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Jabez was (A)more honourable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”[a]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,[a] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain.