Jubal (Bible)

Jubal
Jubal
	Jubal, son of Lamech
Born	Jubal
Other names	Yubal
Occupation	musician
Known for	forefather of all musicians
Title	"the father of all those who play the harp and flute"
Parent(s)	Lamech and Adah
Relatives	Jabal (brother); Tubal-cain (half-brother); Naamah (half-sister)

Jubal and family painted by Kristian Zahrtmann

Jubal (also Yuval or Yubal; Hebrew: יוּבָל‎ – Yūḇāl) is a man mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in Genesis 4:21.

Significance[]

Jubal is described as the "ancestor of all who played the harp and flute." Jubal is said to have played the kinnor (Hebrew: כנור‎, translated 'harp' in the NIV and 'lyre' in the ESV) and the uggab (עוגב‎, translated 'flute' in the NIV and 'pipe' in the ESV). Gordon Wenham suggests that the latter may have been a reed or a Pan's pipe.^[1]