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Job and His Family

1 Many years ago, a man named Job lived in the land of Uz.*1.1 Uz: The exact location of this place is unknown, though it was possibly somewhere in northwest Arabia. He was a truly good person, who respected God and refused to do evil.

2 Job had 7 sons and 3 daughters. 3 He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 pair of oxen, 500 donkeys, and a large number of servants. He was the richest person in the East.