east (most of the civilized world at that time) was equal to Job. He was an unusual person, being an extremely wealthy man and yet also being very devout. Wealth made it possible for his children to live much more luxuriously than others. • The practice of feasting. “His sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day [his birthday]” (Job 1:4). It was the habit of Job’s seven sons to have a great feast on each of their birthdays. • The people in feasting.