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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
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Now Bela died, and Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
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Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
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The king of Egypt said to Moses and Aaron, Why do you take the people from their jobs? Get to your burdens!
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When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph,
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
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When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
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And by Hodesh his [Moabitish] wife he was the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
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Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
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There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who [reverently] feared God and abstained from and shunned evil [because it was wrong].
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And when the days of their feasting were over, Job sent for them to purify and hallow them, and rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed or disowned God in their hearts. Thus did Job at all [such] times.
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And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who [reverently] fears God and abstains from and shuns evil [because it is wrong]?
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Then Satan answered the Lord, Does Job [reverently] fear God for nothing?
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And there was a day when [Job’s] sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house [on his birthday],
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And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,
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Then Job arose and rent his robe and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshiped
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In all this Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly.
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And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who [reverently] fears God and abstains from and shuns all evil [because it is wrong]? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.
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So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with loathsome and painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
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But he said to her, You speak as one of the impious and foolish women would speak. What? Shall we accept [only] good at the hand of God and shall we not accept [also] misfortune and what is of a bad nature? In [spite of] all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
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Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, for they had made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
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So they sat down with [Job] on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great.
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After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day (birthday).
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And Job said,
