After Satan’s tormenting of the innocent Job, God restores what Satan took away. In fact, God doubles Job’s wealth and gives him ten more kids, seven sons and three daughters, in place of the ten he lost. Though the sons’ names aren’t recorded in Scripture, the daughters’ names are: Jemimah, Keziah, and Keren-Happuch. The girls are heralded as the most beautiful in the land.
In mentioning them by name, the Bible honors Job’s girls, even at the risk of elevating them over their unnamed brothers. Even more so, Job goes against the conventional practice of the day, giving his daughters an inheritance along with their brothers.
In doing so, Job reveals his heart and God’s perspective. This is even more remarkable, given that Job lives in a male-dominated society.
May we see things as God sees them. What might we do to further God’s perspective, even if it means challenging the status quo?
[Discover more about Job’s three daughters in Job 42:13–15.]
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