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A mother cradles a swaddled newborn in a modest domestic room.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

1 Chronicles 4:9

Jabez and his name

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Story guide: Jabez’s mother remembered bearing him in pain. This maternal portrait is contextual: her face, room and posture are artistic interpretations. It does not invent a medical complication, birth procedure or naming ceremony.

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9Jabez was more honored than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

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