Nehemiah 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 

¹ tn Heb “wide of two hands.”

² tn Heb “the people were few in its midst.”

³ tn Heb “nobles”; NCV “important men.”

⁴ tn Heb “the book of genealogy.”

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