translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ ( ya ’ bets , “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’ otsev ) which means “pain.”


text: On the use of אִם (’ im , “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.


text: Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”


text: Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”


text: Or “of the city of Nahash.”


label: NET textual note

text: “Meonothai” is read here by some mss of the LXX, along with the Vulgate. The name apparently was dropped from the Hebrew text by haplography. Note that the name appears at the beginning of the next verse as well.


text: Heb “the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.” The name “Ge Harashim” means “valley of craftsmen.”


text: Heb “and the sons of Elah and Kenaz.” Kenaz was actually the son of Elah.


text: The Hebrew text has simply, “and she gave birth to,” without identifying the subject. The words “Mered’s wife Bithiah” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 18 b, which mentions “Bethiah, whom Mered married.”


text: Heb “took,” referring to taking in marriage.


text: Or “and the son of Zoheth” (NAB). The word בֶּן ( ben ) in Hebrew means “son [of].”


text: Heb “and the words are old.”


text: Heb “and those who lived in Netaim and Gederah; with the king in his work they lived there.”


text: Some LXX mss read “Baalath” (cf. Josh 19:8 ). This is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).


text: The words “their clan leaders were” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 38 a, which makes this clear.


text: The Hebrew text reads “their tents,” apparently referring to those of the Hamites mentioned at the end of v. 40 . Some prefer to emend the text to read, “the tents of Ham.”


text: Heb “and they lived in place of them.”


text: Heb “and struck down the remnant that had escaped belonging to Amalek.”