Job vs. Abraham

The book of Job has many similarities and differences to the story of Abraham and Isaac. In both stories, god is testing the human faith. Also in both of these stories, god is testing their faith by having very bad things happen to them. This is where the differences start to come in. In the story of Abraham, god is testing Abraham for seemingly no reason, or possibly just for reassurance. However,  in the book of Job, God is testing Job because Satan did not believe in his blind faith. Another big difference between the two stories is how the bad things happen to them. Abrahams bad action, sacrificing is son, is sort of his choice, and he is doing it to himself. However, Job never did anything wrong, yet god is deciding to make his life a living hell, to prove to Satan himself, that Job was faithful. God made his sheep and servants burn, he made a raid of his camels, and killed his servants. However, a similarity between the characters of Job and Abraham arises from that: they are both unbelievably faithful to god. Abraham is willing to kill his son for him, and Job is willing to stay faithful in God, after knowing god basically ruined his life. They were both suffering extremely from these times because of god, and they still remained faithful. However this also leads to a difference in the way the stories are written. When Job finally complains, the story gets very emotional. The story of Abraham and Isaac is written very blankly and emotionless. However, The story of Job shows a lot of emotion through dialogue, thoughts, and actions. This makes the story much more interesting to read, and although it is not a situation any one of us can relate to, it makes it seem much more real to us.