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 Lamech married two women, one named Adah and 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 who play the harp and flute.
Cross References
Genesis 4:2
Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.
Genesis 4:21
His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
Genesis 25:27
The boys grew up. Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors. Jacob was an upright man who stayed at home.
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
Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and father of Bethlehem.
Jeremiah 35:9-10
We do not build houses for homes for we live in tents. We own no vineyards, fields, or grain. We have fully obeyed everything that our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
John 8:44
You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer) (false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie!
Romans 4:11-12
He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while he was not circumcised. That way he could be the father of all those who believe, though they are not circumcised, that righteousness might be counted to them.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land. It was not his land. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob. They were heirs with him of the same promise.