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Well, I substituted the name of Jabez for mine and added a few twenty-first century verses of my own.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith Jack Canfield 2008
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Well, I substituted the name of Jabez for mine and added a few twenty-first century verses of my own.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith Jack Canfield 2008
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And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
1 Chronicles 4. 1999
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Thee take breakfast as early as they can give it, and you will find a man whom we call Jabez waiting to lead thee where the land is. '
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Gordon Sellar
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She called his name Jabez, which means sorrowful, because she had borne him in sorrow.
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan
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She called his name Jabez, my sorrow, and lo! he became her very consolation, most honourable of all.
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan
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And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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Ah! and just as often the reverse is true -- the child whom in our hearts we called Jabez; the slow, dull child so hard to teach, so unresponsive, or perhaps so wilful and obstinate that we never thought or spoke of him save with secret fears and misgivings -- the child who was always to be a burden and a cross to us, develops by-and-by in beautiful and unexpected ways, grows into moral strength and religious grace, becomes honourable in the sight of all men, and saves our old age from going down with sorrow to the grave.
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan
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9. And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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9. And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
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