Ayub 1:2

1:2 Seven ¹  sons and three daughters were born to him. ² 

Ayub 42:12-16

42:12 So the Lord blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. 42:13 And he also had seven sons ³  and three daughters. 42:14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, ⁴  the second Keziah, ⁵  and the third Keren-Happuch. ⁶  42:15 Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

42:16 After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

[1:2]  ¹ sn The numbers used in the chapter, seven, three, and five, carry the symbolism in the Bible of perfection and completeness (see J. J. Davis, Biblical Numerology). Job’s “seven sons” are listed first because in the East sons were considered more valuable than daughters (recall Ruth, who is “better than seven sons” [Ruth 4:15]).

[1:2]  ² tn The verb begins the sentence: “and there were born.” This use of the preterite with vav (ו) consecutive, especially after the verb הָיָה (hayah, “to be”), is explanatory: there was a man…and there was born to him…” (IBHS 551-52 §33.2.2b).

[42:13]  ³ tn The word for “seven” is spelled in an unusual way. From this some have thought it means “twice seven,” or fourteen sons. Several commentators take this view; but it is probably not warranted.

[42:14]  ⁴ sn The Hebrew name Jemimah means “dove.”

[42:14]  ⁵ sn The Hebrew name Keziah means “cassia.”

[42:14]  ⁶ sn The Hebrew name Keren-Happuch means “horn of eye-paint.”