Genesis 4:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 4:20

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Berean Standard Bible

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 4

¹⁸ Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.

¹⁹ And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

²⁰ Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.

²¹ And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.

²² And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

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