Tubal (Hebrew: תובל or תבל [tuˈbal]) (Georgian: ??????) in Genesis 10 (the “Table of Nations”), was the name of a son of Japheth, son of Noah.
Many authors, following the Jewish historian Josephus (1st century AD), related the name to Iber- Caucasian Iberia. Concerning the question of the ethnic affinity of the population of Tubal, Josephus wrote: “Tobal gave rise to the Thobeles, who are now called Iberes” — Caucasian Iberia. This version was repeated by Patriarch Eustathius of Antioch, Bishop Theodoret, and others. However, Jerome, Isidore of Seville, and the Welsh historian Nennius stated another tradition that Tubal was ancestor to not only Iberians, but also the ‘Italians’ [i.e., Italic tribes] and ‘Spanish’ [who were also called Iberians]. A divergent tradition recorded by Hippolytus of Rome (3rd century) lists Tubal’s descendants as the “Hettali” (or Thessalians in some later copies), while the Book of the Bee (c. 1222) states that he was progenitor of Bithynians.
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Keywords: Tubal
Bible reference(s): Genesis 10:2, 1 Chronicles 1:5, Isaiah 66:19, Ezekiel 27:13, Ezekiel 32:26, Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3, Ezekiel 39:1
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