1 Chronicles 4:9

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

Cross-reference

1 Chronicles 2:55 Historical context

1 Chronicles 2:55 mentions a town named Jabez — showing the person Jabez became a place name later.

1 Chronicles 7:23 names Beriah because 'it went evil' — another name given due to calamity, mirroring Jabez's pain-naming.

Genesis 3:16 pronounces multiplied pain in childbirth — the very pain Jabez's mother references in naming him.

Genesis 34:19 describes Shechem as 'more honorable' than his household, the same phrase used for Jabez here.

Genesis 35:18 records Rachel naming Ben-oni ('son of my pain') during childbirth — same theme of naming after labor pain.

1 Samuel 4:21 names Ichabod after a tragic event — a parallel naming pattern from sorrow, though not specifically childbirth pain.