Chapter 4
Genesis 4:21
Verse
RBT Translation:
And the name of his brother is Stream,191 himself has become father of the whole of him-who-seizes the harp and pipe.
LITV Translation:
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he was the father of all those playing the harp and the organ.
ESV Translation:
His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp.
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp.
Footnotes
| 191 | Strong’s #3106, יוֹבָל, Jubal. This is from the same root as #3104 יוֹבֵל, jobel which means stream, watercourse. Jubal, Jabal, jobel, etc. are all based on the root yabal (#2986) which means to conduct or carry along as in the bearing along of a mysterious present to the place of the Name of the Master in Isaiah 18:7. The passage appears to present a cryptic image of a pair of “eyes” from which a pair of “streams” come. The Hebrew word for “world” tebel is also based on this construct. Considering that a ram’s horn “carries” or “flows” the breath it fits very well with the fact that he is the father of musicians. |