Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and with 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 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 to himself. The name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah. 20 And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and with cattle. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.
Cross References
Genesis 4:2
And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.
Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew. And Esau was a man knowing hunting, and Jacob was a simple man, living in tents.
1 Chronicles 2:50-52
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur. The first-born of Ephratah was Shobal the father of Kirjath-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 first-born of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
Jeremiah 35:9-10
nor to build houses for us to live in. Nor do we have vineyard, nor field, nor seed.
John 8:44
You are of the Devil as father, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Romans 4:11-12
And he received a sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith while still uncircumcised; so that he might be the father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for righteousness to be imputed to them also;
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs of the same promise with him.