1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was complete and upright, afraid of God, and turned aside from evil.2Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.3His livestock consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of cattle, and five hundred female donkeys, and very many servants. The man was greater than all the sons of the East.4His sons would go and hold a feast in each man's house on his day, and they would send and call for their three sisters to eat and drink with them.5When the days of the feast had gone around, Job would send and consecrate them, rise early in the morning, and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all, for Job said, 'Perhaps my sons have sinned and blessed God in their hearts.' Thus Job did all the days.