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The Prayer of Jabez
1 Chronicles 4:9-20
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Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
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And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
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Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
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Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
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The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
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Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.
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The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
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The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
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The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.
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And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. Mered also took a Judean wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
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The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
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The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
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