Genesis 4:20

New English Translation

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.

Cross References

Genesis 25:27

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.

Genesis 4:19

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

Genesis 4:2

Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

Genesis 4:21

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

John 8:44

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Hebrews 11:9

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.