Homilist Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands… I. THE DEEPER MEANING OF THE GENEALOGICAL LISTS OF SCRIPTURE. They serve to tell us not only — 1. Of the physical interdependence of the race, awakening thus our attention to the great problem of heredity; but 2. Of the moral variety of the race, bringing us face to face with human free will; and 3. Of the great glory of the race. There are names, like mountain peaks, of spiritual grandeur; they find their apex in the Name which is above every name. II. THE MERCIFUL DEALING OF GOD WITH A SINFUL WORLD. Samples of God's education of man by — 1. Promise; 2. Disappointment; 3. Manifold discipline. III. THE TRANSCENDENT SUPERIORITY OF OUR PRIVILEGES. In the advent of Jesus Christ — 1. We find no disappointment; 2. We have profound satisfaction. (Homilist.). Parallel Verses KJV: 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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