| David Russell - 1825 - 372 σελίδες
...acquisition, the children of those by whom it was first and pre-eminently possessed. Thus, we read that Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle ; and that Jubal was the father of all such as handle the harp and the organ.... | |
| 1832 - 440 σελίδες
...connected as the sheep with the subsistence and the comfort of man. THE FIRST WANDERING SHEPHERDS. Jabal was " the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle ;" or, as it should have been rendered, " Jabal was the father of those who dwell in tents with cattle."... | |
| Eli Meeker - 1832 - 182 σελίδες
...? Abel. What other son of Adam does the Bible mention ? Seth, who is the root of the faithful. Who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle? Jabal. Who was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ 1 His brother Jubal. Who was the... | |
| 1837 - 538 σελίδες
...are attributed to the son« of Lamech : the first is the pasturage of cattle by wandering shepherds. "Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents, and have cattle." (Gen iv. 20.) It has always been the custom in the East to call aa man "the father" of any thing or... | |
| John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839 - 658 σελίδες
...memorable men, and able to do much with him. When the Holy Ghost is so careful to give men their additions, That Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents, and keep cattle, and Jubal the father of harpers, and organists, and Tubal-cain of all gravers in brass... | |
| Francis S. Wiggins - 1840 - 512 σελίδες
...important step. We read that "ADAH, the wife of LAMECH," one of the descendants of CAIN, "bare JUBAI,; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle" — or as it should have been rendered, "with cattle." The reader will observe here the use, for the... | |
| Mary Bowley - 1842 - 550 σελίδες
...from being in a state of barbarism, began very early to cultivate the arts of life. Thus we are told, that " Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle;" and that his brother " Jubal was the father of all such as handle the harp... | |
| David Russell - 1843 - 540 σελίδες
...or acquisition the children of those by whom it was first and pre-eminently possessed. Thus we read that Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle; and that Jubal was the father of all such as handle the harp and the organ.... | |
| 1842 - 404 σελίδες
...enlivened the toils of these early inhabitants of the earth. Jaba1,the t bird brother of Tubal-cain, "was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle ;" they therefore possessed shelter from the sun and tempest, and milk and meat for food ; and tents... | |
| John Williamson Nevin - 1849 - 482 σελίδες
...numbers to embrace it, in the first ages of time. Before the flood, Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Jabal " was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle." After that great event, we read that the illustrious patriarchs of the Jewish nation, Abraham, Isaac,... | |
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