Genesis 4:20

New Century Version

Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.

Cross References

Genesis 25:27

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He loved to be out in the fields. But Jacob was a quiet man and stayed among the tents.

Genesis 4:19

Lamech married two women, Adah and Zillah.

Genesis 4:2

After that, Eve gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel took care of flocks, and Cain became a farmer.

Genesis 4:21

Jabal’s brother was Jubal, the first person to play the harp and flute.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Hebrews 11:9

It was by faith that he lived like a foreigner in the country God promised to give him. He lived in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had received that same promise from God.