Genesis 5:29

_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._ Noah - rest [from _ NUWACH_ (H5118), to rest]. In the reason assigned for the bestowment of the name, therefore, it might have been expected that 'rest,' not 'comfort,' would have been expressed: and accordingly, the Septuagint has 'He shall give us rest;' so that the translators of that version must in their copy of the Hebrew Scriptures have read the Hiphil form of this verb; ours has a cognate word, which in the Piel signifies comfort, consolation. The import of the name, and the confident tone in which Lamech explained its signification, indicated something special in the destiny of this son. Though bestowed by his father, therefore, it must be considered as suggested by the Spirit, and therefore symbolical of the mission whic...

29._And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work_. In the Hebrew languages the etymology of the verb נחם (_nacham_) does not correspond with the noun נוח (_noach_,) unless we call the letter ם (_mem_) superfluous; as sometimes, in composition, certain letters are redundant. נוח _Noach _signifies to _give rest_, but נחם _nacham _to _comfort_. The name Noah is derived from the former verb. Wherefore, there is either the transmutation of one letter into another, or only a bare _allusion_, when Lamech says, “This same shall comfort us concerning our work.” (257) But as to the point in hand, there is no doubt that he promises to himself an alleviation, or solace, o

25-32 Methuselah signifies, 'he dies, there is a dart,' 'a sending forth,' namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liver must die at last. Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a great blessing to his generation. Observe his father's complaint of the calamitous state of human life, by the entrance of sin, and the curse of sin. Our whole life is spent in labour, and our time filled up with continual toil. God having cursed the ground, it is as much as some can do, with the utmost care and pains, to get a hard livelihood out comfort us." It signifies not only that desire and expectation which parents generally have about their children, that they will be comforts to them and helpers, though they often prove otherwise; but it signifies also...

Verse Genesis 5:29. _THIS SAME SHALL COMFORT US_] This is an allusion, as some think, to the name a Noah, which they derive from נחם _nacham_, to comfort; but it is much more likely that it comes from נח _nach_ or נוח _nuach_, to rest, to settle, c. And what is more _comfortable_ than _rest_ after _toil_ and _labour_? These words seem to have been spoken _prophetically_ concerning Noah, who built the ark for the preservation of the human race, and who seems to have been a typical person for when he offered his sacrifice after the drying up of the waters, it is said that God smelled a savour of REST, and said he would not curse the ground any more for man's sake, Genesis 8:21; and from that time the earth seems to have had upon an average the same degree of fertilit...

- Section V - The Line to Noah - The Line of Sheth 1. ספר _s__e__pher_ “writing, a writing, a book.” 9. קינן _qēynān_, Qenan, “possessor, or spearsman.” 12. מהללאל mahelal'ēl, Mahalalel, “praise of ‘El.” 15. ירד _yerĕd_, Jered, “going down.” 21. מתוּשׁלה _m__e__tûshālach_, Methushelach, “man of the missile.” 29. נה _noach_, Noach, “rest,” נחם _nācham_ “sigh; repent; pity; comfort onesel

§ 3. THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM (CH. 5:1-6:8) EXPOSITION The present section carries forward the inspired narrative another stage, in which the onward progress or development of the human race is traced, in the holy line of Seth, from the day of Adam's creation, through ten successive generations, till the point is reached when the first great experiment of attempting to save man by clemency rather than by punishment is brought to a termination, and Jehovah, whose mercy has been spurned and abused, determines to destroy the impenitent transgressors. First, in brief and somewhat monotonous outline, the lives of the ten patriarchs are sketched, scarcely more being recorded of them than simply that they were born, grew to manhood, married wives, begat children, and then died. In only two instances does the history diverge from this severely simple style of biographical narration, namely, in t...

AND HE CALLED HIS NAME NOAH,.... Which signifies rest and comfort; for rest gives comfort, and comfort flows from rest, see 2 Samuel 14:17, where a word from the same root is rendered "comfortable", and agrees with the reason of the name, as follows: SAYING, THIS SAME SHALL COMFORT US, CONCERNING OUR WORK AND TOIL OF OUR HANDS, BECAUSE OF THE GROUND, WHICH THE LORD HATH CURSED; this he spake by a spirit of prophecy, foreseeing what his son would be, and of what advantage to him and his family, and to the world, both in things temporal and spiritual. In things temporal: the earth was cursed for the sin of man immediately after the fall, and continued under it to this time, bringing forth thorns and thistles in great abundance of itself, which occasioned much trouble to root and pluck them up, and nothing else, without digging, and planting, and sowing; and

III. THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM CHAPTER 5 Adam and His Seed Through Seth _ 1. Adam (Genesis 5:1)_ 2. Seth (Genesis 5:6) 3. Enos (Genesis 5:9) 4. Cainan (Genesis 5:12) 5. Mahalaleel (Genesis 5:15) 6. Jared (Genesis 5:18) 7. Enoch (Genesis 5:21) 8. Methuselah ...

Sethite Genealogy of Antediluvians. With the exception of Genesis 5:29 this comes from P, as is clear from the style, each statement being cast in the same mould, and the whole forming a mere catalogue of names and dates. There is a striking divergence between the Heb., Sam., and LXX figures, the period from the Creation to the Flood being reckoned as 1656, 1307, and 2242 (a variant yields 2262) years respectively. THE question is very complex; here the editor's view must be stated without discussion. The LXX may be set aside; the Sam. is probably to be preferred to the Heb. since the latter shows signs of artificiality and because it can be more readily explained from the Sam. than _vice versa._ The Sam. represents Jared, Methuselah, and Lamech as dying in the year of the Flood, and since this occurs early in the year the suggestion is that they perished in it. The Heb. presumably is an

NOAH. rest, comfort, or consolation. Genesis 8:21. COMFORT US CONCERNING. give us rest from. WORK: should be _works_ (with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, &c). WORK AND TOIL. grievous toil, or trouble, " _works_ " reference probably to the evil deeds going on around. See Genesis 6:3, and compare Exodus 23:24.Leviticus 18:3.Micah 6:16; Ecclesiastes 4:3.