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Job 1:3

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substance: or, cattle, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 34:23; 2 Chronicles 32:29

seven: Job 42:12; Genesis 12:16; Numbers 31:32-34; Judges 6:5; 1 Samuel 25:2; 2 Kings 3:4; Proverbs 10:22

household: or, husbandry, 2 Chronicles 26:10

greatest: Job 29:9-10, Job 29:25

men: Heb. sons, Judges 6:3, Judges 7:12, Judges 8:10; 1 Kings 4:30

of the east: Genesis 25:6, Genesis 29:1; Numbers 23:7

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