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Genesis 4:15

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15 And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.

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Arcana Coelestia #417

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417. Verse 21 And his brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all who play upon the harp and organ.

'His brother's name was Jubal' means doctrine concerning the spiritual things of this same Church, and 'the father of all who play upon the harp and organ' the truths and goods of faith.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.