KJV 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.
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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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BSB 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.”
WEB World English Bible
and he named him Noah, saying, “This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 5
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
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.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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וַיִּקְרָ֧אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמ֛וֹH8034 · shemnameנֹ֖חַH5146 · no.achNoahלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayזֶ֠הH2088 · zehthisיְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּH5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortמִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙H4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workוּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹןH6093 · its.tsa.vontoilיָדֵ֔ינוּH3027 · yadhandמִן־H4480 · minfromהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הH127 · a.da.mahland: soilאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאֵֽרְרָ֖הּH779 · a.rarto curseיְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Hebrews 11:7By 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 condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.2 Peter 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;Ezekiel 14:20Though 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 their own souls by their righteousness.Ezekiel 14:14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.Isaiah 54:9For 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 that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.Genesis 9:24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.Genesis 4:11-12And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;Genesis 3:17-19And 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 7:23And 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.Luke 3:36Which was [the son] of Cainan, which was [the son] of Arphaxad, which was [the son] of Sem, which was [the son] of Noe, which was [the son] of Lamech,Genesis 6:8-9But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.1 Peter 3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.Luke 17:26-27And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
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