Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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.” New Living Translation 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.” English Standard Version 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.” Berean Standard Bible 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.” King James Bible 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. New King James Version And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.” New American Standard Bible And he named him Noah, saying, “This one will give us comfort from our work and from the hard labor of our hands caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.” NASB 1995 Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed.” NASB 1977 Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed.” Legacy Standard Bible Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the pain of our hands arising from the ground which Yahweh has cursed.” Amplified Bible He named him Noah, saying, “This one shall bring us rest and comfort from our work and from the [dreadful] toil of our hands because of the ground which the LORD cursed.” Christian Standard Bible 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.” Holman Christian Standard Bible 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.” American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English 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.” Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version 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." Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation 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." Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version 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." JPS Tanakh 1917 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.' Literal Standard Version 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.” Majority Standard Bible 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.” New American Bible 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.” NET Bible 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." New Revised Standard Version 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.” New Heart English Bible 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." Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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.” Young's Literal Translation 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.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context From Methuselah to Noah…28When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. 29And 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.” 30And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.… Cross References Romans 8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope Genesis 3:17 And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Genesis 4:11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. Genesis 5:28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son. Genesis 5:30 And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. Treasury of Scripture 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. he called. Genesis 6:8,9 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD… Genesis 7:23 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 alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Genesis 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. Noah. Genesis 3:17-19 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 is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; … Genesis 4:11,12 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; … Jump to Previous Arising Comfort Cursed Earth Ground Hands Labor Noah Painful Relief Rest Toil Trouble WorkJump to Next Arising Comfort Cursed Earth Ground Hands Labor Noah Painful Relief Rest Toil Trouble WorkGenesis 5 1. Recapitulation of the creation of man.3. The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah. 22. Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven. 25. The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons (29) He called his name Noah.--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. Genesis 4:18.) This same shall comfort us . . . of our hands.--These words form a couplet in the Hebrew, and rhyme like the Arabic couplets in the Koran. The ground (adamah) which the Lord hath cursed.--It is usual to style this section Elohistic, because it so evidently takes up the narrative at Genesis 2:3. Yet, first, the writer distinctly refers to Genesis 3:17, 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 Genesis 4:26. 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 sorrow in Genesis 3:16-17, and that it occurs only in these three places. . . . Hebrew And he named himוַיִּקְרָ֧א (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read Noah, נֹ֖חַ (nō·aḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5146: Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood saying, לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “{May} this one זֶ֞֠ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that comfort us יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ (yə·na·ḥă·mê·nū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common plural Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge in the labor מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ (mim·ma·‘ă·śê·nū) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property and toil וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן (ū·mê·‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wn) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6093: Worrisomeness, labor, pain of our hands יָדֵ֔ינוּ (yā·ḏê·nū) Noun - fdc | first person common plural Strong's 3027: A hand caused by מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the ground הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has cursed.” אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ (’ê·rə·rāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 779: To execrate Links Genesis 5:29 NIVGenesis 5:29 NLT Genesis 5:29 ESV Genesis 5:29 NASB Genesis 5:29 KJV Genesis 5:29 BibleApps.com Genesis 5:29 Biblia Paralela Genesis 5:29 Chinese Bible Genesis 5:29 French Bible Genesis 5:29 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 5:29 And he named him Noah saying This (Gen. 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