The First Musician in the Bible

Question:

Have you wondered who was the first musician recorded in the bible? What instrument did he play?

Answer:

Jubal, Harp and "Organ" (it was really the flute, which the King James translates as"organ")

Jubal had a brother named Jabal, who was a country cowboy/camper, and an old-fashioned one (he used tents).

He also had another brother who was a welder, Tubalcain.

Genesis 4:20-22 (King James Version):

20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Lamech and his wives, The skill of Cain's descendants

One of Cain's wicked race is the first recorded, as having broken the law of marriage. Hitherto, one man had but one wife at a time; but Lamech took two. Wordly things, are the only things that carnal, wicked people set their hearts upon, and are most clever and industrious about. So it was with this race of Cain. Here was a father of shepherds, and a father of musicians, but not a father of the faithful. Here is one to teach about brass and iron, but none to teach the good knowledge of the Lord: here are devices how to be rich, and how to be mighty, and how to be merry; but nothing of God, of his fear and service. Present things fill the heads of most. Lamech had enemies, whom he had provoked. He draws a comparison betwixt himself and his ancestor Cain; and flatters himself that he is much less criminal. He seems to abuse the patience of God in sparing Cain, into an encouragement to expect that he may sin unpunished. (Ge 4:25)
- Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible -

The Real Purpose of Music

J. S. Bach, the proliferous composer of the late baroque period once wrote;

"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."

Let's keep focusing on the good and greater values of music!

-Rigo Murillo