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Sirach 44:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 44:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Noah
17 Noah was found perfect and righteous;
in the time of wrath he kept humanity alive;[a]
because of him[b] a remnant was left on the earth
when the flood came.(A)
18 Everlasting covenants were made with him
that all flesh should never again be blotted out by a flood.(B)
Abraham
19 Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations,
and no one has been found like him in glory.(C)
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