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On the day when Iyov became ill and understood that the time of his departure from the body had drawn near, he called his seven sons and three daughters.
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He said, “Gather around me, my children, and hear what Yahuah did for me and what befell me.”
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“I am Iyov your father. Remember that you descend from one who was chosen for testing, and do not forget the dignity of righteous endurance.”
4
He told them that before the Name Iyov was placed upon him he had been called Iyovav in the received tradition.
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He identified his ancestry with the line of Esav and named Dinah as the mother of the children now gathered around him.
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His former ishah and the ten children of his first household had died during the great trial.
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“Hear now,” he said, “and I shall make known how my testing began.”