Genesis 4:20
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.
Updated 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
21And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp.
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 Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
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 →