And he had seven sons, and three daughters.

His [a]substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the [b]men of [c]the East.

And his sons went and banqueted in their houses, every one his day, and sent, and called their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:3 His children and riches are declared, to commend his virtue in his prosperity and his patience, and constancy, when God had taken them from him.
  2. Job 1:3 Hebrew, children.
  3. Job 1:3 Meaning, the Arabians, Chaldeans, Idumeans, etc.

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

His sons used to hold feasts(G) in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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