Giobbe 42:13

13 Ed ebbe sette figliuoli e tre figliuole.

Giobbe 42:13 Meaning and Commentary

Job 42:13

He had also seven sons, and three daughters.
] The same number of children, and of the same sort he had before, ( Job 1:2 ) ; and according to Nachman the very same he had before, which the additional letter in the word "seven" is with him the notification of; so that the doubting of what he had before, ( Job 42:10 ) ; respects only his substance, and particularly his cattle; though the Targum says he had fourteen sons, and so Jarchi ^F20; others think these may be said to be double to Job in their good qualities, external and internal, in their dispositions, virtues, and graces; and others, inasmuch as his former children were not lost, but lived with God, and would live for ever, they might now be said to be double; and so they consider this as a proof of the immortality of the soul, and of the resurrection of the body; but these senses are not to be trusted to; whether these children were by a former wife or another is uncertain.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Vid. Balmes. Gram. Strat. 26.

Giobbe 42:13 In-Context

11 E tutti i suoi fratelli, e tutte le sue sorelle, e tutti i suoi conoscenti di prima, vennero a lui, e mangiarono con lui in casa sua, e si condolsero con lui, e lo consolarono di tutto il male che il Signore avea fatto venir sopra lui; e ciascuno di essi gli donò una pezza di moneta, ed un monile d’oro.

12 E il Signore benedisse lo stato ultimo di Giobbe, più che il primiero; talchè egli ebbe quattordicimila pecore, e seimila cammelli, e mille paia di buoi, e mille asine.

13 Ed ebbe sette figliuoli e tre figliuole.

14 E pose nome alla prima Gemima, e alla seconda Chesia, e alla terza Cheren-happuc.

15 E non si trovarono in tutto quel paese donne alcune belle come le figliuole di Giobbe; e il lor padre diede loro eredità per mezzo i lor fratelli.