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28And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

Genesis 5:28

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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 28-32)

Here we have the first mention of Noah, of whom we shall read much in the following chapters. Observe, I. His name, with the reason of it: Noah signifies rest ; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a more than ordinary blessing to his generation: This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed . Here is,…

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