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Genesis 4:21

What does Genesis 4:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 4:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all players on instruments of music.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the name of his brother <FI>is<Fi> Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of those who handle the harp and pipe.

Context

v.20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

v.21This passage

v.22And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 6:5

    that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

  • Genesis 31:27

    Wherefore didst thou flee 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;

  • Job 21:12

    They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

  • Isaiah 5:12

    And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

  • Romans 4:11

    and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned unto them;

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