Genesis 5:29
And he called his name Noach, saying, This shall console us from the works and from the labour of our hands from the earth which the Lord bath cursed.
Targum Onkelos
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In Context
28And Lemek lived a hundred and eighty and two years, and begat a son.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11And now, accursed art thou from the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother from thy hand.
Genesis 7:23And every subsistence was blotted out that was upon the faces of the earth, from man to the beast, to the reptile, and to the fowl of heaven, it was blotted out from the earth, and Noach was left alone, and they who were with him in the ark.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:29-32
Account of Noah. ( b. c. 2448.) 28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,… Read the whole commentary →