There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God,† and turned away from evil.
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Job 1:1–4
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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God,† and turned away from evil.
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There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
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His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
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His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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- The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
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