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Genesis 4:20

And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

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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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

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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17 And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

18 And Enoch had a son Irad: and Irad became the father of Mehujael: and Mehujael became the father of Methushael: and Methushael became the father of Lamech.

19 And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

20 And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.

21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.

22 And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, who is the father of every maker of cutting instruments of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

23 And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, give ear to my voice; you wives of Lamech, give attention to my words, for I would put a man to death for a wound, and a young man for a blow;

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