Genesis 4:20

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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,...
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 inter...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jabal . flowing. and . the Figure of speech Zeugma. (App-6.) Supplied here by the italics.
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...
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...
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 man...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The father ] i.e. 'Originator'; the first to lead a pastoral life.
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...
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CAIN'S LINE, AND ENOCH Genesis 4:12-24 "MY punishment is greater than I can bear," so felt Cain as soon as his passion had spent itself and the...
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 brothe...
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 mot...
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. —...
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...
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....
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 con...
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 C...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Family of Lamech. B. C. 3875. 19...
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 thin...
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 m...
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 per...
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...
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 Wis...
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 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 se...
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 p...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Adah bare Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Here was the beginning of the nomadic life, with the ra...

²⁰ And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 4:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 4:20