Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 1:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Role in This Section
The prose narrator develops the next stated step through “And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters” as part of Job Is Introduced as Upright and Prosperous.
Read It With
- Job 1:1–1:3
Job 1:1–1:3 is the required frame for Job 1:2. The prose narrator develops the next stated step through “And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters” as part of Job Is Introduced as Upright and Prosperous. The speaker and the unit's outcome control its meaning.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer tracks one step in Job 1:1–1:3: the prose narrator develops the next stated step through “And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters” as part of Job Is Introduced as Upright and Prosperous. Read the paragraph before assigning enduring truth or application.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 1:1–1:3 — Job Is Introduced as Upright and ProsperousSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 1:1–1:3, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 1:1–1:3
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