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Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up, an example of repentance to all generations.
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Noah was found perfect and righteous; in the time of wrath he kept the race alive; therefore a remnant was left on the earth when the flood came.
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Everlasting covenants were made with him that all flesh should never again 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 entered into a covenant with him; he certified the covenant in his flesh, and when he was tested he proved faithful.