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 Juan Fernandez.Ju’bilee (Jewish). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Jubal [a trumpet].
 
The son of Lamech and Adah. He is called the inventor of the lyre and flute (Gen. iv. 19–21).   1
       
“Then when he [Javan] heard the voice of Jubal’s lyre,
Instinctive genius caught the ethereal fire.”
       
Montgomery: The World Before the Flood, c. 1.
 


 Juan Fernandez.Ju’bilee (Jewish). 

 
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