1 Chronicles 4:9-11

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁹ Jabez was honorable above his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez [sorrow maker], saying, Because I bore him in pain.

¹⁰ Jabez cried to the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that You would bless me and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and You would keep me from evil so it might not hurt me! And God granted his request.

¹¹ Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, the father of Eshton.