Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 4:22
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Genesis4:22
22. And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain , an Instructer of every Artificer in Brass, and Iron : And the Sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah .
Whom (as the learned conceive, and the agreement of the name and function makes probable) the Heathens Worshipped by the name of Vulcan the God of Smiths, and his Sister Naamah, by the name of Venus.
Who first taught men how to make arms and other instruments of Iron.
So called from her beauty, which her Name signifies.
Marginal references: Heb. Wh[illegible: 1+ letters]tter.
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