9 Jabes foi mais ilustre do que seus irmãos {sua mãe lhe pusera o nome de Jabes, dizendo: Porquanto com dores o dei à luz}..

10 Jabes invocou o Deus de Israel, dizendo: Oxalá que me abençoes, e estendas os meus termos; que a tua mão seja comigo e faças que do mal eu não seja afligido! E Deus lhe concedeu o que lhe pedira.

9 And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.

10 And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.