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Helah’s sons: Zereth, Zohar,[a] and Ethnan. Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah,[b] and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.

Jabez[c] was more honoured than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez and said, ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’

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  1. 4:7 Alt Hb tradition reads Izhar
  2. 4:8 Or Hazzobebah
  3. 4:9 In Hb, the name Jabez sounds like ‘he causes pain’.

The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum. Jabez was (A)more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”[a]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain

The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

Now Jabez was (A)more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name [a]Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 4:9 Lit. He Will Cause Pain