Job 42:13-16
42:14 a The beautiful names of Job’s new daughters spoke of Job’s renewed and pleasant good fortunes.• Jemimah means “dove” (see Song 2:14 b).
• Keziah means “cassia” or “cinnamon flower” (see Ps 45:8 c).
• Keren-happuch means “horn of antimony,” which refers to a lustrous container for cosmetics.
42:15 d their father put them into his will: Daughters normally inherited only when there were no male heirs (Num 27 e; 36 f). 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.
42:16 g 140 years was twice the normal life span (Ps 90:10 h). If the analogy of double restoration holds (Job 42:10 i), Job might have been 70 already and then lived another 140 years. A life span of 210 years would not be out of keeping with the patriarchal setting of the book (see Gen 25:7 j; 35:28 k; 47:28 l; 50:26 m; Deut 34:7 n; Josh 24:29 o).
• living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren: Job’s blessing extended to watching his multigenerational family grow (Gen 50:23 p; Ps 128:6 q).
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