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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 5:29

Called his name Noah, saying, this same shall comfort, &c.— Noah (נה) the proper name is derived from the verb we render comfort, and consequently implies consolation: and the following words, concerning our work and toil of our hands, &c. seem to affix this consolation to corporal labour, respecting the productions of the earth. But we know so little of the state of the antediluvian earth, and the degree of toil consequent upon the original curse, that it is impossible to determine in the present case.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 fro...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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, “prais...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 catalogu...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _saying, This same shall comfort us_, &c. It is generally supposed that this verse, containing a poetical couplet which is intended to explain the name of Noah, has been inserted from the same source...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM TO NOAH The purpose of the historian in giving the names and ages of the antediluvian Patriarchs was, no doubt, to show the glorious ancestry of the chosen race, and to account...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    We do not know whether this list of names is complete. Perhaps it leaves out some names. For example, verse 6 may mean, ‘Seth lived for 105 years and then he became a father. And one *descendant of Se...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקְרָ֧א אֶת ־שְׁמֹ֛ו נֹ֖חַ לֵ אמֹ֑ר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed — Very probably there were some prophecies that went before of him, as a person t...

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