Genesis 5 · Verse 29

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.
Genesis 5:29, King James Version

Genesis 5:29 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.”
WEBHe named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.”
ASVand 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.
YLTand 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.'
DARBYAnd he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.
BBEAnd he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Genesis 5:29 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 average the same degree of fertility; and the life of man, in a few generations after, was settled in the mean at threescore years and ten. See Gen 9:3.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:25-32

Methuselah signifies, he dies, there is a dart,' a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's complaint of the calamitous state of human…

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Genesis 5:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁמ֛וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
נֹ֖חַNo.achNoahH5146
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
זֶ֠הzehthis [one]H2088
יְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּye.na.cha.Me.nuhe will comfort usH5162
מִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙mi.ma.'a.Se.nufrom work ourH4639
וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹןu.me.'i.tze.Vonand from [the] pain ofH6093
יָדֵ֔ינוּya.Dei.nuhands ourH3027
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ'e.re.Rahhe has cursed itH779
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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Cross references for Genesis 5:29

  • Matthew 24:37

    But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

  • 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 ungodly;

  • 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 condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

  • 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 their own souls by their righteousness.

  • 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 God.

  • 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 that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

  • Genesis 9:24

    And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

  • Genesis 6:8-9

    But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

  • Genesis 4:11-12

    And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

  • 1 Peter 3:20

    Which 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.

  • Genesis 7:23

    And 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.

  • 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, 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; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he called.
6:8,9; 7:23; 9:24; Isa 54:9; Eze 14:14,20; Mt 24:37; Lu 3:36
Lu 17:26,27; Heb 11:7; 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:5
Noah. Gr. Noe, i.e., rest or comfort. because.
3:17-19; 4:11,12

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Context

  • Genesis 5:28

    And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

  • 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.

  • Genesis 5:30

    And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

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Genesis 5:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y llamó su nombre Noé, diciendo: Este nos aliviará de nuestras obras, y del trabajo de nuestras manos, á causa de la tierra que Jehová maldijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il appela son nom Noé, disant: Celui-ci nous consolera à l’égard de notre ouvrage et du travail de nos mains, à cause du sol que l’ Éternel a maudit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er gab ihm den Namen Noah, indem er sprach: Dieser wird uns trösten über unsere Arbeit und über die Mühe unserer Hände wegen des Erdbodens, den Jehova verflucht hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
vocavitque nomen ejus Noë, dicens: Iste consolabitur nos ab operibus et laboribus manuum nostrarum in terra, cui maledixit Dominus.