King James Version
Job 1:2 in the King James Version says “And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.” — study this verse from Job chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.”
Job 1:2 · KJV
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. substance: or, cattle household: or, husbandry men: Heb. sons
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And there were born”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“unto him seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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