Job 42:15 | TNotes | STEP | 42:15 their father put them into his will: Daughters normally inherited only when there were no male heirs (Num 27 ; 36 ). Perhaps Job’s unusual action expressed his superabundant prosperity; only a wealthy man could afford to pass some of his wealth to the families into which his daughters would marry.

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‏ Job 42:15

42:15 ^a their father put them into his will: Daughters normally inherited only when there were no male heirs (Num 27 ^b; 36 ^c). Perhaps Job’s unusual action expressed his superabundant prosperity; only a wealthy man could afford to pass some of his wealth to the families into which his daughters would marry.