Genesis 4:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.

New Living Translation
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.

English Standard Version
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

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

New American Standard Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.

NASB 1995
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

NASB 1977
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

Amplified Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he became the father of those [nomadic herdsmen] who live in tents and have cattle and raise livestock.

Christian Standard Bible
Adah bore Jabal; he was the first of the nomadic herdsmen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of the nomadic herdsmen.

Good News Translation
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the ancestor of those who raise livestock and live in tents.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the first person to live in tents and have livestock.

International Standard Version
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of those who live in tents and herd livestock.

NET Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

New King James Version
And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

King James 2000 Bible
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

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

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

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

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

A Faithful Version
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.

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

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

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Ada bare Iabel, which was the father of such as dwel in the tentes, and of such as haue cattell.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And Ada bare Iabel, of whom came they that dwelt in tentes and had catell.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And Ada bare Iabal of whome came they that dwell in tentes ad possesse catell.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Adah bears Jabal, he has been father of those inhabiting tents and [having] purchased livestock;

Young's Literal Translation
And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Adah will bear Jabal; he was the father of him remaining in the tent, and riches.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And Adah conceived Jabel, who was the father of those who live in tents and are shepherds.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Ada bore Yabal; he was the father to tent dwellers and cattle owners.

Lamsa Bible
And Adah bore Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents, and are owners of cattle.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

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
















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