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Tubal-cain

(ˈtjuːbəlˌkeɪn)
n
(Bible) Old Testament a son of Lamech, said in Genesis 4:22 to be the first artificer of metals
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Noah, a righteous man, is the son of Lamech, whose ancestry can be traced to Seth, one of Adam's son, born when he was 135 years old (Genesis 5:3).
In the opening scene of the film, we see a young Noah sitting with his father, Lamech. His father tells him that, as the final descendent of Seth, it is his job to be the protector of creation.
He recalled that Tubal Cain the son of Lamech, worked in brass and that his brother Jubal made harps and organs.
Strength and conditioning coach Geoffrey Kimani and physiotherapist Lamech Bogonko, have retained their positions in the team.Murunga, who served as coach Benjamin Ayimba's deputy in the 2015 and 2016 season when the team made history by winning its first World Rugby Series event in Singapore Sevens, replaces Innocent "Namcos" Simiyu.
Before the lex talionis, the law of retaliation, the exchange rate was 7:1, even 77:1, not 1:1, in the time of Lamech in Genesis 4, 23-24.
To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methusael, and Methusael begot Lamech. Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah.
The tone of the J account of origins is pessimistic and offers a dark and sinister picture of human nature by presenting episodes of sinful behavior throughout--disobedience of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3), murders by Cain and Lamech (Genesis 4), overwhelming evil prior to the flood (Genesis 6), Ham seeing the nakedness of his drunk father (Genesis 9), and human arrogance fueling the construction of a tower that attempts to reach heaven (Genesis 11).
Eight generations after Adam we hear Lamech proclaiming, "I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
One of the earliest characters in this group is Methuselah (MATUSALE) and the group is now named after his creator, the 'Methuselah Master.' He is above Lamech, thought in Genesis to be his son and Noah's father.