And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
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Gill's Exposition
And his brother's name was Jubal,.... This was another son of Lamech by Adah, and his name differs only in one letter from his brother's:
he was the father of all such that handle the harp and…
- XIX. The Line of Cain 17. חניך chenôk, Chanok, “initiation, instruction.” 18. עירד ‛ı̂yrād, ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass, citizen.” מחוּיאל mechûya'el, Mechujael, “smitten of ‘El, or life of…
Adam Clarke
Jabal - was the father - The inventor or teacher, for so the word is understood, Sa1 10:12. He was the first who invented tent-making, and the breeding and managing of cattle; or he was, in these…
We have here some particulars concerning Lamech, the seventh from Adam in the line of Cain. Observe,
I. His marrying two wives. It was one of the degenerate race of Cain who first transgressed that…
Cambridge Bible
Jabal The meaning of this name is doubtful. Dillmann conjectures "a wanderer." Jabal, like Abel (see note, on Gen 4:4), is a founder of the shepherd's and herdsman's life.
father of i.e. the founder,…
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