Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 Ada brought forth Jabel: who was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of herdsmen.
Cross References
Job 21:12They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Amos 6:5You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have 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 →