Job 42:13 (LSB)

Passage

He also had seven sons and three daughters.

Nearby Context

Job 42:11 Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the calamity that Yahweh had brought on him. And each one gave him one qesitah, and each a ring of gold.

Job 42:12 And Yahweh blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

Job 42:13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.

Job 42:14 And he named the first Jemimah and the second Keziah and the third Keren-happuch.

Job 42:15 Now in all the land no women were found so beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And Yahweh blessed the latter days of..." into verse 14's "And he named the first Jemimah and...", so "seven" and "sons" 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 "seven" and "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.