Genesis 4:20 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and have livestock.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

ASV:

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

BBE:

And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

DBY:

And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and breed cattle.

ERV:

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

JPS:

And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

WBS:

And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

WEB:

Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

YLT:

And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;

Genesis 4:20 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 4:19 Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

Genesis 4:21 His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

4:19-24 One of Cain's wicked race is the first recorded, as having broken the law of marriage. Hitherto, one man had but one wife at a time; but Lamech took two. Wordly things, are the only things that carnal, wicked people set their hearts upon, and are most clever and industrious about. So it was with this race of Cain. Here was a father of shepherds, and a father of musicians, but not a father of the faithful. Here is one to teach about brass and iron, but none to teach the good knowledge of the Lord: here are devices how to be rich, and how to be mighty, and how to be merry; but nothing of God, of his fear and service. Present things fill the heads of most. Lamech had enemies, whom he had provoked. He draws a comparison betwixt himself and his ancestor Cain; and flatters himself that he is much less criminal. He seems to abuse the patience of God in sparing Cain, into an encouragement to expect that he may sin unpunished.

CONC:

Adah Bare Beareth Birth Bore Breed Cattle Dwell Inhabiting Jabal Livestock Possessions Purchased Raise Tents

Adah Bare Beareth Birth Bore Breed Cattle Dwell Inhabiting Livestock Possessions Purchased Raise Tents

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