Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. New Living Translation Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents. English Standard Version Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. Berean Standard Bible Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock. King James Bible And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. New King James Version And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. New American Standard Bible Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock. NASB 1995 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. NASB 1977 And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. Legacy Standard Bible And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock. Amplified Bible Adah gave birth to Jabal; he became the father of those [nomadic herdsmen] who live in tents and have cattle and raise livestock. Christian Standard Bible Adah bore Jabal; he was the first of the nomadic herdsmen. Holman Christian Standard Bible Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen. American Standard Version And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Ada bore Yabal; he was the father to tent dwellers and cattle owners. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle. Douay-Rheims Bible And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen. English Revised Version And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. GOD'S WORD® Translation Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and have livestock. Good News Translation Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the ancestor of those who raise livestock and live in tents. International Standard Version Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who live in tents and herd livestock. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. Literal Standard Version And Adah bears Jabal, he has been father of those inhabiting tents and [having] purchased livestock; Majority Standard Bible Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock. New American Bible Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who dwell in tents and keep livestock. NET Bible Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock. New Revised Standard Version Adah bore Jabal; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have livestock. New Heart English Bible Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 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; Additional Translations ... Context The Descendants of Cain…19And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. 20Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock. 21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.… Cross References Genesis 4:19 And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. Genesis 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute. Treasury of Scripture And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. the. Genesis 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 1 Chronicles 2:50-52 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim, … 1 Chronicles 4:4,5 And 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… father. 1 Samuel 10:12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? dwell. Genesis 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Genesis 25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. Jeremiah 35:9,10 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: … Jump to Previous Adah Bare Beareth Birth Bore Breed Cattle Dwell Inhabiting Livestock Possessions Purchased Raise TentsJump to Next Adah Bare Beareth Birth Bore Breed Cattle Dwell Inhabiting Livestock Possessions Purchased Raise TentsGenesis 4 1. The birth, occupation, and offerings of Cain and Abel.8. Cain murders his brother Abel. 11. The curse of Cain. 17. Has a son called Enoch, and builds a city, which he calls after his name. 18. His descendants, with Lamech and his two wives. 25. The birth of Seth, 26. and Enos. Verse 20. - And Adah bare Jabal. Either the Traveler or the Producer, from yabhal, to flow; poetically, to go to walk; hiphil, to produce; descriptive, in the one case, of his nomadic life, in the other of his occupation or his wealth. He was the father - av, father; used of the founder of a family or nation (Genesis 10:21), of the author or maker of anything, especially of the Creator'(Job 38:28), of the master or teacher of any art or science (Genesis 4:21) - of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Mikneh, literally, possession, from kanah, to acquire, as in ver. 1; hence cattle, as that was the primitive form of wealth (cf. pecus, pecunia); by which may be meant that Jabal was the first nomad who introduced the custom of living in tents, and pasturing and breeding not sheep merely, but larger quadrupeds as well, for the sake of wealth. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And Adahעָדָ֖ה (‘ā·ḏāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5711: Adah -- two non-Israelite women gave birth to וַתֵּ֥לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage Jabal; יָבָ֑ל (yā·ḇāl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2989: Jabal -- a son of Lamech he ה֣וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are was הָיָ֔ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the father אֲבִ֕י (’ă·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1: Father of those who dwell יֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in tents אֹ֖הֶל (’ō·hel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 168: A tent and [raise] livestock. וּמִקְנֶֽה׃ (ū·miq·neh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4735: Something bought, property, livestock, acquisition Links Genesis 4:20 NIVGenesis 4:20 NLT Genesis 4:20 ESV Genesis 4:20 NASB Genesis 4:20 KJV Genesis 4:20 BibleApps.com Genesis 4:20 Biblia Paralela Genesis 4:20 Chinese Bible Genesis 4:20 French Bible Genesis 4:20 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal who was (Gen. 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