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Sirach 44:15-17
Good News Translation
Sirach 44:15-17
Good News Translation
15 Nations will tell about their wisdom,
and God's people will praise them.
Enoch
16 (A)Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up into heaven. He became an inspiration for repentance for all time to come.
Noah
17 (B)Noah was a perfectly righteous man. After destruction came, he gave the human race a new start.[a] Because of him there were people left on earth when the flood was over.
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- Sirach 44:17 Hebrew gave...start; Greek was taken in exchange for the human race.
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