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Their bodies were laid to rest, but their reputations will live forever.
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Nations will tell about their wisdom, and God's people will praise them.
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Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up into heaven. He became an inspiration for repentance for all time to come.
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Noah was a perfectly righteous man. After destruction came, he gave the human race a new start. Because of him there were people left on earth when the flood was over.
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The Lord made an eternal covenant with him, promising that life would never again be destroyed by a flood.