"And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain {wa…" — Genesis 4:22

Genesis 4:22 · KJV

“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 4:22

Verse 21

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

Verse 23

And 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}

Genesis 4 — Context

And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and {of such as have} cattle.

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

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}

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:7

Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that {are} with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. {to grave: Heb. to grave gravings}

Exodus 25:3

And this {is} the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, {offering: or, heave offering}

Numbers 31:22

Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Deuteronomy 8:9

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any {thing} in it; a land whose stones {are} iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

Deuteronomy 33:25

Thy shoes {shall be} iron and brass; and as thy days, {so shall} thy strength {be}. {Thy shoes: or, Under thy shoes}