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Genesis 5:28-29

28And Lamechלֶ֕מֶךְLe.mekhH3929livedוַֽיְחִי־vay.chi-H2421an hundredשָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣תsha.Nah u.me.'AtH8141 H3967eightyוּשְׁמֹנִ֛יםu.she.mo.NimH8084and twoשְׁתַּ֧יִםshe.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,and begatוַיּ֖וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledH3205a sonבֵּֽן׃BenH1121:

29And he calledוַיִּקְרָ֧אvai.yik.Ra'H7121his nameשְׁמ֛וֹshe.MoH8034Noahנֹ֖חַNo.achH5146,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, This sameshall comfortיְנַחֲמֵ֤נוּye.na.cha.Me.nuH5162us concerning our workמִֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֙נוּ֙mi.ma.'a.Se.nuH4639and toilוּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹןu.me.'i.tze.VonH6093of our handsיָדֵ֔ינוּya.Dei.nuH3027,becauseמִן־min-H4480of the groundהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127which Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068hath cursedאֵֽרְרָ֖הּ'e.re.RahH779.

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