Genesis 5:29 meaning and explanation
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.”
Genesis 5:29, Berean Standard Bible
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Lamech speaks these words at the birth of his son, naming him Noah. The name sounds like the Hebrew word for rest or comfort, and Lamech's hope reaches back to God's words to Adam that the ground would resist his labor.
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