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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Tubal-cain (Man living at the time of the Patriarchs)

Lamech's son by Zillah, in Cain's line, and the first metalworker the Bible names, forging tools of bronze and iron. His half-brother Jabal fathered the herdsmen and Jubal the musicians.

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Lamech's son by Zillah, in Cain's line, and the first metalworker the Bible names, forging tools of bronze and iron. His half-brother Jabal fathered the herdsmen and Jubal the musicians.

Who this is

The son of Lamech and Zillah in the line of Cain, described in Genesis 4:22 as the forger of bronze and iron tools, the first metalworker named in the Bible. He appears in a short list of culture-founders in Genesis 4, alongside his half-brother Jabal, father of nomadic herdsmen, and Jubal, father of musicians, marking early developments in craft and technology outside the covenant line of Seth.

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The word

H8423

Where it appears
  • Genesis 4:22

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