Job’s possessions are listed in livestock and servants: 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and "very many servants" (Job 1:3). The text says he was "the greatest of all the people of the east" (Job 1:3).
Job 1:1–5 introduces Job as a man from Uz whose life is marked by steady moral seriousness and careful devotion. He is described as thoroughly decent in conduct, oriented toward God, and actively avoiding wrongdoing. These verses function as the opening setup for the whole book, presenting Job’s ordinary life before anything goes wrong. The narrator gives three linked portraits: Job’s character (verse 1), Job’s social world of family and wealth (verses 2–4), and Job’s ongoing religious practice (verse 5).
Job 1:1–5 sets up Job as a real person in a real place (“Uz”), then gives three linked snapshots: his character (verse 1), his household prosperity (verses 2–3), and his steady religious practice (verses 4–5).
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Job 1:3, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
3His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.