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Job, Chapter 1, verses 13-22

¹³ Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, ¹⁴ a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the^g Lit female donkeysdonkeys feeding beside them, ¹⁵ and^h Lit Shebathe Sabeansⁱ Lit fell uponattacked and took them. They also^j Lit smoteslew the servants with the edge of the sword, and^kI alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁶ While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁷ While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and^l Lit smoteslew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ¹⁸ While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, ¹⁹ and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”	15 Gen 10:7 Job 6:19 16 Gen 19:24 Lev 10:2 Num 11:1-3 17 Gen 11:28 Gen 11:31
²⁰ Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. ²¹ He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”	20 Gen 37:29 Gen 37:34 Jos 7:6 21 Ecc 5:15 Sa1 2:7 Sa1 2:8 Job 2:10
²² Through all this Job did not sin nor did he^m Lit ascribe unseemliness toblame God.	22 Job 2:10


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