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Genesis 5:29
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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Lamech speaks to his family or community upon the birth of his son, naming the child Noah at the moment he recognizes the boy's potential role in alleviating generational hardship.
The words — The Hebrew verb יְנַחֲמֵ֤/נוּ (ye.na.cha.Me./nu) literally means "he will comfort us," while the noun מִֽ/מַּעֲשֵׂ֙/נוּ (mi./ma.'a.Se./nu) denotes "from our work" or labor.
The thread — This naming event and the theme of cursed ground labor resurface in the flood narrative where Noah becomes the preserved remnant (Matthew 24:37; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:5).
Why it lands — The text states that human labor remains bound to cursed ground, requiring the reader to acknowledge that relief cannot be achieved through manual effort alone.
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The Hebrew words
King 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.
Cross-references
- Matthew 24:37 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- 2 Peter 2:5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
- Genesis 9:24 When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
- Isaiah 54:9 “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
- Ezekiel 14:14 then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 14:20 then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
- 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 6:8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.