Job's children were killed early in that prophesy, but late in the book they were "replaced" with seven sons and three daughters. The names of the sons are not listed, but the daughters' are, which, I would assume, means they are worth noticing. Jemima, Kezia, Keren-happuch.
Jemima was a daughter of Daniel Boone, of course. And, overlooked by some perhaps, Kezia was one of the female citizens of Boonesborough in the television series. Perhaps we might prefer today to omit the second half of the final daughter's name, but use the spelling of the first half. "Keren" would be a unique (and biblical) spelling of a common name.
The Bible says that "in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job." And their names are as beautiful as they must have been.
No comments:
Post a Comment