Genesis 4:20

And Ada bare Javal; he was the master ( rab) of all dwellers in tents and lords of cattle.

Targum Onkelos

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 Lemek took unto him two wives, the name of the one Ada, and the name of the second Zillah.

21And the name of his brother was Juval. He was the master of all who play upon the mouth of the pipe, who know the song of the harp and of the organ.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:2And she added to give birth to his brother, Habel. And Habel was a shepherd of the flock, and Kain a man working on the ground.

Genesis 25:27And the youths grew; and Esau was a man of idleness, a man going out into the field; and Jakob was a man of peace, a minister of the house of instruction.

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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