...which is the reason given by Lamech for naming his firstborn son Noah, which means comfort, viz. " This same shall comfort us concerning our work and...because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed," (Gen. v. 29.) Those who have noted the custom which prevailed from the earliest times, of recording...

...as we render it, "I have the man Jehovah!" — Lantech's prophetic words at the birth of his son, " This same shall comfort us concerning our work and...because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed;" — and the mighty revelations and promises of the covenant which God made to Noah, so full of comfort...

...name which signifies rest, and exclaiming, in evident allusion "(So tk& sentence pronounced in Eden, " This same shall comfort us concerning our work and...because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed." Such, my brethren, is the hope which Adam transmitted to his descendants; such is the hope which cheered...

...Lamech lived an hundred and eighty-two years, and begat a son. And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and...our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed."f The corruption of man; at a time much later than this, is described by the sacred historian,...

...making his exit from the earth. This is made absolutely cer29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground m which the LoRD hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five...

...curse which God by an universal deluge was bringing upon the earth : " He called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and...because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed:"" he was one in whom his parents did acquiesce and rest satisfied, that he would be eminently useful and...

...Lamech, his father gave him the name he bears, signifying " comfort or rest," because he said,-|- " This same shall comfort us concerning our work and...because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed." It may be that in thus expressing himself, he manifested his expectation of the promised Seed, whose...

...sustenance ; an alleviation, in prophetic view of which, at the birth of Noah, Lainech might well exclaim, " This same shall comfort us concerning our work and...because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed." " Noah was a just man and perfect in his generation." But " there is not a just man on earth that doeth...

...spirit of prophecy. His father Lamech called him n:, whereof he gave this reason, •onrry m, ' this shall comfort us, concerning our work and toil of...because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed,' Gen. v. 29. He foresaw that by him, and in his days, relief would come from the effects of the curse;...

...God." Thus Noah received his name, which signifies " rest or comfort," because it was said of him, " this same shall comfort us concerning our work and...because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed." And truly he was as such " rest and comfort," because he was a type or shadow of Christ. Rest and consolation...