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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.
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Abraham was the great ancestor of many nations; his reputation was faultless.
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He kept the Law of the Most High and made a covenant with him, a covenant marked on his body. When he was put to the test, he was found faithful.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.