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1 Chronicles 4:9
King James Version
1 Chronicles 4:9
King James Version
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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1 Chronicles 4:9
New International Version
1 Chronicles 4:9
New International Version
9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,[a] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”
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- 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain.
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