What is life without good friends to comfort you in your time of need? Job's friends—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar—come to mourn with him. The conversation doesn't start until the end of the seventh day, when Job curses the day of his birth.

The book of Job follows a man's descent from abundantly blessed, to seemingly cursed, and back to favored by God. It is an important lesson for Christians today because it answers the fundamental question of why bad things happen to good people.

Jacob and Esau are the first twins mentioned in the Bible. The children of Isaac, Jacob and Esau become the nations of Israel and Edom, respectively. Their story is very important to the history of the both the Israelites as well as the Arabs living in that region.