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the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the Lord commanded
them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In
fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before! Then all his brothers,
sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And
they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the Lord
had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money
and a gold ring.
So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in
the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams
of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. He also gave Job seven more sons and
three more daughters. He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second
Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. In all the land no women were as
lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along
with their brothers.
Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren. Then he died, an old man who had lived a long,
full life.
