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Some of them have left behind a name, so that others declare their praise.
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But of others there is no memory; they have perished as though they had never existed; they have become as though they had never been born, they and their children after them.
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But these also were godly men, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten;
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their wealth will remain with their descendants, and their inheritance with 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 offspring will continue forever, and their glory will never be blotted out.
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Their bodies are buried in peace, but their name lives on generation after generation.
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The assembly declares their wisdom, and the congregation proclaims their praise.
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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.