Verse 9

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him with sorrow."

Referenced Verses

• Gen 34:19 : 19 The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
• Gen 35:18 : 18 It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.
• 1 Sam 4:21 : 21 She named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel;" because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
• 1 Chr 7:23 : 23 He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
• Isa 43:4 : 4 Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.
• Acts 17:11 : 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
• Gen 3:16 : 16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."