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Job 1:4

Parents and childrenFellowship and the church

2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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.

5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among 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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