9 雅比斯在众兄弟中最受人尊重， 他母亲给他起名叫雅比斯， 意思说： "我生产时十分痛苦。"

10 雅比斯呼求以色列的 神说： "深愿你大大地赐福给我， 扩张我的境界， 你的能力常与我同在， 保护我免遭灾祸， 不受痛苦。" 神就应允了他所求的。

9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him with sorrow."

10 Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!"

God granted him that which he requested.