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Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because she said, “I gave birth to him with pain.”[a] 10 Jabez called to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my borders! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil,[b] so that I will not experience pain!” God granted him what he requested.

11 Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:9 The name Jabez sounds like the Hebrew word for pain.
  2. 1 Chronicles 4:10 Or harm