Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, "I gave birth to him in pain."A few years ago, I was sure I was the last person in America to hear about Bruce Wilkinson's book which expanded on the above verses. A guy sitting next to me on an airplane, someone I had never met, had a copy of the book. Someone at church gave me a copy. I can't say I was very impressed.Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request.
1 Chronicles 4.9-10