"And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and {of such as have} cattle." — Genesis 4:20

Genesis 4:20 · KJV

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

— Genesis 4:20

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one {was} Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

And his brother's name {was} Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Genesis 4 — Context

And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. {Lamech: Heb. Lemech}

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one {was} Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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

And his brother's name {was} Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain {was} Naamah. {instructer: Heb. whetter}

Cross References

Genesis 4:21

And his brother's name {was} Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

1 Chronicles 2:50-52

These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim, {Ephratah: also called, Ephreth}

Romans 4:11-12

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which {he had yet} being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as {in} a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Genesis 4:2

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. {Abel: Heb. Hebel} {a keeper: Heb. a feeder}

Genesis 25:27

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob {was} a plain man, dwelling in tents.

John 8:44

Ye are of {your} father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. {of his own: or, from his own will or disposition}

1 Chronicles 4:4-5

And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These {are} the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.