Genesis 4:20

New American Bible - revised edition

Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who dwell in tents and keep livestock.

Cross References

Genesis 25:27

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country; whereas Jacob was a simple man, who stayed among the tents.

Genesis 4:19

Lamech took two wives; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

Genesis 4:2

Next she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a herder of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:21

His brother’s name was Jubal, who became the ancestor of all who play the lyre and the reed pipe.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise;