Job 1:1-5

Job Was Greatest of the Sons of the East

There was a man in the ^aland of Uz whose name was ^bJob; and that man was ^cblameless, upright, ^dfearing God, and ^eturning away from evil. 2 ^aSeven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 ^aHis possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 pairs of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was ^bthe greatest of all the sons of the east. 4 His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 Now it happened when the days of feasting had completed their cycle, that Job would send and set them apart as holy. And he would rise up early in the morning and offer ^aburnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “^bPerhaps my sons have sinned and ¹^ccursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.