King James Version

Genesis 4:20

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

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וַתֵּ֥לֶדvateledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…עָדָ֖הadahAdahעָדָהnoun, proper name — “Adah”H5711Adah, the name of two womenAdah.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יָבָ֑לyavalJabalיָבָלnoun, proper name — “Jabal”H2989Jabal, an antediluvianJabal.ה֣וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.הָיָ֔הhayahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אֲבִ֕יavifatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.יֹשֵׁ֥בyoshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, participle, construct — “dwell”, a verb used as a describing wordH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…אֹ֖הֶלoheltentאֹהֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tent”, the ordinary formH168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.וּמִקְנֶֽהumiqnehand cattleמִקְנֶהconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and cattle”, the ordinary formH4735something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisitioncattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔτεκεν Ἀδὰ τὸν Ἰωβήλ· οὗτος ἦν πατὴρ οἰκούντων ἐν σκηναῖς κτηνοτρόφων.