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27 And all the days of Methuselah were made nine hundred and nine and sixty years, and (then) he was dead.

28 Forsooth Lamech lived an hundred and two and eighty years, and (then) begat a son;

29 and [he] called his name Noe[a], and said, This man shall comfort us of the works and travails of our hands, in the land which the Lord cursed. (and he called his name Noah, and said, This son shall bring us comfort from all the work and labour of our hands, on the land which the Lord hath cursed.)

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  1. Genesis 5:29 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “rest” or “relief”.