Job’s Good Life45

1:1 1 There was a man2 in the land of Uz3 whose4 name was Job.5 And that man was pure6 and upright,7 one who feared God and turned away from evil.8 1:2 Seven9 sons and three daughters were born to him.10 1:3 His possessions11 included12 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household.13 Thus he14 was the greatest of all the people in the east.15

1:4 Now his sons used to go16 and hold17 a feast in the house of each one in turn,18 and they would send and invite19 their three20 sisters to eat and to drink with them. 1:5 When21 the days of their feasting were finished,22 Job would send23 for them and sanctify24 them; he would get up early25 in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to26 the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps27 my children28 have sinned and cursed29 God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.30