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Job 42:15

Job 42:15
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years,.... Not after he had arrived to the height of his prosperity; not after the birth of his children, and they were grown up, and had their portions given…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And their father gave them inheritance among their brethren - This is mentioned as a proof of his special regard, and is also recorded because it was not common. Among the Hebrews the daughter…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Gave them inheritance among their brethren - This seems to refer to the history of the daughters of Zelophehad, given Num 28:1-8, who appear to have been the first who were allowed an inheritance…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 42:10-17

You have heard of the patience of Job (says the apostle, Jam 5:11) and have seen the end of the Lord, that is, what end the Lord, at length, put to his troubles. In the beginning of this book we had…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

inheritance among their brethren The Hebrew practice was that the daughters inherited only when there was no son, Num 27:1 seq. The disposition of his property made by Job would retain the sisters in…

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