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And there are some who have no memorial, who have perished as though they had not lived; they have become as though they had not been born, and so have their children after them.
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But these were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten;
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their prosperity will remain with their descendants, and their inheritance to their children's children.
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Their descendants stand by the covenants; their children also, for their sake.
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Their posterity will continue for ever, and their glory will not be blotted out.
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Their bodies were buried in peace, and their name lives to all generations.
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Peoples will declare their wisdom, and the congregation proclaims their praise.
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Enoch pleased the Lord, and was taken up; he was an example of repentance to all generations.
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Noah was found perfect and righteous; in the time of wrath he was taken in exchange; therefore a remnant was left to the earth when the flood came.
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Everlasting covenants were made with him that all flesh should not be blotted out by a flood.
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Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and no one has been found like him in glory;