Job was blessed, not only with great wealth but with 10 children.
1:2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, everyone his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Now God permitted Satan to test Job. 1:6-11 vs 12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
After Satan destroyed Job’s wealth 13-17, he went after Job’s children.
1:18-19 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
When Satan’s testing failed to turn Job’s heart from God, God blessed Job.
42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Vs 11-12
It then says 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Question? Are his original 10 children restored to him from captivity (1:15 and took them away;) or is this 10 NEW children?
Job 42:14-17 (gives us the rest of Job’s days) And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. 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. After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.
Just a further thought: If Job was 60 when his testing’s started, then he lived at least 200 years, vs 16, and probably longer.
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