Genesis 4:20

And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.

Brenton Septuagint

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

19And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella.

21And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who + 4:21 Gr. made known.invented the psaltery and harp.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:2And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 25:27And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house.

1 Chronicles 4:4And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these are the sons of Or, the first-born of Ephratha, the father of Bæthalaen.

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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