Genesis 4 – Line 00100

LINE RENDERING FILE

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE

This isn’t a lesson. It’s a space. Come as you are. Let the line speak to you.

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INTRO

This file gives a minimal English phrasing of the original line, built directly from the Line Source File.

It’s readable, but not smoothed. Nothing is added beyond what’s traceable.

RENDERED LINE

And Adah bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in tents and with livestock.

RENDERING NOTES

“Vatteled” = “she bore” or “she gave birth”; standard Qal imperfect with vav-consecutive.

“Et-Yaval” = “Jabal” (personal name) marked by direct object marker; Hebrew spelling יָבָל.

“Hu hayah avi…” = appositional clause; “he was the father of…” defines identity via function.

“Yoshev ohel u-miqneh” = participial phrase meaning “one who dwells in tent and livestock”; a compound occupational identity.

Construct form “avi yoshev” indicates vocational descent; not literal biological exclusivity.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“Was” added for English rendering of past-tense Qal perfect “hayah.”

“Those who” added to express participial group implied by construct “avi yoshev.”

“With” supplied to reflect linkage between tent and livestock (u-miqneh) without assuming dual professions.

Definite article not inserted; specificity implied but not stated in Hebrew.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

First of three vocational offspring attributed to Lamech’s wives.

This child (Jabal) becomes associated with nomadic-herding culture.

Cain’s lineage now linked to early social specialization; a shift from mere reproduction to civilization.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Mirrors upcoming lines introducing Jubal (music) and Tubal-cain (metalwork).

Each child is tied to a human domain; this one: mobility + economy.

Jabal is presented not only as an individual, but as a vocational progenitor; “father of dwellers.”

Opens a triptych of societal archetypes passed through maternal lineages.