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Genesis 5:28-29
King James Version
Genesis 5:28-29
King James Version
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.
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Genesis 5:28-29
New International Version
Genesis 5:28-29
New International Version
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29 He named him Noah[a](A) and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.(B)”
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- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.
Genesis 5:28-29
New King James Version
Genesis 5:28-29
New King James Version
28 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son. 29 And he called his name (A)Noah,[a] saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground (B)which the Lord has cursed.”
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- Genesis 5:29 Lit. Rest
Genesis 5:28-29
English Standard Version
Genesis 5:28-29
English Standard Version
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground (A)that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief[a] from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”
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- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for rest
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