1. There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
2. Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
3. His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.
4. Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.