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Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother named him Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
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A Name Born of Pain
Commentators unanimously explain that the name 'Jabez' means 'sorrow' or 'pain.' His mother named him this because of the great pain she experienced during his birth. This name, rooted in suffering, becomes the backdrop for the powerful prayer he offers in the following verse.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It is remarkable that Jabez is introduced without description or patronymic, as if he were a well-known personage. We can only suppose that he was …
19th Century
Anglican
More honourable than his brethren. — Compare what is said of Hamor son of Shechem in Genesis 34:19.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren The Targum adds, "and wiser in the law than his brethren;" or he might be…
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In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remark…
