Job 1:2 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 1:2-3: 1:2-3 Job was prosperous in sons, daughters, livestock, and servants (cp. Gen 30:43 ; Deut 7:13 ; Ps 107:38 ). • Numbers such as seven and three (and 7,000 and 3,000 ) indicate the completeness of the blessing Job experienced (see Job 42:13 ; see also Pss 127:3-5 ; 128:3 ). • 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 ).

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bGen 30:43►

cDeut 7:13►

dPs 107:38►

eJob 42:13►

fPss 127:3-5►

g128:3►

h1 Sam 25:2►

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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).