Genesis 4:20
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
- KJV
- And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
- WEB
- Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
- ASV
- And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and [have] cattle.
- DARBY
- And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and [breed] cattle.
- BLB
- And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those dwelling in tents and [having] livestock.
- ÅB
- Og Ada fødte Jabal; han ble stamfar til dem som bor i telt og holder buskap.
- OTB
- Ada fødte Jabal; hans slekt ble de som bor i telt og driver med husdyr.
- B1930
- Og Ada fødte Jabal; han blev stamfar til dem som bor i telt og holder buskap.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
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And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
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Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Read in context1 Chronicles 4:4–5
And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
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