Genesis 4:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

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  • Gen 31:27 : 27 Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?
  • Job 21:12 : 12 They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the LORD is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.
  • Amos 6:5 : 5 They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.
  • Rom 4:11-12 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them. 12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.

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