Sirach 44:16-18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up,
    an example of repentance to all generations.

¹⁷ Noah was found perfect and righteous;
    in the time of wrath he kept the race alive;^[a]
therefore a remnant was left on the earth
    when the flood came.
¹⁸ Everlasting covenants were made with him
    that all flesh should never again be blotted out by a flood.