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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He named him Noah and said, &#8220He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he called his name Noah, saying, This <i>same</i> shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he called his name Noah, saying, “This <i>one</i> will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will give us comfort from our work and from the hard labor of our hands <i>caused</i> by the ground which the LORD has cursed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now he called his name Noah, saying, &#8220This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands <i>arising</i> from the ground which the LORD has cursed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the pain of our hands <i>arising</i> from the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He named him Noah, saying, “This one shall bring us rest <i>and</i> comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD cursed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he named him Noah, saying, &#8220This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Lamech said, "I'll name him Noah because he will give us comfort, as we struggle hard to make a living on this land that the LORD has put under a curse." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us for our work and for the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He named him Noah [Relief], and said, "This child will bring us relief from the work and painful labor of our hands since the LORD has cursed the ground."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and said, "From the very ground on which the LORD put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work"; so he named him Noah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />whom he named Noah, because he said, "May this one comfort us from our work, from pain that is caused by our manual labor, and from the ground that the LORD has cursed." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he named him Noah, saying, ?May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the LORD has cursed."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and he named him Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us in our labor and in the hard work of our hands, because of the ground which God has cursed."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which Yahweh has cursed.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and calls his name Noah, saying, “This [one] comforts us concerning our work, and concerning the labor of our hands, because of the ground which YHWH has cursed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and calleth his name Noah, saying, 'This one doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he shall call his name Noah, saying, This shall console us from our work and from the labor of our hands because of the earth which Jehovah cursed it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he called his name Noe, saying: This same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth which the Lord hath cursed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will console us from the works and hardships of our hands, in the land that the Lord has cursed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and named him Noah, saying, “This one shall bring us relief from our work and the toil of our hands, out of the very ground that the LORD has put under a curse.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />he named him Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he called his name Noah, and said, “This one will comfort us from our works, and from the labor of our hands, and from the Earth which LORD JEHOVAH cursed.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he called his name Noah, saying: 'This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh from the ground which the LORD hath cursed.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he called his name Noe, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/5-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1209" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm">From Methuselah to Noah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">And he named him</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5146.htm" title="5146: nō·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Rest, patriarch who survived the flood. The same as nuwach; rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood.">Noah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zɛh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">“May this one</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: yə·na·ḥă·mê·nū (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms:: 1cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">comfort us</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: mim·ma·‘ă·śê·nū (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 1cp) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">in the labor</a> <a href="/hebrew/6093.htm" title="6093: ū·mê·‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wn (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc) -- A pain, toil. From atsab; worrisomeness, i.e. Labor or pain.">and toil</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏê·nū (N-fdc:: 1cp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of our hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">caused by</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/779.htm" title="779: ’ê·rə·rāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms:: 3fs) -- To curse. A primitive root; to execrate.">has cursed.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-5</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-9.htm">Hebrews 4:9-10</a></span><br />There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. / For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a></span><br />‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. / For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">1 Corinthians 15:21-22</a></span><br />For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a></span><br />The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. / The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. / The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">Revelation 22:3</a></span><br />No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17-25</a></span><br />For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. / But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight. / I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a></span><br />Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Romans 8:18</a></span><br />I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3-4</a></span><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, / and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-13.htm">Revelation 14:13</a></span><br />And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a></span><br />He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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 has cursed.</p><p class="hdg">he called.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Genesis 6:8,9</a></b></br> But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Genesis 7:23</a></b></br> And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained <i>alive</i>, and they that <i>were</i> with him in the ark.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-24.htm">Genesis 9:24</a></b></br> And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.</p><p class="hdg">Noah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a></b></br> And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed <i>is</i> the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat <i>of</i> it all the days of thy life; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Genesis 4:11,12</a></b></br> And now <i>art</i> thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">Arising</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-18.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/genesis/4-14.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/4-14.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-10.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Painful</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-16.htm">Relief</a> <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/esther/7-7.htm">Arising</a> <a href="/genesis/18-5.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/14-20.