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14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

Job 1:14

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 13-19)

We have here a particular account of Job’s troubles. I. Satan brought them upon him on the very day that his children began their course of feasting, at their eldest brother’s house (Job 1:13), where, he having (we may suppose) the double portion, the entertainment was the richest and most plentiful. The whole family, no doubt, was in perfect repose, and all were easy and under no apprehension of ...

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