Bible Person

Jemima

Meaning: handsome as the day · Female · 1 cross reference

Jemima is the eldest of Job's daughters born after his restoration. She belongs to the closing scene of renewal, beauty, and blessing that follows Job's long suffering. First appears in Job 42:14.1

AI summary: Jemima matters because her single cross reference helps embody the tenderness and restoration of Job's ending after prolonged loss and trial. The naming of Job's daughters gives unusual prominence to beauty, inheritance, and renewed family life. Taken together, the material presents Jemima as a daughter of restoration in Job's restored household.1

Central Figure

Jemima

Meaning: handsome as the day

Dove, the eldest of Job’s three daughters born after his time of trial (Job 42:14).