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Wisdom 10:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 10:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 But when the wicked man[a] forsook her in his wrath,
he perished because of his fratricidal fury.
4 When a flood overwhelmed the earth because of him, Wisdom again saved it,
steering the righteous man[b] to safety on a fragile piece of wood.
Abraham and Lot
5 And when the nations were thrown into confusion after indulging in wicked conspiracy,
Wisdom singled out the righteous man[c] and kept him blameless in God’s sight
and steeled him in the face of his compassion for his son.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 10:3 Wicked man: i.e., Cain (Gen 4:8-12).
- Wisdom 10:4 Righteous man: i.e., Noah; he alone emerged from a humankind submerged by its fatal hatred (Gen 5:28—9:29).
- Wisdom 10:5 Righteous man: i.e., Abraham, who was obedient even to the extent of being ready to offer his only son to God (see Gen 12; 22).
