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Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him with sorrow.”
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Verse 9. Jabes. That is, sorrowful. Challoner.—There seems to be something wanting, as we are not informed who were the brethren of Jabes. Calmet.—This name he received from his mother, while his father Cos, called him Othoniel. E.
“Jabez” sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “pain”.
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