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Jabez
This is the name of a man. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
expand my territory
"give me more land"
your hand will be with me
Possible meanings are that God's hand is 1) a metonym for his guidance, his power, or his protection. AT: "you will guide me" or "you will make me prosper" or "you will protect me" or 2) a synecdoche for himself. AT: "you will be with me" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
granted him his prayer
The words "his prayer" are a metonym for what Jabez asked in the prayer. AT: "did what Jabez had asked him to do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)