Genesis 5:29
He called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the painful labor of our hands, which we must do because of the ground that Yahweh has cursed.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28When Lamech had lived 182 years, he became the father of a son.
Cross References
Genesis 4:11Now cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 7:23So every living thing that was on the surface of the earth was wiped out, from mankind to the larger animals, to creeping things, and to birds of the sky. They were all destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those with him in the ark were left.
Isaiah 54:9For this is like the waters of Noah to me: 1 as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass over the earth, 1 so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. 1
Ezekiel 14:20then even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in that land—as I live, declares the Lord Yahweh—they would not be able to rescue even their own sons or daughters; only their own lives would be rescued by their righteousness.
Luke 3:36Shelah was the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
Hebrews 11:7It was by faith that Noah, having been given a divine message about things not yet seen, with godly reverence built a ship to save his household. By doing this, he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that is according to faith.
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 →