Bible Person

Tubal-cain

Meaning: worldly possession; possessed of confusion · Male · 1 cross reference

Tubal-cain is the son of Lamech and Zillah in Genesis 4:22, remembered as a forger of tools in bronze and iron. He belongs to the earliest human culture-building material in Genesis. First appears in Gen 4:22.1

Name meaning

worldly possession; possessed of confusion

Identity

male

First appears

Gen 4:22

AI summary: Tubal-cain matters because his single cross reference connects the primeval world not only with violence and estrangement, but also with the development of skilled craft. The entry shows how Genesis traces the growth of human culture alongside moral complexity. Taken together, the material presents Tubal-cain as an early craftsman in the line of Cain.1

Central Figure

Tubal-cain

Meaning: worldly possession; possessed of confusion

The son of Lamech and Zillah, “an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron” (Gen.

Name meaning

worldly possession; possessed of confusion

Identity

male