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1Chronicles 4:9 Now Jabez was more honourable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him all that he requested. There is no record of the unnamed father of Jabez in Scripture and Jabez was named by his mother. His name means ‘causes pain’. He was more honourable than his brothers. He called upon God, the ‘Father to the fatherless’ (Psalm 68:5) and asked for a blessing. God granted him all that he asked for in his prayer. The answer to his prayer includes the last final sign of complete transformation, that he would not cause pain. He was an honourable man who asked for blessing, received blessing, and became a blessing and did not cause pain or harm to others. He is a sign to all of us who look to God as our Father and seek his bless