Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 4:20 — And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

the   Gen 4:21; 1Ch 2:50-52; 1Ch 4:4,5; Jhn 8:44; Rom 4:11,12
father   The inventor or teacher, 1Sa 10:12.
dwell   Gen 4:2; Gen 25:27; Jer 35:9,10; Hbr 11:9
Correlating Passages
the
Gen 4:21 And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
1Ch 2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,
1Ch 2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
1Ch 2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the Manahethites.
1Ch 4:4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
1Ch 4:5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Jhn 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Rom 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Rom 4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.
father
1Sa 10:12 And one of the same place answered and said, But who [is] their father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?
dwell
Gen 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Gen 25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Jer 35:9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Jer 35:10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Hbr 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 4:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Gen/4/20.html>.

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