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14 Bible Verses About Daughters

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Summary

  • 2 Corinthians 6:18 names daughters as well as sons among God’s children, with wording that recalls Isaiah 43:6.
  • The five daughters of Zelophehad asked for their father’s land, and God answered, “What Zelophehad’s daughters are saying is right” (Numbers 27:7), which became law for all Israel.
  • Job’s three daughters are named in Job 42:14 and received an inheritance along with their seven brothers.
  • Genesis 34 ends on Dinah’s brothers’ question, and Jacob condemns Simeon and Levi’s violence in Genesis 49:5-7.
  • Philip the evangelist had four unmarried daughters who prophesied (Acts 21:9); Luke records neither their names nor their words.

The Bible speaks of daughters as a blessing to pray for, as heirs whose claim the law upholds, and as members of God’s family. “You will be my sons and daughters,” Paul quotes God as saying in 2 Corinthians 6:18. Jesus called a woman he had healed “Daughter” (Luke 8:48). David prays for daughters “like pillars carved to adorn a palace” (Psalm 144:12). The five daughters of Zelophehad won their father’s land (Numbers 27:1-7), and Job gave his daughters an…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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