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The only scriptural notices of birth-days being kept are in reference to Pharaoh, Gen. 40. 20; and to Herod Antipas, when John the Baptist lost his life. Matt. 14: 6; Mark 6: 21. It is thought by some that the sons of Job who feasted 'every one his day' did so on their birth-days. Job 1: 4, 13. We do not read that the Israelites had any such custom; and the Preacher says the day of death is better than the day of one's birth. Ecc. 7: 1.