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Genesis 5:29

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29and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground wthat the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief4 from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”

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Footnotes

  1. 4Noah sounds like the Hebrew for rest

Cross references

  1. wch. 3:17

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.”

CSBChristian 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.”

NLTNew 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.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall relieve us from our work, and from the hard labor of our hands, from the ground which Yahweh had cursed.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.