Jubal, father of musicians
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καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰουβάλ· οὗτος ἦν ὁ καταδείξας ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν.
Ἰουβάλ (Jubal) invents music itself — ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν, "harp/psaltery and lyre," the two basic families of ancient stringed instrument. καταδείξας, "having first shown, invented," is the standard Greek verb for crediting a cultural first (used across Greek literature of the mythical inventors of crafts); κιθάρα is itself a New Testament word, reappearing throughout Revelation's heavenly worship scenes (5:8, 14:2, 15:2) — an instrument invented in the line of the world's first murderer, later heard around God's own throne.
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