Ben
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Post by Ben on Dec 31, 2014 23:12:53 GMT
Job 42:10-13 -- "And Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that Yahweh had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters."
Just as these verses indicate, Job received double what he had before his trial. Compare with Job chapter 1.
Job 1:1-3 -- "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east."
The only thing that was NOT doubled to Job was his "seven sons and three daughters." Maybe this is an indication that Job will be re-united with his first ten children at the resurrection? Thoughts?
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Lee
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Post by Lee on Jan 2, 2015 4:55:16 GMT
I have wondered about this too. Sounds like they were old enough to be responsible.... Job 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
And it sounds like Job worried about their salvation.... Job 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
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