Jabez's Prayer: A Desperate Cry Embedded in a Death Register — 1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested. — A two-verse interruption in a genealogy that redefines what it means to ask God for territory when your name means pain.