Genesis 4:21

Adah had another son, a brother for Jabal. His name was Jubal. Jubal grew up and he was the first person to play music on an instrument like a guitar and other instruments that had pipes.

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And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

In Context

20Larmek's wife Adah had a baby boy named Jabal. Jabal grew up and he was the first person to live in a tent and look after sheep and bullocks.

22Larmek's other wife Zillah had a son named Tubal-Cain, and a daughter named Naymah. Tubal-Cain grew up and made tools from iron and another brown metal called bronze.

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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 →

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