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Daily Devotion: Genesis 5:28-29

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Genesis 5:28-29  And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: (29) 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.”

 Lamech, the son of Methuselah, prophesied concerning his son Noah. “This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.” Word meanings are very important in understanding the Word of God. The word, comfort, as used in this passage does not mean what we normally think of comfort. Its meaning in this verse is to avenge, or take satisfaction concerning something wrong, or an injury, that has occurred.

 

What was the wrongdoing for which Noah was used to avenge? Let’s go back in time to father Adam. God said to Adam, “… 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.” (Genesis 3:17) 

 

Adam had disobeyed God. We read concerning Noah in the book of 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.”  Noah condemned, or avenged, the world through his faithful obedience unto the Lord. He was not the direct source of avenging the work and toil that had been exacted upon his forefathers. Yet, God used his obedience to bring  vengeance upon the curse of the earth.

 

Noah had brothers and sisters and had to turn away from his family's love for them in order to obey the Lord. Yet, he did that for which he was called to do. We, also, must be sensitive to the leadership of the Lord and follow His directives for our lives.  It is comforting to know there is one who will take up for you and help you defend your commitment unto the Lord. His name is Jesus.

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