Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
And Adah bare Jabal, - he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle;
New American Standard Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
King James Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Holman Bible
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen.
International Standard Version
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who live in tents and herd livestock.
A Conservative Version
And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of such as dwell in tents and [have] cattle.
American Standard Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
Amplified
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he became the father of those [nomadic herdsmen] who live in tents and have cattle and raise livestock.
Bible in Basic English
And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
Darby Translation
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and breed cattle.
Julia Smith Translation
And Adah will bear Jabal; he was the father of him remaining in the tent, and riches.
King James 2000
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and [those who have] livestock.
Modern King James verseion
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and with cattle.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Ada bare Jabal; of whom came they that dwell in tents and possess cattle.
NET Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.
New Heart English Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;
Themes
Antediluvians » Occupations of
Art » Primitive » Of the tentmaker
Interlinear
Yalad
'ab
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 4:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cain And Abel
19 And Lamech took to himself two wives, - the name of the one, was Adah, and, the name of the second Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal, - he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle; 21 and, the name of his brother, was Jubal, - he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute,
Cross References
Genesis 4:2
And she went on to hear his brother, Abel, - and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas Cain, was a tiller of the round.
Genesis 4:21
and, the name of his brother, was Jubal, - he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute,
Genesis 25:27
And when the youths grew up, it came to pass that Esau was a man skilled in game a man of the field, - but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents.
1 Chronicles 2:50-52
These, were the sons of Caleb, sons of Hur, firstborn of Ephrathah, - Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim;
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 Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
Jeremiah 35:9-10
and not to bud houses for us to dwell in, - and so, vineyard or field or seed, have we none;
John 8:44
Ye, are, of your father - the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.
Romans 4:11-12
And, a sign, he received namely of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while yet uncircumcised; to the end he might be father of all that believe during uncircumcision, to the end the same righteousness might be reckoned unto them, -
Hebrews 11:9
By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, in tents, dwelling, along with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-heirs of the same promise;