Parallel Verses
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.
The Emphasized Bible
And Adah bare Jabal, - he, was father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle;
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 two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Cross References
Genesis 4:2
And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.
Genesis 4:21
His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
1 Chronicles 2:50-52
These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
1 Chronicles 4:4-5
and Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
Jeremiah 35:9-10
and not to build houses to dwell in. We have no vineyard or field or seed,
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Romans 4:11-12
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness would be counted to them as well,
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.