Genesis 5:29

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.”

Genesis 5:29 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
29 and called his name Noah, saying, "Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands."
NLT
29 Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the LORD has cursed.”
MSG
29 He named him Noah, saying, "This one will give us a break from the hard work of farming the ground that God cursed."
CSB
29 And he named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the Lord has cursed."

Genesis 5:29 In-Context

27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”
30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31 Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

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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