Discovery BoxJob 42:11-17 
Context42:11 So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined 1 with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver 2 and a gold ring. 3
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 4 and three daughters. 42:14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, 5 the second Keziah, 6 and the third Keren-Happuch. 7 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. 42:17 And so Job died, old and full of days.
1 tn Heb “ate bread.”
2 tn The Hebrew word קְשִׂיטָה (qÿsitah) is generally understood to refer to a unit of money, but the value is unknown.
sn The Hebrew word refers to a piece of silver, yet uncoined. It is the kind used in Gen 33:19 and Josh 24:32. It is what would be expected of a story set in the patriarchal age.
3 sn This gold ring was worn by women in the nose, or men and women in the ear.
4 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.
5 sn The Hebrew name Jemimah means “dove.”
6 sn The Hebrew name Keziah means “cassia.”
7 sn The Hebrew name Keren-Happuch means “horn of eye-paint.”
