Genesis 4:20

Larmek's wife Adah had a baby boy named Jabal. Jabal grew up and he was the first person to live in a tent and look after sheep and bullocks.

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In The King James Version

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

In Context

19Larmek grew up and married 2 women. The name of one wife was Adah. The name of the other wife was Zillah.

21Adah had another son, a brother for Jabal. His name was Jubal. Jubal grew up and he was the first person to play music on an instrument like a guitar and other instruments that had pipes.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:2Later on Eve had another son, and she named him Abel. When the boys were grown up, Abel looked after sheep, and Cain got the ground ready to grow food plants.

Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau was a very good hunter. He loved being out in the bush, but Jacob was a quiet man who liked to stay around his parent's camp.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:20-23

The Family of Lamech. ( b. c. 3875.) 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 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 instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. We have here some particulars concerning Lamech,… Read the whole commentary →

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