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15 when some Sabeans[a] attacked us and took your animals! They killed the other servants. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you the news!”

16 That messenger was still speaking when another one came in and said, “A bolt of lightning[b] struck your sheep and servants and burned them up. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you the news!”

17 That messenger was still speaking when another one came in and said, “The Chaldeans[c] sent out three raiding parties that attacked us and took the camels! They killed the other servants. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you the news!”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:15 Sabeans A group of people from the Arabian Desert, probably south of Uz.
  2. Job 1:16 A bolt of lightning Or “God’s fire fell from the sky.”
  3. Job 1:17 Chaldeans Tribes of people who moved from place to place in the area between the Euphrates and Jordan rivers.

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