Genesis 4:20

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

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  • Gen 4:2 : 2 Later, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel tended flocks, while Cain worked the soil.
  • Gen 4:21 : 21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed among the tents.
  • 1 Chr 2:50-52 : 50 These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim; 51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem; and Hareph, the father of Beth-gader. 52 The descendants of Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, were Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
  • 1 Chr 4:4-5 : 4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem. 5 Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives: Helah and Naarah.
  • Jer 35:9-9 : 9 We do not build houses to live in, or own vineyards, fields, or seed. 10 But we live in tents, and we have obeyed and done everything that Jonadab, our ancestor, commanded us.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • Rom 4:11-12 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, so that righteousness might also be credited to them, 12 and to be the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

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    21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.

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