Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
In Context
20And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.
Cross References
Job 21:12They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.
Amos 6:5Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:20-23
The Family of Lamech. ( b. c. 3875.) 19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. We have here some particulars concerning Lamech,… Read the whole commentary →