Jabal, brother of Jubal, is one of Lamech‘s sons with Adah. From Hebrew origin, the name Jabal means “stream”,or “stream of water”, or “watercourse”. Jabal is described in the Bible as “the father of such as dwell in tents and such as have cattle” (Genesis 4:20).

Plotting Jabal’s life in the Biblical Timeline, he was born somewhere between Adam’s creation (4004 BC) and Seth’s birth (3874 BC). The dates of the deaths of Lamech’s sons are still a big mystery.