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/genesis/31-42.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/genesis/5-30.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Painful</a> <a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Relief</a> <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/genesis/31-42.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/genesis/32-7.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/genesis/29-15.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-1.htm">Recapitulation of the creation of man.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-3.htm">The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This naming reflects the hope and expectation that Noah would bring relief to humanity. In the genealogical context of Genesis, names often carry prophetic significance, indicating the role or destiny of the individual. Noah's name foreshadows his future role in God's plan to preserve humanity through the flood.<p><b>saying, “May this one comfort us</b><br>The anticipation of comfort suggests a longing for relief from the hardships experienced since the fall of man. This phrase indicates a prophetic hope that Noah would be instrumental in alleviating the burdens brought about by sin. The concept of comfort here is not merely emotional but also practical, as Noah's life and actions would lead to a new beginning for humanity.<p><b>in the labor and toil of our hands</b><br>This phrase echoes the curse pronounced upon Adam in <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a>, where God declared that the ground would produce thorns and thistles, and man would eat by the sweat of his brow. The labor and toil represent the daily struggles and hardships faced by humanity as a result of sin. Noah's birth is seen as a potential turning point in this ongoing struggle.<p><b>caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”</b><br>The curse on the ground is a direct consequence of Adam's disobedience in the Garden of Eden. This curse is a reminder of the broken relationship between humanity and God, as well as the resulting impact on creation. The hope expressed in Noah's naming is that he would somehow mitigate the effects of this curse. This foreshadows the eventual redemption and restoration found in Jesus Christ, who is seen as the ultimate source of comfort and rest for humanity, reversing the curse through His sacrificial death and resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/l/lamech.htm">Lamech</a></b><br>The father of Noah, who named his son with a prophetic hope for relief from the curse on the ground.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>The son of Lamech, whose name means "rest" or "comfort" in Hebrew, signifying his future role in God's plan.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, who pronounced the curse on the ground due to Adam's sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ground.htm">The Ground</a></b><br>Cursed by God as a result of Adam's disobedience, leading to toil and hardship for humanity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_curse.htm">The Curse</a></b><br>The consequence of sin that brought hardship and labor to mankind, as described in <a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_redemption.htm">The Hope of Redemption</a></b><br>Lamech's naming of Noah reflects a deep-seated hope for relief from the curse, pointing to the ultimate redemption found in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin.htm">The Impact of Sin</a></b><br>The curse on the ground serves as a reminder of the pervasive impact of sin and the need for divine intervention.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_plan.htm">God's Sovereign Plan</a></b><br>Despite the curse, God had a plan for redemption through Noah, illustrating His sovereignty and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith.htm">The Role of Faith</a></b><br>Lamech's prophetic naming of Noah demonstrates faith in God's promises, encouraging believers to trust in God's future deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_promise_of_comfort.htm">The Promise of Comfort</a></b><br>Noah's name signifies comfort, reminding us that God provides solace and hope even amidst life's hardships.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_noah_comforting_in_global_chaos.htm">Is Noah a source of comfort amid global chaos?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_biblically_respect_others.htm">What are examples of miracles in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_isaiah_8_3's_naming.htm">Isaiah 8:3: Is there any external evidence or ancient practice confirming this unusual naming of a child for prophetic purposes? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_regret_creating_humans.htm">If God is all-knowing, why did He regret making humans (Genesis 6:6)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">He called his name Noah.</span>--This is the first recorded instance, since the days of Eve, of a child being named at his birth, and in both cases the name ended in disappointment. Noah brought no rest, but in his days came the flood to punish human sin. We have already noticed that this longing of Lamech for comfort is in strong contrast with the arrogance of his namesake of the race of Cain. (Comp. <a href="/genesis/4-18.htm" title="And to Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.">Genesis 4:18</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">This same shall comfort us . . . of our hands.</span>--These words form a couplet in the Hebrew, and rhyme like the Arabic couplets in the Koran.<p><span class= "bld">The ground (adamah)</span> <span class= "bld">which the Lord hath cursed.</span>--It is usual to style this section Elohistic, because it so evidently takes up the narrative at <a href="/genesis/2-3.htm" title="And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.">Genesis 2:3</a>. Yet, first, the writer distinctly refers to <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm" title="And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life;">Genesis 3:17</a>, where it is Jehovah-Elohim who curses the ground; and next he uses the name Jehovah as equivalent to God, according to what we are told in <a href="/genesis/4-26.htm" title="And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call on the name of the LORD.">Genesis 4:26</a>. Here, then, as in several other places, the idea that Genesis can be arranged in two portions, distinguished as Elohistic or Jehovistic, according to the name of God employed in them, entirely breaks down. It is remarkable, also, that the word for "toil" in Lantech's distich is the same as that rendered <span class= "ital">sorrow </span>in <a href="/context/genesis/3-16.htm" title="To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.">Genesis 3:16-17</a>, and that it occurs only in these three places. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/5-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And he named him</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרָ֧א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Noah,</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> </span><span class="str2">Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saying,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“{May} this one</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֞֠ה</span> <span class="translit">(zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comfort us</span><br /><span class="heb">יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·na·ḥă·mê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the labor</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(mim·ma·‘ă·śê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and toil</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6093.htm">Strong's 6093: </a> </span><span class="str2">Worrisomeness, labor, pain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of our hands</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדֵ֔ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">caused by</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ground</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has cursed.”</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·rə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_779.htm">Strong's 779: </a> </span><span class="str2">To execrate</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">OT Law: Genesis 5:29 And he named him Noah saying This (Gen. 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