1Ch 4:9 | NET2full | STEP | 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.”

1 Chronicles 4:9

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.” ^{▼▼tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (yaʿbets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (ʿotsev) which means “pain.”}