1. There was a man in the land of Uz named Job, and he was a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil.
2. And there had been born to him seven sons and three daughters.
3. And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, along with five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred she-donkeys, and also a very large family. And this man was great among all the people of the east.
4. And his sons went and made a feast by houses, each one on his day. And sending, they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5. And when the days of their feasting had been completed, Job sent to them and sanctified them, and, getting up at dawn, he offered holocausts for each one. For he said, "Perhaps my sons have sinned and have not praised God in their hearts." So Job did all the days.
6. But on a certain day, when the sons of God came to attend in the presence of the Lord, Satan also arrived among them.