Tubal Cain

Tubal Cain ( Hebrew תּוּבַל קַיִן, often also: Tubal-Kajin , the common interpretation "Tubal the blacksmith" is only folk etymological ) is a figure in the Hebrew Bible .

Tubal-cain is mentioned in Gen 4.22 EU . His father Lamech was therefore descended from Adam's eldest son, Cain . Lamech himself was married to Ada and Zilla . The latter is the mother of their son Tubal-Kain. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naama . The Bible also mentions two half-brothers of Tubal-Cain, Jabal and Jubal .

According to the Bible , Tubal-Cain is said to have been the progenitor of all ore workers and blacksmiths .

In Freemasonry , the name Tubal-Cains is traditionally used as the password of the apprentice degree.

Individual evidence

↑ Dieter Binder : The Freemasons. Origin, rituals and goals of a discreet society . Freiburg i. Br .: Herder 2006, p. 215 and p. 265.

Web links

Commons : Tubal-Kain - collection of images, videos and audio files

Jan Christian Gertz: Tubal-Cain. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.

[1] Dieter Binder : The Freemasons. Origin, rituals and goals of a discreet society . Freiburg i. Br .: Herder 2006, p. 215 and p. 265.