And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the [a]people of the East.

And his sons would go and feast in their houses, each on his appointed day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:3 Lit. sons

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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