Genesis 5:29

Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 5

“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.”Genesis 5:29

What Does Genesis 5:29 Mean?

Genesis 5:29 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 5, verse 29 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Genesis 5:29 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Genesis 3:17“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;”Romans 8:20“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,”Matthew 24:37“But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”Genesis 3:20“And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”Hebrews 11:7“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”2 Peter 2:5“And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;”Genesis 9:24“And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.”Isaiah 54:9“For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.”Ezekiel 14:14“Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.”Ezekiel 14:20“Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.”Genesis 4:11“And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;”Genesis 6:8“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.”Genesis 7:23“And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.”Luke 3:36“Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,”1 Peter 3:20“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”Genesis 8:21“And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”Genesis 9:20“And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:”Genesis 10:32“These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.”Deuteronomy 28:16“Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.”Luke 17:26“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.”

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