Jubal was one of the sons of Lamech, a descendant of Cain, and he invented harp and flute music. Along with his brothers Jabal, who originated nomadic herding of livestock, and Tubal-Cain, who instructed craftsmen in working with bronze and iron, Jubal belonged to a line of talented and famous men of his time. Their accomplishments were physical and cultural, and they rose to prominence in a godless and amoral society founded by Cain after he willingly left God's presence and settled east of Eden in the land of Nod. This ungodly world, which Lamech's polygamy and murder also exemplify, stands in contrast to the line of Seth, whose descendants began to call on the name of the LORD. Jubal and his brothers thus illustrate the kind of renowned men produced by Cain's line, which did not survive the Flood.