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Job 1:4

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2 He had seven sons and three daughters,

3 and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

5 And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

6 One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

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BSB
Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
KJV
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
WEB
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.
ASV
And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
DARBY
And his sons went and made a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
BLB
And his sons would go and make a feast [at] the house of each man [in] his day, and they would send and call to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
ÅB
Hans sønner pleide å holde gjestebud på hver sin dag i hver sitt hus, og de sendte da bud til sine tre søstre og innbød dem til å spise og drikke sammen med dem.
OTB
Hans sønner pleide å holde gjestebud i sine hjem på sin bestemte dag, og de inviterte sine tre søstre til å spise og drikke med dem.
B1930
Hans sønner pleide å holde gjestebud på hver sin dag i hver sitt hus, og de sendte da bud til sine tre søstre og innbød dem til å ete og drikke sammen med dem.

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