Kejadian 5:29

5:29 He named him Noah, ¹  saying, “This one will bring us comfort ²  from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed.”

Kejadian 23:15

23:15 “Hear me, my lord. The land is worth ³  400 pieces of silver, ⁴  but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”

Kejadian 42:19

42:19 If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison ⁵  while the rest of you go ⁶  and take grain back for your hungry families. ⁷ 

[5:29]  ¹ sn The name Noah appears to be related to the Hebrew word נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”). There are several wordplays on the name “Noah” in the story of the flood.

[5:29]  ² tn The Hebrew verb יְנַחֲמֵנוּ (yÿnakhamenu) is from the root נָחָם (nakham), which means “to comfort” in the Piel verbal stem. The letters נ (nun) and ח (heth) pick up the sounds in the name “Noah,” forming a paronomasia on the name. They are not from the same verbal root, and so the connection is only by sound. Lamech’s sentiment reflects the oppression of living under the curse on the ground, but also expresses the hope for relief in some way through the birth of Noah. His words proved to be ironic but prophetic. The relief would come with a new beginning after the flood. See E. G. Kraeling, “The Interpretations of the Name Noah in Genesis 5:29,” JBL 48 (1929): 138-43.

[23:15]  ³ tn The word “worth” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:15]  ⁴ sn Four hundred pieces of silver. The standards for weighing money varied considerably in the ancient Near East, but the generally accepted weight for the shekel is 11.5 grams (0.4 ounce). This makes the weight of silver here 4.6 kilograms, or 160 ounces (about 10 pounds).

[42:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “bound in the house of your prison.”

[42:19]  ⁶ tn The disjunctive clause is circumstantial-temporal.

[42:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “[for] the hunger of your households.”