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
Parallel
1 Chronicles 7:23 names Beriah because 'it went evil' — another name given due to calamity, mirroring Jabez's pain-naming.
Genesis 3:16
Allusion
Genesis 3:16 pronounces multiplied pain in childbirth — the very pain Jabez's mother references in naming him.
Genesis 34:19
Parallel
Genesis 34:19 describes Shechem as 'more honorable' than his household, the same phrase used for Jabez here.
Genesis 35:18
Parallel
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
Parallel
1 Samuel 4:21 names Ichabod after a tragic event — a parallel naming pattern from sorrow, though not specifically childbirth pain.