Genesis 4:20
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle.
Leeser Tanakh
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 Lemech took unto himself two wives, the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
21And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as play on the harp and guitar.
Cross References
Genesis 4:2And she bore again, his brother, Abel; and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 25:27And the boys grew up: and Esau was an expert hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
1 Chronicles 4:4And Penuel the father of Gedor, and 'Ezer the father of Chushah. These are the sons of Chur, the first-born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lechem.
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 →