SEV Biblia, Chapter 4:20
Y Ada dio a luz a Jabal, el cual fue padre de los que habitan en tiendas, y crían ganados.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:20
Verse 20. Jabal-was the father] The inventor or teacher, for so the word is understood, 1 Sam. x. 12. He was the first who invented tent-making, and the breeding and managing of cattle; or he was, in these respects, the most eminent in that time. Though Hebel was a shepherd, it is not likely he was such on an extensive scale.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 19-24 - 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. Wordly things, are the only things that carnal, wicke people set their hearts upon, and are most clever and industriou about. So it was with this race of Cain. Here was a father of shepherds, and a father of musicians, but not a father of the faithful Here is one to teach about brass and iron, but none to teach the goo knowledge of the Lord: here are devices how to be rich, and how to be mighty, and how to be merry; but nothing of God, of his fear an service. Present things fill the heads of most. Lamech had enemies whom he had provoked. He draws a comparison betwixt himself and his ancestor Cain; and flatters himself that he is much less criminal. He seems to abuse the patience of God in sparing Cain, into a encouragement to expect that he may sin unpunished.
Original Hebrew
ותלד 3205 עדה 5711 את 853 יבל 2989 הוא 1931 היה 1961 אבי 1 ישׁב 3427 אהל 168 ומקנה׃ 4735
