'Tents' in the Bible

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

“May God enlarge Japheth,And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;And let Canaan be his servant.”

Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom.

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.