And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Ver. 3. And Abraham stood up from before his dead.] So she is called eight several times in this chapter; to note that death makes not any such divorce between godly couples and friends, but that there remains still a blessed conjunction between them, which is founded in the hope of a happy resurrection. a Job's children were still his, even after they were dead and buried. How else could it be said, that God "gave Job twice as much of everything as he had before," Job 42:10 ; Job 42:13 ; Job 1:2 since he had afterwards but his first number of children, viz., "seven sons and three daughters"?
a Pareus, in loc.