Genesis 4:21
And his brothers name was Iubal, who was the father of all that play on the harpe and organes.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.
Cross References
Job 21:12They take the tabret and harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs.
Amos 6:5They sing to the sounde of the viole: they inuent to themselues instruments of musike like Dauid.
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 →