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Genesis 5:29

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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.

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  1. Genesis 5:27

    And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

  2. Genesis 5:28

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

  3. Genesis 5:30

    And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

  4. Genesis 5:31

    And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.