Genesis 4:21 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 4:19-22

We have here some particulars concerning Lamech, the seventh from Adam in the line of Cain. Observe, I. His marrying two wives. It was one of the degenerate race of Cain who first transgressed that original law of marriage that two only should be one flesh. Hitherto one man had but one wife at a time; but Lamech took two. From the beginning it was not so. Mal. 2:15; Matt. 19:5. See here, 1. Those who desert God's church and ordinances lay themselves open to all manner of temptation. 2. When a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:21

And his brother's name was Jubal ,.... This was another son of Lamech by Adah, and his name differs only in one letter from his brother's: he was the father of all such that handle the harp and organ : he was the inventor of instrumental music, both of stringed instruments, such as were touched by the fingers, or struck with a quill, as the "harp"; and of wind instruments, such as were blown, as the "organ", which seems not to be the same we call so, being a late invention; but however a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 4:21

Jubal - the father - i.e. The inventor of musical instruments, such as the כנור kinnor , which we translate harp, and the עוגב ugab , which we render organ; it is very likely that both words are generic, the former including under it all stringed instruments, and the latter, all wind instruments. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 4:16-24

The kingdom of God contrasted with the kingdom of this world. Society without the Lord. The banished Cain and his descendants. I. MULTIPLICATION apart from Divine order is no blessing. II. CIVILIZATION without religion is a chaos of conflicting forces, producing violence, bloodshed, working out its own ruin. Compare France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Arts of life may grow from a mere natural root. Music, mechanical skill, scientific discovery, and invention, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 4:17-26

The progress of the race. I. ITS INCREASE IN POPULATION . Starting from a single pair in Eden, in the course of seven generations the human family must have attained to very considerable dimensions. At the birth of Seth, Adam was 130 years old, and in all probability had other sons and daughters- besides Cain and his wife. If Lamech, the seventh from Adam in the line of Cain, was contemporaneous with Enoch, the seventh from Adam in the line of Seth, at least 600 years had passed away... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 4:21

And his brother's name was Jubal. Player on an instrument, the musician. Cf. jobel , an onomatopoetic word signifying jubilum , a joyful sound. Cf. Greek, ο ̓ λολυ ì ζειν α ̓ λαλα ì ζειν ; Latin, ululare ; Swedish, iolen ; Dutch, ioelen ; German, juchen (Geseuius). He was the father of all such as handle the harp. The kinnor , a stringed instrument, played on by the plectrum according to Josephus ('Ant.,' 7, 12, 3), but in David's time by the hand... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 4:17-24

- XIX. The Line of Cain17. חניך chenôk, Chanok, “initiation, instruction.”18. עירד ‛ı̂yrād, ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass, citizen.” מחוּיאל mechûya'el, Mechujael, “smitten of ‘El, or life of ‘El.” מתוּשׁאל metûshā'ēl, Methushael, “man of ‘El, or man asked.” למך lāmek, Lemek, “man of prayer, youth.”19. עדה 'ādâh, ‘Adah, “beauty.” צלה tsı̂lâh, Tsillah, “shade or tinkling.”20. יבל yābāl, Jabal, “stream, leader of cattle, produce, the walker or wanderer.” אהל 'ohel plural: אהלים... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 4:21

Genesis 4:21. The harp and organ The word rendered organ here means a lovely instrument; but what kind of an instrument this was, the Jews themselves do not know. This Jubal was the inventor of such musical instruments, and of music itself. Genesis 4:23-24 . This passage is extremely obscure. We have no information whom he slew, or on what occasion, neither what ground he had to be so confident of the divine protection. The original words indeed may be rendered, Have I slain a man... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:17-26

Cain’s followers and Seth’s (4:17-26)Difficult though this new way of life was, the ungodly Cain was no doubt relieved to be free from the influence of God. The human population had been growing constantly, so in a plan to make himself secure Cain established his own independent settlement (17-18).The beginnings of settled life were marked by both good and evil. People made some progress in the raising of sheep and cattle, and developed skills in various arts and crafts, but morally they became... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:21

Jubal = joyful sound. organ. Hebrew. 'ugab. The well-known "Pan's pipe". read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 4:19-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 4:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 4:16-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 4:17-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 4:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 4:17-24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 4:21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 4:17-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 4:21

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