Genesis 4:20
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New International Version (©1984)
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and have livestock.

King James Bible
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

American King James Version
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

American Standard Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

Bible in Basic English
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

Darby Bible Translation
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and breed cattle.

English Revised Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

World English Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

Young's Literal Translation
And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;

Geneva Study Bible

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:19-24 One of Cain's wicked race is the first recorded, as having broken the law of marriage. Hitherto, one man had but one wife at a time; but Lamech took two. Wordly things, are the only things that carnal, wicked people set their hearts upon, and are most clever and industrious about. So it was with this race of Cain. Here was a father of shepherds, and a father of musicians, but not a father of the faithful. Here is one to teach about brass and iron, but none to teach the good knowledge of the Lord: here are devices how to be rich, and how to be mighty, and how to be merry; but nothing of God, of his fear and service. Present things fill the heads of most. Lamech had enemies, whom he had provoked. He draws a comparison betwixt himself and his ancestor Cain; and flatters himself that he is much less criminal. He seems to abuse the patience of God in sparing Cain, into an encouragement to expect that he may sin unpunished.


Genesis 4:19 Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
Genesis 4:21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. (NASB ©1995)

Adah Bare Beareth Birth Bore Breed Cattle Dwell Inhabiting Livestock Possessions Purchased Raise Tents


And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

the. 21 1Ch 2:50-52 4:4,5 Joh 8:44 Ro 4:11,12

father. The inventor or teacher, 1 Sa 10:12.

dwell. 2 25:27 Jer 35:9,10 Heb 11:9

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