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Son of the Cainite Lamech by Zillah (), "a whetter of every cutting instrument in bronze and iron." Flint, wood, and bone were probably before this used for implements of husbandry, arts, and war; so uncivilized nations now. (See CIVILIZATION.) Nations degenerating into barbarism fall back on a flint age, then progress to bronze (in S. America gold) and iron successively. The Scythian race, Tubal, being coppersmiths (), seem related to the name. "Vulcan" may come from it. The Arabic kain is "a smith." (See TUBAL.)