Genesis 4:20
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And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

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Genesis 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.

1 Chronicles 2:50-52 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur the firstborn of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim. . . .

1 Chronicles 4:4,5 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem. . . .

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Romans 4:11,12 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice: . . .

father.

1 Samuel 10:12 And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?

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dwell.

Genesis 4:2 And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.

Genesis 25:27 And when they were grown up, Esau became a skilful hunter, and a husbandman: but Jacob, a plain man, dwelt in tents.

Jeremiah 35:9,10 Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed: . . .

Hebrews 11:9 By faith he abode in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in cottages, with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise.

Context
The Descendants of Cain
19Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella. 20And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.21And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.…
Cross References
Genesis 4:19
Who took two wives: the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other Sella.

Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.

Lexicon
And Adah
עָדָ֖ה (‘ā·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5711: Adah -- two non-Israelite women

gave birth to
וַתֵּ֥לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

Jabal;
יָבָ֑ל (yā·ḇāl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2989: Jabal -- a son of Lamech

he
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was
הָיָ֔ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the father
אֲבִ֕י (’ă·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

of those who dwell
יֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in tents
אֹ֖הֶל (’ō·hel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 168: A tent

and [raise] livestock.
וּמִקְנֶֽה׃ (ū·miq·neh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4735: Something bought, property, livestock, acquisition


Additional Translations
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

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

And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.

And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and [breed] cattle.

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

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

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

And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;
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