Genesis 4:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 4:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XIX. The Line of Cain 17. חניך ch e nôk , Chanok, “initiation, instruction.” 18. עירד ‛ ı̂yrād , ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass, citizen.” מחוּיאל m e chûya'el , Mechujae...
Genesis 4:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Cainite and Sethite Genealogies. Genesis 4:17-24 probably belongs to the earliest stratum of J, in which the progress of civilisation is not interrupted by the Flood, and the human race is derived...
Genesis 4:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jabal . flowing. and . the Figure of speech Zeugma. (App-6.) Supplied here by the italics.
Genesis 4:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents. Moses now relates that, with the evils which proceeded from the family of Cain, some good had been blended. For the invention of arts,...
Genesis 4:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Jabal - was the father - The inventor or teacher, for so the word is understood, 1 Samuel 10:12 . He w...
Genesis 4:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jabel—the father of such, &c.— It is usual with the Hebrews to call him the Father, who is the inventor of any thing: and, indeed, the same manner of speaking was usual with the Greeks and Roma...
Genesis 4:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Jabal the father of such as dwell in tents, and ... have cattle. Jabal means "flowing". The Hebre...
Genesis 4:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cain and Abel. The Descendants of Cain The narrative, which forms part of the Primitive document, impressively shows how sin, having once appeared, became hereditary in the human race, and speedil...
Genesis 4:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(19-22) Lamech took unto him two wives. — Whether polygamy began with Lamech is uncertain, but it is in keeping with the insolent character of the man. The names of his wives bear testimony to the...
Genesis 4:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CAIN AND ABEL Genesis 4:1-26 IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the world. It is not his purpose to write even the history of mankind. His object is to write the his...
Genesis 4:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Cain's Career Genesis 4:9-26 God's first question to the soul is, “Adam, where art thou?” The next, “Where is thy brother?” We are our brother's keepers. All related to us, within our reach,...
Genesis 4:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his parents. His mother named him Cain, intimating a hope that the see...
Genesis 4:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AN EARLY CHAUVINIST ‘And Lamech took unto him two wives,’ etc. Genesis 4:19-24 Here we have I. A violator of the Divine law of marriage. —Monogamy was the Divine law of marriage, and in al...
Genesis 4:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Adah bare Jabal ,.... According to Hillerus m, this name, and Jubal and Tubal, after mentioned, all signify a river; why Lamech should call all his sons by names signifying the same thing, is no...
Genesis 4:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle. Ver. 20. Adah bare Jabal. ] Jabal, a good husband. Jubal, a merry Greek; whence the word iubilo in...
Genesis 4:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He (Jabal) was the father of such as dwell in tents That is, he taught shepherds to dwell in them, and to remove them from place to place for conveniency of pasture. The first authors of any thin...
Genesis 4:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CAIN AND ABEL Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named Cain, which means "smith" or "fabricator," one who...
Genesis 4:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Family of Lamech. B. C. 3875. 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of t...
Genesis 4:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He taught shepherds to dwell in tents, and to remove them from place to place, for conveniency of pasture. The first authors or inventors of any thing are commonly called its fathers. And he was th...
Genesis 4:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Adah bore Jabal, he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have domesticated animals.' This is looking from the Cainite point of view. It may suggest that he invented the tent as opposed to...
Genesis 4:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 4:23 . Adah and Zillah.] Probably the oldest fragment of poetry extant. With a slight freedom of translation, we may perhaps thus approach the metrical cast of the origin...
Genesis 4:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4 I. From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts: I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to all mothers. Over-estimate of children may be traced...
Genesis 4:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:1 . I have gotten. קניתי kaniti, from the root kana, he possessed. The LXX have betrayed their ignorance of the Eternal Word, or Wisdom, by frequently rendering this word created....
Genesis 4:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Built a city The first city It was a very decided step towards civilization, when the idea of building a city was first conceived and realized. The roaming life of the homeless savage was aban...
Genesis 4:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 4:17 Domiciled in Nod, whither, impelled by woman's love, his wife had accompanied him, the unhappy fugitive began to seek, if not to find, relief from the gnawing agonie...
Genesis 4:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Passover and the offering which Followed It These are the feasts of the Lord, in the narrower sense, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. This instruction was ca...
Genesis 4:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the. Genesis 4:21 1 Chronicles 2:50-52 1 Chronicles 4:4 1 Chronicles 4:5 John 8:44 Romans 4:11 Romans 4:12 father. dwell. Genesis 4:2 Genesis 25:27 Jeremiah 35:9 Jeremiah 35:10...

Genesis 4:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 4:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 4:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 4:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 4:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 4:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 4:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 4:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 4:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 4:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 4:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge