Genesis 4:20

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

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Interpretation

One of Cain's wicked race is the first recorded, as having broken the law of marriage. Hitherto, one man had but one wife at a time; but Lamech took two.

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This thought runs through Genesis 4:19-22.

Genesis 4:19 Genesis 4:20 Genesis 4:21 Genesis 4:22

Glossary

Adah Person: Ornament. (1. ) The first of Lamech’s two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal ( Gen. 4:19 , 20, 23). (2. ) The first of Esau’s three wives, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Jabal Person: A stream, a descendant of Cain, and brother of Jubal; “the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle” ( Gen. 4:20 ). This description indicates that he led a wandering life.