Genesis 4:20
Good News Translation
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the ancestor of those who raise livestock and live in tents.

New Revised Standard Version
Adah bore Jabal; he was the ancestor of those who live in tents and have livestock.

New American Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who dwell in tents and keep livestock.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

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Genesis 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.

1 Chronicles 2:50-52 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur the firstborn of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim. . . .

1 Chronicles 4:4,5 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem. . . .

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Romans 4:11,12 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice: . . .

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1 Samuel 10:12 And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?

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Genesis 4:2 And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.

Genesis 25:27 And when they were grown up, Esau became a skilful hunter, and a husbandman: but Jacob, a plain man, dwelt in tents.

Jeremiah 35:9,10 Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed: . . .

Hebrews 11:9 By faith he abode in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise.

Context
The Descendants of Cain
19Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella. 20And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.21And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.…
Cross References
Genesis 4:19
Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.

Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.

Genesis 4:19
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