His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. Sheep. Hebrew including “goats,” which are equally valuable in that country for milk.—Camels. These animals were used for riding in those barren sands, where they can travel for four days without water; and that which is muddy is best for them.—East, in the desert Arabia. Septuagint add at the end of the book, that Job was king; and he seems to have been independent, ( Calmet.) and to have had other kings who acknowledged his authority. Pineda. Calmet. 29:7. and so forth—Each city had its own king in the days of Abraham and of Josue. Job, or Jobab, resided at Denaba. Genesis 36:32. Calmet.