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Genesis 5:29 KJV
Genesis · chapter 5 · verse 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.Genesis 5:29 · King James Version
Genesis 5:29 in context
27And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29And 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.
30And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- comfortnâchamproperly, to sighH5162 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- groundʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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Here we have the first mention of Noah, of whom we shall read much in the following chapters. Observe, I. His name, with the reason of it: Noah signifies rest;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 28-32