Genesis 5:28-29

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29 He named him Noah[a] and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:36
  • 2. S Genesis 3:17; Romans 8:20

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Noah" sounds like the Hebrew for "comfort."
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