Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
4 His sons went and held a feast in
the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for
their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
18 While he was still speaking,
there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were
eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 19 and
behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the
four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are
dead. I alone have escaped to tell you. (World English Bible, public domain)
The Bible doesn't mention Job as having grandchildren through his first ten children. But it does indicate that each of his seven sons had a house of their own, so, most likely, at least some of them also had wives, and children, and perhaps the daughters had husbands, and children. Thus, Job's suffering may have included not only the loss of his good health and material possessions, and the loss of his children, but the loss of his grandchildren.
At the end of the book, Job had more children, the same number as before, and the Bible tells us that he did have grandchildren, and more:
Job 42:13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 14 He called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren Happuch. 15 In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. 16 After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.
I would have hated to lose my children, and/or my grandchildren, as Job did.
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The title is from Psalm 84:11.
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