a1:2-3
bGen 30:43
cDeut 7:13
dPs 107:38
eJob 42:13
fPss 127:3-5
g128:3
h1 Sam 25:2

‏ Job 1:2-3

Summary for Job 1:2-3: 1:2-3  a Job was prosperous in sons, daughters, livestock, and servants (cp. Gen 30:43  b; Deut 7:13  c; Ps 107:38  d).

• Numbers such as seven and three (and 7,000 and 3,000) indicate the completeness of the blessing Job experienced (see Job 42:13  e; see also Pss 127:3-5  f; 128:3  g).

• the richest person in that entire area: The figures that catalogue Job’s wealth might not be exact, but they are realistic for a wealthy man of that time (cp. Nabal’s wealth, 1 Sam 25:2  h).
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