Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to a son she named Jabal.
Translation for Translators
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
19When Lamech grew up he married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah.
Cross References
Genesis 4:2After those boys grew up, Abel ◄tended/took care of► sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer.
Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He spent a lot of time out in the fields. Jacob was a quiet man who stayed close to the campsite.
John 8:44You belong to your father, ◄the devil/Satan►, and you desire to do what he wants. He has caused people to become murderers from the time when people first sinned. He has abandoned God’s truth because he is a liar by his nature. Whenever he lies, he is speaking according to his nature, because he is a liar and is the one who originates [MET] all lies.
Hebrews 11:9It was because Abraham trusted God that he lived as though he was a foreigner in the land that God had promised to him. Abraham lived in tents, and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob did also. God promised to give to Isaac and Jacob the same things that he promised to give Abraham.
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 →