Job 42:13

13 Tuvo también catorce^[a] hijos y tres hijas.

Job 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.

Job 42:13 In-Context

11 Todos sus hermanos y hermanas, y todos los que antes lo habían conocido, fueron a su casa y celebraron con él un banquete. Lo animaron y lo consolaron por todas las calamidades que el SEÑOR le había enviado, y cada uno de ellos le dio una moneda de plata y un anillo de oro.

12 El SEÑOR bendijo más los últimos años de Job que los primeros, pues llegó a tener catorce mil ovejas, seis mil camellos, mil yuntas de bueyes y mil asnas.

13 Tuvo también catorce hijos y tres hijas.

14 A la primera de ellas le puso por nombre Paloma, a la segunda la llamó Canela, y a la tercera, Linda.

15 No había en todo el país mujeres tan bellas como las hijas de Job. Su padre les dejó una herencia, lo mismo que a sus hermanos.

Footnotes

• [a] "catorce" . Alt. "siete" .