Job 1:2 (GNV)

Passage

And he had seue sonnes, and three daughters.

Nearby Context

Job 1:1 There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, and this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.

Job 1:2 And he had seue sonnes, and three daughters.

Job 1:3 His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fiue hundreth shee asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

Job 1:4 And his sonnes went and banketted in their houses, euery one his day, and sent, and called their three sisters to eate and to drinke with them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seue", "sonnes", "three", and "daughters". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seue" and "sonnes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "There was a man in the lande..." into verse 3's "His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe...", so "seue" and "sonnes" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "seue" and "sonnes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.