GEN 4:20 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἔτεκεν Ἀδὰ τὸν Ἰωβήλ· οὗτος ἦν πατὴρ οἰκούντων ἐν σκηναῖς κτηνοτρόφων.
(Kai eteken Ada ton Yōbaʸl; houtos aʸn pataʸr oikountōn en skaʸnais ktaʸnotrofōn. )

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

ULT And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who live in tents and own livestock.

UST Adah gave birth to a son named Jabal. He grew up and became the first of all those who live in tents and raise livestock for a living.

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

OEB Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the ancestor of the people who live in tents and have cattle.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV And Adah bears Jabal, he has been father of those inhabiting tents and [having] purchased livestock;

FBV Adah had a son named Jabal. He was the father[fn] of those who live in tents and have livestock.

4:20 “Father” can also mean “ancestor.”

T4T Adah gave birth to a son she named Jabal.

LEB No LEB GEN book available

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

Moff No Moff GEN book available

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

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

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

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

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

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

SLT And Adah will bear Jabal; he was the father of him remaining in the tent, and riches.

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

KJB-1769 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

KJB-1611 And Adah bare Iabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as haue cattell.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps GEN book available

Gnva And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.
(And Adah bare Yabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as have cattle. )

Cvdl No Cvdl GEN book available

Wycl No Wycl GEN book available

Luth No Luth GEN book available

ClVg Genuitque Ada Jabel, qui fuit pater habitantium in tentoriis, atque pastorum.[fn]
(He_gave_birthque Ada Yabel, who it_was father habitantium in/into/on tentoriis, and_yet pastorum. )

4.20 Genuitque Ada Jabel, etc. HIER. in quæst. Hebr. De bigamia nascitur Jabel habitans in tentoriis, quæ mutabilia instabilitatem eorum figurant, qui circumferuntur omni vento doctrinæ. Nascitur et Tubal, qui inventor musicæ, etc., usque ad sicut Jabel, Tubal et Tubalcain.

4.20 He_gave_birthque Ada Yabel, etc. HIER. in/into/on quæst. Hebr. From/About bigamia nascitur Yabel living in/into/on tentoriis, which mutabilia instabilitatem their figure/formnt, who circumferuntur all vento doctrinæ. Nascitur and Tubal, who inventor musicæ, etc., until to like Yabel, Tubal and Tubalcain.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT GEN book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

אֶת־יָבָ֑ל

DOM Jabal

Alternate translation: [a son whose name was Jabal]

ה֣וּא הָיָ֔ה

he/it it_became

Consider whether or not it is best in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [who was] or [who grew up and became]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֲבִ֕י יֹשֵׁ֥ב

father_of was_sitting

The phrase father of is used here as a common expression that means Jabal was the first person to do these things. He originated this way of living, and many people after him followed his example. Alternate translation: [the first of all people who]

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