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Another of Judah's descendants was called Jabez. People respected him more than his brothers. His mother called him Jabez, because she said, ‘I had a lot of pain at his birth.’[a] 10 Jabez prayed to Israel's God for help. He said, ‘Please bless me very much and give me more land. Please take care of me so that nothing hurts me and I do not have pain.’ God did what Jabez had prayed for.

11 Kelub, Shuhah's brother, became the father of Mehir. Mehir became the father of Eshton.

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  1. 4:9 ‘Jabez’ sounds like a Hebrew word that means ‘pain’.