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Sirach 49:14-16
Good News Translation
Sirach 49:14-16
Good News Translation
The Patriarchs
14 No one else like Enoch has ever walked the face of the earth, for he was taken up from the earth. 15 No one else like Joseph has ever been born;[a] even his bones were honored.[b] 16 Shem, Seth, and Enosh[c] were highly honored, but Adam's glory was above that of any other living being.
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- Sirach 49:15 Greek adds the greatest of his brothers and the pride of his people; Hebrew and one ancient translation place these words in 50.1.
- Sirach 49:15 even...honored; or the Lord watched over his body.
- Sirach 49:16 Hebrew Shem, Seth, and Enosh; Greek Shem and Seth among people.
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