For there were those who said, "We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live."
Nehemiah 5:2
Surrounding context
5:1 And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.
5:2 For there were those who said, "We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live."
5:3 There were also some who said, "We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine."