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Helah gave birth to Zereth, Izhar,[a] Ethnan, and Koz, who became the ancestor of Anub, Zobebah, and all the families of Aharhel son of Harum.

There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez[b] because his birth had been so painful.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:7 As in an alternate reading in the Masoretic Text (see also Latin Vulgate); the other alternate and the Greek version read Zohar.
  2. 4:9 Jabez sounds like a Hebrew word meaning “distress” or “pain.”

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