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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;
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he kept the law of the Most High, and was taken into covenant with him; he established the covenant in his flesh, and when he was tested he was found faithful.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.