Verse 20

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ada fødte Jabal; han ble stamfar til dem som bor i telt og holder buskap.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Ada fødte Jabal; han ble far til dem som bor i telt og har buskap.

• Norsk King James

  Ada fødte Jabal. Han ble stamfar til dem som bor i telt og har buskap.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ada fødte Jabal, han ble stamfar til dem som bodde i telt og holdt buskap.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ada fødte Jabal, han ble forfader til dem som bor i telt og eier kveg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ada fødte Jabal; han ble stamfar til de som bor i telt og holder husdyr.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Adah fødte Jabal, han ble stamfar for dem som bor i telt og driver med husdyrhold.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Ada fødte Jabal; han ble stamfar til de som bor i telt og holder husdyr.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ada fødte Jabal, som ble stamfar til dem som bor i telt og driver med husdyr.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Genesis.4.20", "source": "וַתֵּ֥לֶד עָדָ֖ה אֶת־יָבָ֑ל ה֣וּא הָיָ֔ה אֲבִ֕י יֹשֵׁ֥ב אֹ֖הֶל וּמִקְנֶֽה׃", "text": "And-*teled* *ʿAdah* *ʾet*-*Yabal* he *hayah* *ʾabi* *yosheb* *ʾohel* and-*miqneh*", "grammar": { "*teled*": "qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - gave birth to", "*ʿAdah*": "proper noun, feminine singular - Adah", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*Yabal*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Jabal", "*huʾ*": "3rd masculine singular personal pronoun - he", "*hayah*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was", "*ʾabi*": "noun, masculine singular construct - father of", "*yosheb*": "qal participle, masculine singular construct - dweller of", "*ʾohel*": "noun, masculine singular - tent", "*u-miqneh*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and livestock" }, "variants": { "*ʾabi*": "father of/founder of/originator of", "*yosheb ʾohel u-miqneh*": "dwellers in tents with livestock/tent-dwelling herders" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ada fødte Jabal. Han ble stamfar til dem som bor i telt og lever av buskap.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Ada fødte Jabal; han var Fader til dem, som boede i Pauluner og (handlede med) Fæ.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ada fødte Jabal; han ble stamfar til dem som bor i telt og har fe.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ada fødte Jabal, som ble far til dem som bor i telt og driver med buskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ada fødte Jabal, han ble stamfar til dem som bor i telt og har buskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ada fødte Jabal; han ble stamfar til dem som bor i telt og har buskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ada fødte Jabal; han ble stamfar til de som bor i telt og har buskap.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Ada bare Iabal of whome came they that dwell in tentes ad possesse catell.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Gen 4:2 : 2 And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
• Gen 4:21 : 21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all who play the harp and organ.
• Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boys grew; and Esau was a skilled hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a simple man, dwelling in tents.
• 1 Chr 2:50-52 : 50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal, the father of Kirjath Jearim, 51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth Gader. 52 And Shobal, the father of Kirjath Jearim, had sons: Haroeh and half of the Manahethites.
• 1 Chr 4:4-5 : 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem. 5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
• Jer 35:9-9 : 9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: nor have vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
• John 8:44 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
• Rom 4:11-12 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also; 12 And the father of circumcision to those who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had while still uncircumcised.
• Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: