Commentary for Nehemiah 5:5
וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּבְשַׂ֤ר אַחֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּשָׂרֵ֔נוּ כִּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם בָּנֵ֑ינוּ וְהִנֵּ֣ה אֲנַ֣חְנוּ כֹ֠בְשִׁים אֶת־בָּנֵ֨ינוּ וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֜ינוּ לַעֲבָדִ֗ים וְיֵ֨שׁ מִבְּנֹתֵ֤ינוּ נִכְבָּשׁוֹת֙ וְאֵ֣ין לְאֵ֣ל יָדֵ֔נוּ וּשְׂדֹתֵ֥ינוּ וּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּ לַאֲחֵרִֽים׃
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 into bondage already; neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.’
Rashi on Nehemiah
And now, like the flesh of our brethren is our flesh And now, we are as esteemed and distinguished as our brethren who are rich.
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like their children are our children Like their children, who are esteemed and distinguished, so are our children distinguished.
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and behold, we are subjecting And now we have to subject and deliver our sons and daughters to others for the sake of our sustenance.
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and some of our daughters are subjected And already there are some of our daughters who are subjected to others in slavery.
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and we have no power We do not have the ability to redeem them.
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and others have our fields and vineyards We have even delivered our fields and vineyards to others for our sustenance. From now on, what shall we eat? We have nothing with which to sustain ourselves.
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