Chapter 4
Genesis 4:20
Verse
RBT Translation:
And Ornament is bearing אֶת-Stream,189 himself has become father of him-who-sits tents, and a bought-one.
RBT Paraphrase:
And Adornment is bearing the eternal self Stream, himself has become a father who sat in a tent, and livestock.
And Adornment is bearing the eternal self Stream, himself has become a father who sat in a tent, and livestock.
LITV Translation:
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those living in tents, and with cattle.
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those living in tents, and with cattle.
ESV Translation:
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.
And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.
Footnotes
| 189 | Strong’s #2989, יָבָ֑ל, Jabal. Based on yabal (#2986) meaning stream or flow. Based on Jeremiah 17:8, Isa. 30:25, 44:4 where it means a running stream. Heel we later learn is also one who “dwells in tents” Gen. 25:27. |