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Genesis 4:22 KJV
Genesis · chapter 4 · verse 22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.Genesis 4:22 · King James Version
Genesis 4:22 in context
20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23And 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.
24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- instructerlâṭashproperly, to hammer outH3913 →
- TubalcainTûwbal QayinTubal-Kajin, an antidiluvian patriarchH8423 →
- artificerchôrêsha fabricator or mechanicH2794 →
- ZillahTsillâhTsillah, an antediluvian womanH6741 →
- sisterʼâchôwtha sister , literally and figuratively)H269 →
- brassnᵉchôshethcopper, hence, something made of that metalH5178 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-22