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28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he became the father of a son. 29 He gave him the name Noah. He said, “This one will give us rest from our work, from the hard work of our hands because the ground was cursed by the Lord.” 30 Lamech lived 595 years after the birth of Noah. He had other sons and daughters.

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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) 30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.