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Tubal-cain or Tubalcain ( Hebrew : תּוּבַל קַיִן – Tūḇal Qayīn ) is a person mentioned in the Bible, in Genesis 4:22 , named therein as 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 .

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14-543: (Redirected from Tubal Cain ) Tubalcain may refer to: Tubal-cain , biblical character associated with metalworking Tubalcain Alhambra , anime and manga character Tubal Cain mine , abandoned copper mine in Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington Clan of Tubal Cain , a traditional witch coven formed by British neopagan Robert Cochrane Tubal Cain,

28-458: A miner . A fictionalized version of Tubal-cain serves as the primary antagonist in the 2014 film Noah , also depicted as a master metalworker, and a nemesis of Noah . The character's younger version is played by Finn Wittrock and the older version is played by Ray Winstone . Tuval village, a Northern Israeli kibbutz , is named after Tubal-cain. Book of Jasher (Pseudo-Jasher) The Book of Jasher , also called Pseudo-Jasher ,

42-595: A pilgrimage into the Holy Land and Persia, where he discovered this volume in the city of Gazna." The book claims to be written by Jasher , son of Caleb , one of Moses 's lieutenants, who later judged Israel at Shiloh . The book covers biblical history from the creation down to Jasher's own day and was represented as the Lost Book of Jasher mentioned in the Bible . The Book of Jasher contained naturalistic explanations for

56-469: 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

70-605: Is an eighteenth-century literary forgery by Jacob Ilive . It purports to be an English translation by Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus of the lost Book of Jasher . It is sometimes called Pseudo-Jasher to distinguish it from the midrashic Sefer haYashar ( Book of the Upright, Naples, 1552), which incorporates genuine Jewish legend. Published in November 1750, the title page of the book says: "translated into English by Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus, of Britain, Abbot of Canterbury, who went on

84-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tubal-cain 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

98-615: The miracles of the Old Testament . The provenance of the text was immediately suspect: the eighth-century cleric Alcuin could not have produced a translation in the English of the King James Bible . There is an introductory account by Alcuin of his discovery of the manuscript in Persia and its history since the time of Jasher, and a commendation by John Wycliffe . The supposed lost book

112-464: 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),

126-556: 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. 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

140-587: The pen name of Tom Walshaw , a prolific British writer on model engineering Tubalcain, a 1990s band with Athan Maroulis as a member Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tubalcain . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tubalcain&oldid=947625055#Tubalcain " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

154-511: 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

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168-403: 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

182-596: Was declared an obvious hoax by the Monthly Review in the December of the year of publication. The printer Jacob Ilive was sentenced in 1756 to three years' imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction at Clerkenwell , for writing, printing, and publishing the anonymous pamphlet Some Remarks on the excellent Discourses lately published by a very worthy Prelate by a Searcher after Religious Truth (1754). The pamphlet

196-654: 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

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