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Tubalcain ben Lamech ha-Cain
- Preferred Name: Tubalcain ben Lamech ha-Cain[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
- Alternate Name: 土八該隱
- Alternate Name: Tubalcaín
- Alternate Name: תובל-קין
- Gender: M
- FSID: K143-W65
- Birth: ABT 2070 BC in Enoch, Nod, East of Eden
- Occupation: The forger of all implements of bronze and iron.
- Occupation: blacksmith
- The+first+blacksmith: with note: in Genesis 4:22, known for being the first blacksmith. He is stated as the "forger of all instruments of bronze and iron". A descendant of Cain, he was the son of Lamech and Zillah. Tubal-cain was the brother of Naamah and half-brother of Jabal and Jubal. The Israeli kibbutz Tuval is named after him.
- Occupation: Instructor of brass and iron manfucturing.
- Occupation: Ferreiro with note: Gen 4:22
- Residence: in Enoch, Land Of Nod, East Of Eden
- ancestor+of+all+metalworkers,+in+bronze+or+iron: with note: Description: 他是打造各樣銅鐵利器的
(Gen 4:22)
- Death: in Enoch, Nod, East of Eden with note: "Tubal-Cain Acclaimed as Pioneer Chemist". The Science News-Letter. Society for Science & the Public. 40: 142. August 30, 1941. JSTOR 3918014.
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron (Genesis 4:22)
Tubal-cain or Tubalcain (Hebrew: תּוּבַל קַיִן – Tūḇal Qayīn) is a person mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 4:22, known for being the first blacksmith. He is stated as the "forger of all instruments of bronze and iron". A descendant of Cain, he was the son of Lamech and Zillah. Tubal-cain was the brother of Naamah and half-brother of Jabal and Jubal. The Israeli kibbutz Tuval is named after him.
According to Rashi, Tubal-cain's name literally means "Cain's-Spices", with the Hebrew word Tū́ḇal (תובל) deriving from the word Tū́ḇlin (תבלין) meaning spices. Rashi states that he was named this, because he "seasoned and improved the work of Cain". In other words, because he was a blacksmith, who helped to make weapons which could be used to kill more efficiently, he invokes his ancestor Cain's sin of murder. Furthermore according to Tanhuma bar Abba, one day, Tubal-cain and his father, Lamech, were hunting together with Tubal-cain serving as an aid for his blind father. In the distance is Cain who Lamech believes to be an animal. He checks with Tubal-cain to see if it is an animal, but Tubal-cain deceives his father, and lets him shoot and kill his forefather Cain, possibly because of Tubal-cain's blood lust. When Lamech realizes what he has done, he throws his hands up in a fit of mourning, accidentally killing his son Tubal-cain. However Genesis Rabbah disagrees with this narrative.
In Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus says that "Tubal exceeded all men in strength, and was very expert and famous in martial performances, ... and first of all invented the art of working brass."
In the King James Version, his name is rendered as Tubalcain. In the New International Version and the English Standard Version, it is Tubal-cain; the Latin Vulgate renders him as Thubalcain. It is not clear why he has a double-barreled first name. Gordon Wenham suggests that the name Cain means smith (which would anticipate the remarks about his metalworking skill), or that he is called Tubal Cain in order to distinguish him from the other Tubal, the son of Japheth. Richard Coggins suggests it "may be a variant of the same tradition which lists Tubal in the table of nations" at Gen 10, as a land well known for metalwork. In the Book of Jasher (Pseudo-Jasher) (1751), the name of Tubal-Cain is explained by Zillah, his mother: "After I had withered away have I obtained him from the Almighty God" (2:24). The intended conclusion here is that "Cain" (given earlier in the idea of "obtaining") was merged with "Tubal", a word seemingly to denote "withering" by contextual speculation.[citation needed] Genesis 4:22 says that Tubal-cain was the "forger of all instruments of bronze and iron" (ESV) or an "instructor of every artificer in brass and iron" (KJV). Although this may mean he was a metalsmith, a comparison with verses 20 and 21 suggests that he may have been the very first artificer in brass and iron. T. C. Mitchell suggests that he "discovered the possibilities of cold forging native copper and meteoric iron." Tubal-cain has even been described as the first chemist. Walter Elwell suggests that his invention of superior weapons may have been the motivation for Lamech's interest in avenging blood. Alternatively, E. E. Kellett suggests that Tubal-cain may have been a miner
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For other uses, see Tubalcain (disambiguation).
Tubal-cain
Tubal-cain the Smith
Tubal-cain in his forge. Tapestry in the Musée de Cluny
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Tubal-Cain - THE MAN WHO INVENTED METAL TOOLS
Tubal-Cain
Tubal-Cain [To̅o̅'bal-cāin]—production of forged work or flowing forth of cain. The son of Zillah, one of Lamech’s wives, of the race of Cain (Gen. 4:22).
