KJV King James Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.
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Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
WEB World English Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
ASV American Standard Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;
Surrounding context — Genesis 4
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.
21 And his brother’s name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
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Hebrews 11:9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:John 8:44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.Genesis 4:2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.1 Chronicles 4:4-5And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.Jeremiah 35:9-10Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:Genesis 4:21And his brother’s name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.Romans 4:11-12And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:1 Chronicles 2:50-52These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,Genesis 25:27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
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