Genesis 5:29

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
called	וַיִּקְרָ֧א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
name	שְׁמ֛וֹ she.Mo	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Noah	נֹ֖חַ No.ach	H5146	Noach · proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
comfort	יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּ ye.na.cha.Me.nu	H5162	properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
work	מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙ mi.ma.'a.Se.nu	H4639	an action (good or bad) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
toil	וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן u.me.'i.tze.Von	H6093	worrisomeness · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
hands	יָדֵ֔ינוּ ya.Dei.nu	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix
because	מִן min-	H4480	properly · preposition
ground	הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה ha.'a.da.Mah	H127	soil (from its general redness) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
cursed	אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ 'e.re.Rah	H779	to execrate · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he c…
2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ung…
Genesis 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Isaiah 54:9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn tha…
Ezekiel 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GO…
Ezekiel 14:20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver…
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…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:28–end

Here we have the first mention of Noah, of whom we shall read much in the following chapters. Observe, I. His name, with the reason of it: Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a more than ordinary blessing to his generation: This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. Here is, 1. Lamech's complaint of the calamitous state of human life. By the entrance of sin, and the entail of the curse for sin, our condition has become very miserable: our whole life is spent in labour, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:26

Lamech--a different person from the one mentioned in the preceding chapter [Gen 4:18]. Like his namesake, however, he also spoke in numbers on occasion of the birth of Noah--that is, "rest" or "comfort" [Gen 5:29, Margin]. "The allusion is, undoubtedly, to the penal consequences of the fall in earthly toils and sufferings, and to the hope of a Deliverer, excited by the promise made to Eve. That this expectation was founded on a divine communication we infer from the importance attached to it and the confidence of its expression" [PETER SMITH].

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:29

This same shall comfort us - This is an allusion, as some think, to the name a Noah, which they derive from נחם nacham, to comfort; but it is much more likely that it comes from נח nach or נוח nuach, to rest, to settle, etc. And what is more comfortable than rest after toil and labor? These words seem to have been spoken prophetically concerning Noah, who built the ark for the preservation of the human race, and who seems to have been a typical person; for when he offered his sacrifice after the drying up of the waters, it is said that God smelled a savor of Rest, and said he would not curse the ground any more for man's sake, Gen 8:21; and from that time the earth seems to have had upon an…

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The Church Fathers

(Verse 29.) And he called his name Noah, saying: This one shall bring us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.
— Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis

Fifthly, again, we are taught through Lamech the father of Noah, who prophesied and said that his son would deliver us from toils and the curse, and would conduct us to the enjoyment of a better condition.
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 6

from the prophecy of Lamech, the father of Noah, we learn that Noah, by means of the world-carrying Ark, was to convey men and the brute beasts into this earth of ours, for the prophecy runs somewhat to this effect: This same shall give us rest concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord God hath cursed. For this reason also Lamech gave Noah his name, which means rest
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 2

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Dictionary and topics

Lamech — The strikerdown; the wild man. (1.) The fifth in descent from Cain. He was the first to violate the primeval ordinance of marriage (Gen. 4:18-24). His address to his two wives, Adah and Zillah (4:23,…
Noah — Rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam’s…
Agriculture Or Husbandry · The labour of, supposed to be lessened by Noah — The labour of, supposed to be lessened by Noah
Ground · Cursed — Cursed
Lamech · and seventy-seven years — and seventy-seven years
Noah · 1. — 1.
Ploughing · Noah the supposed inventor of — Noah the supposed inventor of
Types Of Christ · Noah — Noah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 5:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:26

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 5:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:28–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 5:26

Adam Clarke on Genesis 5:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Genesis 5:29

John Calvin on Genesis 5:29-31

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 5:3–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 5:28-29

Rashi on Genesis 5:29