Verse 9

Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said,“I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 34:19 : 19 The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly.(Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)
• Gen 35:18 : 18 With her dying breath, she named him Ben Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.
• 1 Sam 4:21 : 21 She named the boy Ichabod, saying,“The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
• 1 Chr 7:23 : 23 He slept with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.
• Isa 43:4 : 4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.
• Acts 17:11 : 11 These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so.
• Gen 3:16 : 16 To the woman he said,“I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you.”