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Genesis 4:20

וַ תֵּלֶד עָדָה אֶת יָבָל הוּא הָיָה אֲבִי יֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל וּ מִקְנֶה
And Ornament is bearing אֶת-Stream,189 himself has become father of him-who-sits tents, and a bought-one.
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father of him sitting tents and a bought-one. Not a typo. Sitting is a participle verb. Not wanting to consider the possibility of enigma (i.e. father of a bought-one), translators have taken license to add words where there aren’t any.