THE MAN WHO INVENTED METAL TOOLS
打造各种铜铁器具的匠人
洗拉也生了土八.该隐,就是打造各种铜铁器具的匠人;土八.该隐的妹妹是拿玛。
创世记 4:22
Jubal-cain History
Gen 4:22 An instructor of every artificer in Brass & Iron
Book of Jasher genealogical mentions
BoJ 1:6. And God blessed them and called their names Adam (LVQX-NBX) and
Eve (LD84-K6L) in the day that he created them, and the Lord God said, Be
fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
12. And
=== Non-standard gedcom data: 1 NAMR :KL G ===
Non-standard gedcom data: 1 NAMR :KL GP GWN LPYZ
=== Genesis 4:22 ===
Forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron
=== Quem foi Tubalcaim ===
Fabricante de todo instrumento cortante de cobre e de ferro.
=== Non-standard gedcom data: 1 NAMR :KL G ===
Non-standard gedcom data: 1 NAMR :KL GP LPYW
=== "...an instructer of every artificer in ===
"...an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron." Genesis 4:22
=== Bible ===
Genesis 4-22
Preferred Parents:
Father: Lamech ben Methushael ha-Cain, b. 26 APR 3229 BC in Shulon, East Eden d. 2290 BC
Mother: Zilá bint Cainin, b. 3130 BC in Adam-ondi-Ahman d. 2350 BC in North America
Family 1: Etana (Kish) , b. 1225 BC in Rameses, Goshen, Egypt
- Ham Zarathustra ben Tubal-Cain, b. aproximadamente 1300 AC d. aproximadamente 1200 AC
Sources:
- Title: Biblia
Author: Genesis
Publication: Name: http://www.bible.com;
- Title: "Midrash Rabbah," translated into English under the Editorship of Rabbi Dr. H. Freedman
Author: Full Title: "Midrash Rabbah," translated into English with Notes, Glossary and Indices under the Editorship of Rabbi Dr. H. Freedman, B.A,, Ph.D., and Maurice Simon, M.A., With a Foreword by Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein, B.A., Ph.D., D.Lit. In Ten Volumes
Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/RabbaGenesis/midrashrabbahgen027557mbp#page/n241/mode/2up/search/tubal;
Note: The Soncino Press: London, first edition 1935
- Title: Bible Hub: Genesis 4:22
Publication: Name: http://biblehub.com/genesis/4-22.htm;
- Title: Tubal Cain in entry for Anne Cain, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1R1-6MS : 3 February 2023), Tubal Cain in entry for Anne Cain, 1720.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1R1-6MS;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubal-cain
Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubal-cain
Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubal-cain
- Title: Bar-Ilan University: Study Sheet on the Weekly Torah Portion: The Wife of Noah
Publication: Name: http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/eng/noah/enoach1.html;
- Title: Jasher 2:23-33
Author: J.H. Parry & Company. (1887). The Book of Jasher. (Originally translated in 1840 from the Original Hebrew into English).
Publication: Name: https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-of-Jasher.pdf;
Note: 23. And in the end of days and years, when Zillah became old, the Lord opened her womb.
24. And she conceived and bare a son and she called his name Tubal Cain, saying, After I
had withered away have I obtained him from the Almighty God.
25. And she conceived again and bare a daughter, and she called her name Naamah, for she
said, After I had withered away have I obtained pleasure and delight.
26. And Lamech was old and advanced in years, and his eyes were dim that he could not
see, and Tubal Cain, his son, was leading him and it was one day that Lamech went into
the field and Tubal Cain his son was with him, and whilst they were walking in the
field, Cain the son of Adam advanced towards them; for Lamech was very old and
could not see much, and Tubal Cain his son was very young.
27. And Tubal Cain told his father to draw his bow, and with the arrows he smote Cain,
who was yet far off, and he slew him, for he appeared to them to be an animal.
28. And the arrows entered Cain's body although he was distant from them, and he fell to
the ground and died.
29. And the Lord requited Cain's evil according to his wickedness, which he had done to his
brother Abel, according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken.
30. And it came to pass when Cain had died, that Lamech and Tubal went to see the animal
which they had slain, and they saw, and behold Cain their grandfather was fallen dead
upon the earth.
31. And Lamech was very much grieved at having done this, and in clapping his hands
together he struck his son and caused his death.
32. And the wives of Lamech heard what Lamech had done, and they sought to kill him.
33. And the wives of Lamech hated him from that day, because he slew Cain and Tubal
Cain, and the wives of Lamech separated from him, and would not hearken to him in
those days.
Page: vs. 23-24 Lamech and Zillah give birth to Tubal Cain vs. 26-30 Tubal Cain accidentally encourages Lamech to kill Cain with a bow vs. 31 Lamech kills Tubal Cain
- Title: Geni.com - Tubal-Cain
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Tubal-Cain/6000000003481819607;
- Title: Tubal-Caim
Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubal-cain;
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