and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”
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.
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...
Commenting on Genesis 5:28-32
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. (h) Lamech had respect for the promise, , and desired to see the deliverer who would be sent and yet saw but a figure of it.