Genesis 4:21
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Genesis 4:21 in other translations
| BSB | And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute. |
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| WEB | His brother’s name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe. |
| ASV | And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. |
| YLT | and the name of his brother is Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ. |
| DARBY | And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of those who handle the harp and pipe. |
| BBE | And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music. |
| Webster | And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. |
What does Genesis 4:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 4:17-22
17-22. builded a city--It has been in cities that the human race has ever made the greatest social progress; and several of Cain's descendants distinguished themselves by their inventive genius in the arts.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 4:19-24
One of Cain's wicked race is the first recorded, as having broken the law of marriage. Hitherto, one man had but one wife at a time; but Lamech took two. Wordly things, are the only things that carnal, wicked people set their hearts upon, and are most clever and industrious about. So it was with this race of Cain. Here was a father of shepherds, and a father of musicians, but not a father of the faithful. Here is…
Genesis 4:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 4:21
- Amos 6:5
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
- Job 21:12
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
- 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: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
- 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.
- 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?
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Context
- Genesis 4:20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
- Genesis 4:21
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
- Genesis 4:22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.
Genesis 4:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el nombre de su hermano fué Jubal, el cual fué padre de todos los que manejan arpa y órgano. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le nom de son frère fut Jubal: lui, fut père de tous ceux qui manient la harpe et la flûte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der Name seines Bruders war Jubal; dieser war der Vater aller derer, welche mit der Laute und der Flöte umgehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et nomen fratris ejus Jubal: ipse fuit pater canentium cithara et organo. |