Genesis 5:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ he named him Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ He named him Noah, saying, This one shall bring us relief and comfort from our work and the [grievous] toil of our hands due to the ground being cursed by the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁹ and named him Noah, saying, “This one will give us relief from our hard work, from the pain in our hands, because of the fertile land that the LORD cursed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will console us from the works and hardships of our hands, in the land that the Lord has cursed."

Genesis 5:29 Cross References

2 Peter 2:5

and if he did not spare the ancient world, even though he saved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.

Matthew 24:37

For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Ezekiel 14:20

even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would save neither son nor daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness.

Ezekiel 14:14

even if Noah, Daniel, and Job, these three, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, says the Lord God.

Isaiah 54:9

This is like the days of Noah to me: Just as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you and will not rebuke you.

Genesis 9:24

When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,

1 Peter 3:20

who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight lives, were saved through water.

Luke 3:36

son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,

Genesis 7:23

He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, human beings and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left and those with him in the ark.

Romans 8:20

for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope

Genesis 5:28

When Lamech had lived one hundred eighty-two years, he became the father of a son;

Genesis 5:30

Lamech lived after the birth of Noah five hundred ninety-five years and had other sons and daughters.