“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have1 killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man1 for hurting me.
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
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American Standard Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and `have' cattle.
Amplified® Bible
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle {and} purchase possessions.
Contemporary English Version
Lamech and Adah had two sons, Jabal and Jubal. Their son Jabal was the first to live in tents and raise sheep and goats. Jubal was the first to play harps and flutes.
Darby English Version
And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and [breed] cattle.
Good News Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the ancestor of those who raise livestock and live in tents.
King James Version
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
New American Standard Bible
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and {have} livestock.
New International Version
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
New King James Version
And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he became the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Revised Standard Version
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who 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;
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