Job 1:4 Douay-Rheims

And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

Mutual understanding, the greatest good, was profound within Job's family. They were accustomed to have meals together, to hold a common banquet—a custom, to be sure, that significantly contributes to establishing a profitable mutual understanding. Do you perceive, dear brothers, the joy of the banquet mixed with security? Do you observe this brotherly table? Do you see that harmoniously united group? Profound affection is the source of all this.

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A.D. 407 · on Job 1:4-5 (COMMENTARY ON JOB 1:4)

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