1 Chronicles 4:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

Genesis 34:19

And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family.

Genesis 35:18

And as her soul was departing (for she died), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called his name Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that thou wouldst bless me and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from harm so that it might not hurt me!” And God granted what he asked.

1 Chronicles 4:8

Koz was the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

1 Chronicles 7:23

And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, because evil had befallen his house.

Proverbs 23:25

Let your father and mother be glad, let her who bore you rejoice.

Isaiah 43:4

Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.

Acts 17:11

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

1 Samuel 4:21

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.