Genesis 5:29

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“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.””

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“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.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and calleth his name Noah, saying, `This <FI>one<Fi> doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 5:29 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
  2. Genesis 4:11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
  3. Genesis 6:8Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
  4. Genesis 7:23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
  5. Genesis 9:24When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
  6. Isaiah 54:9“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
  7. Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
  8. Ezekiel 14:20then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
  9. Matthew 24:37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
  10. Luke 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
  11. Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
  12. Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
  13. 1 Peter 3:20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
  14. 2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

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