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Job 1:2–3

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And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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  1. Job 42:13Rank 1 from verse 2
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    13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

  2. Psalms 127:3–5Rank 2 from verse 2
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    3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

    4As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

    5Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

  3. Esther 5:11Rank 3 from verse 2
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    11And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

  4. Job 13:13Rank 4 from verse 2
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    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

  5. Psalms 107:38Rank 5 from verse 2
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    38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

From verse 3

  1. Job 29:25Rank 1 from verse 3
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    25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

  2. Job 42:12Rank 2 from verse 3
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    12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

  3. Judges 6:3Rank 3 from verse 3
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    3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

  4. 1 Kings 4:30Rank 4 from verse 3
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    30And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

  5. Numbers 23:7Rank 5 from verse 3
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    7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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Job 1:3

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sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

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COMBINED MEANING

yoke

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Sense 1: A frame fitted to the necks of draft animals, joining them for work. Sense 2: A pair of animals so joined. Sense 3: A bond, burden, service, or condition of subjection.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

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household

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Sense 1: The persons belonging to a house, family, or domestic establishment, including those under its head or charge. Sense 2: The goods, effects, or affairs belonging to such a house.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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east

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The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

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1THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

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3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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4And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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