1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and departed from evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she asses, and a very great store of servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. 4 And his sons went and had banquets in their houses, each one on 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 banquets were over, 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 blasphemed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.