Genesis 4:20
And Adah bore Yaval; he was the av of such as dwell in ohel, and have mikneh.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 his brotherʼs shem was Yuval; he was the av of all such as play kinnor (harp) and ugav (flute).
Cross References
Genesis 4:2And again she bore his ach Hevel (Abel). And Hevel was a ro'eh tzon, but Kayin was an oved adamah (tiller of soil).
Genesis 25:27And the nearim grew: and Esav was a skilled hunter, an ish sadeh; and Ya'akov was an ish tam (quiet man), dwelling in ohalim.
1 Chronicles 4:4And Penuel avi Gedor, and Ezer avi Chushah. These are the Bnei Chur, the bechor of Ephratah avi Beit-Lechem.
John 8:44You are from the Av of you, HaSatan, + 8:44 Gn 3:4-5; Ps 58:3 [4] and the ta'avot of your Av you want to do, for that one was a rotze'ach from Bereshis, and he has not taken a stand in HaEmes, because HaEmes is not in him. When he speaks the sheker, he speaks naturally, because he is a shakran (liar) and the av of it. + 8:44 Gn 3:4; 2Chr 18:21; Ps 5:6; 12:2
Hebrews 11:9By Emunah he made aliyah to HA'ARETZ ASHER DIBER + 11:9 Dt 9:28 (the land that He promised), Ha'aretz haHavtacha (the Promised Land), as in an eretz zarah (a strange land), living in oholim (tents), as did Yitzchak and Ya'akov, the fellow yorshim (heirs) of the same havtachah (promise);
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 →