Genesis 4:21 · KJV
“And his brother's name {was} Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.”
— Genesis 4:21
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and {of such as have} cattle.
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain {was} Naamah. {instructer: Heb. whetter}
Genesis 4 — Context
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one {was} Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and {of such as have} cattle.
21And his brother's name {was} Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain {was} Naamah. {instructer: Heb. whetter}
23And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. {I have...: or, I would slay a man in my wound, etc.} {to my hurt: or, in my hurt}
Cross References
Genesis 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? {steal...: Heb. hast stolen me}
Amos 6:5
That chant to the sound of the viol, {and} invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; {chant: or, quaver}
Romans 4:11-12
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which {he had yet} being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Isaiah 5:12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Job 21:12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.