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<p> <strong> [[Tubal-Cain]] </strong> . In &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 4:22 ‘the father of every forger of copper and iron’ (so read, with slight textual correction), <em> i.e. </em> the founder of the guild or profession of metal-workers. The name seems to be made up of <em> [[Tubal]] </em> (or the Tibareni, noted for production of bronze articles (&nbsp; Ezekiel 27:13 )) and <em> [[Cain]] </em> (‘smith’), as the ancestor of the [[Kenites]] or ‘Smiths.’ </p> <p> J. F. McCurdy. </p>

<p> or THUBAL-CAIN, son of Lamech the bigamous, and of Zillah, &nbsp;Genesis 9:29 . The [[Scriptures]] tell us, that he was the father and inventor, or master, of the art of forging and managing iron, and of making all kinds of iron-work. There is great reason to believe that this was the [[Vulcan]] of the Heathens. </p>

<p> '''Tu'bal-cain.''' The son of Lamech, the Cainite, by his wife, Zillah, &nbsp;Genesis 4:22. (B.C. about 3000). He is called "a furbisher of every cutting instrument of copper and iron." </p>

<p> (Heb. Tu'bal Ka'yin, תּוּבִל קִיַן '','' apparently of foreign etymology; Sept. ὁ θοβέλ; Vulg. ''Tubal Cain'' )'','' the son of Lamech the Cainite by his wife [[Zillah]] (&nbsp;Genesis 4:22). B.C. cir. 3700. He is called "a furbisher of every cutting instrument of copper and iron." The [[Jewish]] legend of later times associates him with his father's song. "Lamech was blind," says the story as told by Rashi, "and Tubal-cain was leading him; and he saw Cain, and he appeared to him like a wild beast, so he told his father to draw his bow, and he slew him. And when he knew that it was Cain his ancestor, he smote his hands together and struck his son between them. So he slew him, and his wives withdraw from him and he conciliates them." In this story Tubal-cain is the "young man" of the song. [[Rashi]] apparently considers the name of Tubal- cain as an appellative, for he makes him director of the works of Cain for making weapons of war, and connects "Tubal" with תִּבֵּל, tabbel, to season, and so ''To [[Prepare]] Skillfully.'' He appears, moreover, to have pointed it תּוֹבֵל tobel, which seems to have been the reading of the Sept. and Josephus. According to the writer last mentioned (''Ant.'' 1, 2, 2), Tubal- cain was distinguished for his prodigious strength and his success in war. </p> <p> The derivation of the name is extremely obscure. Hasse (Entdeckungen, 2, 37, quoted by Knobel on &nbsp;Genesis 4:22) identifies Tubal-cain with [[Vulcan]] ; and Buttmann (''Mythol.'' 1, 164) not only compares these names, but adds to the comparison the Τελχῖνες of Rhodes, the first workers in copper and iron (Strabo, 14:654), and Dwalinn, the daemon smith of the Scandinavian mythology. [[Gesenius]] proposed to consider it a hybrid word, compounded of the Pers. ''Tupal,'' iron slag, or ''Scoria,'' and the Arab. ''Kain,'' a [[Smith]] ; but this etymology is more than doubtful. The [[Scythian]] race ''Tubal,'' who were coppersmiths (&nbsp;Ezekiel 27:13), naturally suggest themselves in connection with Tubal-cain. </p>

<p> Tu´bal-Ca´in, son of Lamech and Zillah, to whom the invention of the art of forging metals is ascribed in [SMITH]. </p>