⁹ Ya‘betz was honored more than his brothers; his mother called him Ya‘betz, she explained, “because I bore him in pain ^[a].” ¹⁰ Ya‘betz called on the God of Isra’el: “Please bless me by enlarging my territory. May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm, so that it will not cause me pain ^[b].” God granted his request.

¹¹ K’luv the brother of Shuchah fathered M’chir, who fathered Eshton.