Jabal’s brother was Jubal, the first person to play the harp and flute.
Why did you run away secretly and trick me? Why didn’t you tell me? Then I could have sent you away with joy and singing and with the music of tambourines and harps.
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.
Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who made tools out of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
They sing to the music of tambourines and harps, and the sound of the flute makes them happy.
Praise him with tambourines and dancing; praise him with stringed instruments and flutes.
At their parties they have lyres, harps, tambourines, flutes, and wine. They don’t see what the Lord has done or notice the work of his hands.
You make up songs on your harps, and, like David, you compose songs on musical instruments.