Job (Ayub / Cheops / Kufu) has a remarkable place in His-story.

The time of Job is disputed but there are strong pointers to Job belonging to the time of Joseph (Abraham’s great grandson) – after the flood and long before Moses (after 2350 BC and before 1750 BC). Here are the pointers:
• Eliphaz, his friend, refers to the flood as being in the past in Job 22:16
• Job sacrifices to God as head of his family (a practice of patriarchal times that stopped with Moses) Job 1:5
• Job's daughters received an inheritance along with his sons Job 42:15 – a patriarchal practice that also stopped with Moses
• Job's wealth is determined by flocks rather than money that is also consistent with patriarchal times Job 1:3, 42:12
• The Kesitah or piece of money mentioned belongs to patriarchal times Job 42:11; Gen 33:19
• The musical instruments (organ, harp & timbrel) are the instruments of early Genesis - Job 21:12
• Job lived long enough to birth two families of ten children and raise them to adulthood then lived another 140 years. He lived at least 200 years and possibly longer. This is consistent with the ages of patriarchs prior to Abraham.

Job lived in Uz (Ur), the same place from which Abram departed after the calling and promise of God in his life. Ur should have been a hub of activity during the Sumerian times. Recent excavations in the region point to a thriving civilization around this place. Ur is a small town with a railway station in Syria today.

Job had plenty of possessions – cattle and men – that he seemed to be a king during his days. There are a couple of hints to this in the Scriptures. For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest with kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; - Job 3:14. In another place Job says, “Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them. - Job 29:22.