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Then[a] his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs[b] of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east. And his sons used to go and hold a feast at each other’s house[c] on his day, and they would send, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. Then when[d] the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send,[e] and he would sanctify them. Thus[f] he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of all of them, because Job thought,[g] “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed[h] God in their heart.” This is what Job used to do all the time.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:3 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 1:3 Hebrew “pair”
  3. Job 1:4 Literally “at the house of a man,” or “at the house of each”
  4. Job 1:5 Literally “And it would happen that,” or “And it would happen when”
  5. Job 1:5 Literally “and Job would send”
  6. Job 1:5 Hebrew “And”
  7. Job 1:5 Or “said”
  8. Job 1:5 Literally “blessed”— negative meaning by context
  9. Job 1:5 Or “always”; literally “all the days”

and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys,(A) and had a large number of servants.(B) He was the greatest man(C) among all the people of the East.(D)

His sons used to hold feasts(E) in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.(F) Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering(G) for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned(H) and cursed God(I) in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

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