Jemima (Bible)

Jemimah (also written Jemima, Hebrew: יְמִימָה‎, Yemimah) was the oldest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, named in the Bible as given to him in the later part of his life, after God made Job prosperous again. Jemimah's sisters are named as Keziah and Keren-Happuch. Job's sons, in contrast, are not named.

For other people with the same name, see Jemimah (disambiguation).
Job with his three daughters by William Blake

Jemimah, along with her sisters, was described as the most beautiful women in the land. Also, unusually and in common with her sisters, Jemimah was granted an inheritance by her father, with her brothers as might have been expected (Job 42:15). Apart from these brief references at the end of the Book of Job, Jemimah is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible.

Modern scholarship has cast doubt on the historical existence of the events described in the Book of Job.[1][2][3]

The name Jemimah means "dove".[4]

In Job 42:14 (ESV):

And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch

References
  1. Carol A. Newsom (29 June 2009). The Book of Job: A Contest of Moral Imaginations. Oxford University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-19-973115-2.
  2. Tremper Longman III (4 February 2010). How to Read Exodus. InterVarsity Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8308-7865-9.
  3. Niels Peter Lemche (19 November 2015). Ancient Israel: A New History of Israel. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-567-66280-4.
  4. Chad Brand; Archie England; Charles W. Draper (1 October 2003). Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary. B&H Publishing Group. p. 1254. ISBN 978-1-4336-6978-1.
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