Job 1:13 meaning and explanation

One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Job 1:13, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse sets the scene for the first disaster. The heavenly wager of verses 9 to 12 has just ended, and the narrator now cuts to ordinary life: Job's ten children are gathered for one of the rotating feasts described in verse 4, this time in the eldest brother's house.

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