Genesis 4:20

4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first ¹  of those who live in tents and keep ²  livestock.

Genesis 17:10

17:10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: ³  Every male among you must be circumcised. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “father.” In this passage the word “father” means “founder,” referring to the first to establish such lifestyles and occupations.

² tn The word “keep” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation. Other words that might be supplied instead are “tend,” “raise” (NIV), or “have” (NRSV).

³ tn Heb “This is my covenant that you must keep between me and you and your descendants after you.”

⁴ sn For a discussion of male circumcision as the sign of the covenant in this passage see M. V. Fox, “The Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the Light of the Priestly ‘ot Etiologies,” RB 81 (1974): 557-96.