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Genesis 5:29-31
New Living Translation
Genesis 5:29-31
New Living Translation
29 Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief[a] from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed.” 30 After the birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 31 Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.
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- 5:29 Noah sounds like a Hebrew term that can mean “relief” or “comfort.”
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