And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
The 1611 reading
And Adah bare Iabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as haue cattell.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Portable shelters or dwellings; by association, the dwellings or encampment of a household or people.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 4:20
Complete exact-word concordance
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
And Adah bare Iabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as haue cattell.
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
God shall enlarge Iaphet, and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.
1611 marginal noteOr, perswade.
¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
¶ And Lot also which went with Abram, had flocks and heards, & tents.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
And the boyes grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.
And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.
And Laban went into Iacobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maid seruants tents: but he found them not. Then went he out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rachels tent.
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