Genesis 4:22

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"Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah."

— Genesis 4:22, NET Bible®

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Genesis 4 — Context

19

Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

20

Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.

21

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

22

Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

23

Lamech said to his wives,“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me! You wives of Lamech, hear my words! I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for hurting me.

24

If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!”

25

And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying,“God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”