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Job 42:16 — After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

After		"How long he had lived before his afflictions we cannot tell: if we could rely upon the LXX., all would be plain, which adds here, [ta de panta ete ezesen diakosia tessarakonta.] ""And all the years he lived were two hundred and forty."""
an		Gen 11:32; Gen 25:7; Gen 35:28; Gen 47:28; Gen 50:26; Deu 34:7; Jos 24:29; Psa 90:10
and saw		Gen 50:23; Psa 128:6; Pro 17:6

Correlating Passages

	Gen 11:32	And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
	Gen 25:7	And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
	Gen 35:28	And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
	Gen 47:28	And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
	Gen 50:26	So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
	Deu 34:7	And Moses [was] an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
	Jos 24:29	And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, [being] an hundred and ten years old.
	Psa 90:10	The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

and saw

	Gen 50:23	And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
	Psa 128:6	Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.
	Pro 17:6	Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 42:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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