Bible Person

Jubal

Meaning: he that runs; a trumpet · Male · 1 cross reference

Jubal is the son of Lamech and Adah in the line of Cain. He belongs to the early human world in Genesis where culture, craft, and moral fracture develop together. First appears in Gen 4:21.1

AI summary: Jubal matters because his single cross reference links him with the origin of musical instruments and artistic culture in the primeval world. The entry shows that human creativity develops even within a line marked by violence and alienation from God. Taken together, the material presents Jubal as an early culture-bearer in Cain's line.1

Central Figure

Jubal

Meaning: he that runs; a trumpet

Jubilee, music, Lamech’s second son by Adah, of the line of Cain.