Near the end of the genealogy in Genesis 5, the deadly rhythm is interrupted by a significant comment at the birth of Noah. His father Lamech utters a statement that recalls the curse of 3:17. We read in Genesis 5:28–29, ‘And Lamech lived 182 years and he fathered a son. And he called his name Noah, saying, “this one will give us rest from our work and from the pain of our hands from the ground which YHWH cursed.” ’ Terms used in both Genesis 3:17 and 5:29 include עִצָּבוֹן, ‘pain’, הָאֲדָמָה, ‘the