Nehemia 7:4-5

7:4 Now the city was spread out ¹  and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. ²  At that time houses had not been rebuilt. 7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, ³  the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records ⁴  of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: ⁵ 

Nehemia 7:61

7:61 These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify ⁶  their family connection ⁷  or their ancestry, ⁸  as to whether they were really from Israel):

[7:4]  ¹ tn Heb “wide of two hands.”

[7:4]  ² tn Heb “the people were few in its midst.”

[7:5]  ³ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

[7:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

[7:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “in it”; the referent (the genealogical record) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:61]  ⁶ tn Heb “relate.”

[7:61]  ⁷ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[7:61]  ⁸ tn Heb “their seed.”