³ 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)

⁴ 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. ⁵ 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.