God gives us this paragraph in the midst of a long genealogy. I touches me. I asked to be delivered from evil so I'm not in pain! I think Jabez had it right and I have it all wrong.

1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying,

“Because I bore him in pain.”

Woman in labour: charcoal drawing
Photo: Thorfinurr

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 what he requested.

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