Job 1:13

And there was a yom when his banim and his banot were eating and drinking yayin in the bais achihem habechor (the house of their firstborn brother):

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

In Context

12And Hashem said unto HaSatan, Hinei, all that he hath is in thy yad; only upon himself put not forth thine yad. So HaSatan went out from the presence of Hashem.

14And there came a malach (messenger) unto Iyov, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:

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Cross References

Job 1:4And his banim went and held a mishteh in their bais, every one in his turn in his bais; and sent and called for their three achayot to eat and to drink with them.

Ecclesiastes 9:12For haAdam also hath no da'as of his et (time, hour); + 9:12 but see Yn 13:1; 8:20; 7:30; 2:4 regarding the Moshiachʼs knowledge of his hour as the dagim that are caught in a metzodah rah (evil net), and as the birds that are trapped in the pach (snare), so are the Bnei HaAdam snared in an et ra'ah (evil time), when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Luke 17:27They were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage, until the Yom when Noach entered into the Tevah (Ark) and HaMabbul (the Flood) came and destroyed everything.

Matthew Henry on Job 1:7-13

Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and… Read the whole commentary →

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