Who
Of the line of Cain (Genesis 4). Named as son of Lamech and Zillah (Genesis 4:19; Genesis 4:22).
Generated from the genealogies; a fuller description is still to be written.
Key verses
- Genesis 4:22
Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Naamah.
Where the Bible names him
Named once: Genesis 4:22
Verse index: TIPNR, STEPBible.org (Tyndale House), CC BY 4.0.
Family
Discussed by
Comments on the verses that name him.
- Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 4
Chapter IV.—Waiving Allusion to the Paraclete, Tertullian Comes to the Consideration of the Ancient Scriptures, and Their Testimony on the Subject in Hand. Waiving, now, the mention of the Paraclete, as of some…
- Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.17
Of the Two Fathers and Leaders Who Sprang from One Progenitor. Since, then, Adam was the father of both lines,—the father, that is to say, both of the line which belonged to the earthly, and of that which belonged to…