OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 4:22

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Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron. Tubal Cain’s sister was Naamah.

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Verse 22. Noema, who is supposed to have invented the art of spinning. Calmet.—All these worthy people were distinguished for their proficiency in the arts, while they neglected the study of religion and virtue. Bible.—The inventors of arts among the Greeks lived mostly after the siege of Troy. Calmet.

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