Jubal is an individual mentioned in the Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible

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, in .

Family

Jubal was a descendant of Cain, the son of Lamech

Lamech

Lamech is a character in the genealogies of Adam in the Book of Genesis. He is the sixth generation descendant of Cain ; his father was named Methusael, and he was responsible for the "Song of the Sword." He is also noted as the first polygamist mentioned in the Bible, taking two wives, Ada and...

 and Adah, and the brother of Jabal

Jabal (Bible)

Jabal is an individual mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in .- Family :Jabal was a descendant of Cain, the son of Lamech and Adah, and the brother of Jubal, half-brother of Tubal-cain and Naamah...

, and half-brother of Tubal-cain

Tubal-cain

Tubal-cain is an individual mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in . He was a descendant of Cain, the son of Lamech and Zillah, and the brother of Naamah.-Name:...

 and Naamah. Jubal is described as the "ancestor of all who played the lyre

Lyre

The lyre is a stringed musical instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later. The word comes from the Greek "λύρα" and the earliest reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek ru-ra-ta-e, meaning "lyrists", written in Linear B syllabic script...

 and pipe

Pipe (instrument)

Pipe describes a number of musical instruments, historically referring to perforated wind instruments. The word is an onomatopoeia, and comes from the tone which can resemble that of a bird chirping.-Folk pipe:...

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Instruments

Jubal is said to have played the כנור ("Kinnor

Kinnor

Kinnor is the Hebrew name for an ancient Israelite lyre mentioned in the Bible and commonly translated as harp.-History:The identification of the instrument is uncertain, but a few historians of musical instruments say it is similar to the Greek cithara, Though the Kinnura is a better...

", translated "harp" in the NIV

New International Version

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 and "lyre" in the ESV

English Standard Version

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) and the עוגב (translated "flute" in the NIV and "pipe" in the ESV). Gordon Wenham

Gordon Wenham

Gordon Wenham is an Old Testament scholar and author of several books about the Bible. Tremper Longman has called him "one of the finest evangelical commentators today."...

 suggests that the latter may have been a "reed or a Pan's pipe."