Ben Sira 49:16

16 Shem, Seth, and Enosh were highly honored, but Adam's glory was above that of any other living being.

Ben Sira 49:16 In-Context

14 No one else like Enoch has ever walked the face of the earth, for he was taken up from the earth.

15 No one else like Joseph has ever been born; even his bones were honored.

16 Shem, Seth, and Enosh were highly honored, but Adam's glory was above that of any other living being.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Hebrew] Shem, Seth, and Enosh; [Greek] Shem and Seth among people.