1 Chronicles 4:9

New English Translation

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

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.”

Genesis 34:19

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.)

Genesis 35:18

With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” God answered his prayer.

1 Chronicles 4:8

and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum.

1 Chronicles 7:23

He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.

Proverbs 23:25

May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.

Isaiah 43:4

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

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.

1 Samuel 4:21

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.