing Yahweh."

² If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart to give glory to My name, says Yahweh of hosts, then I will send among you the curse. And I will curse your blessings. And, moreover, I have cursed them, and I will annul them, for you are not taking it to heart, and it shall not come among you."