Holy Scripture
Job 1:2
A church father on this verse
“Notice how the author first of all speaks about Job's virtue and then of the goods Job has received from God. Observe the opportunity Job received to have children, and the proportion of children who are boys, desired as a source of greater benefit. Scripture says immediately why the man must receive our praise. It is…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2And he had seven sons and three daughters.
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In context
1There was a certain man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; And that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, Abstaining from everything evil.
— Job 1:2 —
3And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, Three thousand camels, Five hundred yoke of oxen, Five hundred she-asses in the pastures, And a very great household, And he had a great husbandry on the earth; And that man was most noble of the men of the east.
4And his sons visiting one another Prepared a banquet every day, Taking with them also their three sisters To eat and drink with them.