Ben Sira 49:13-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 Exalted be the memory of Nehemiah!
He rebuilt our ruined walls,
Restored our shattered defenses,
and set up gates and bars.(A)
The Earliest Patriarchs
14 Few on earth have been created like Enoch;[a]
he also was taken up bodily.(B)
15 Was ever a man born like Joseph?
Even his dead body was provided for.(C)
Footnotes
- 49:14–16 The patriarchs here mentioned were glorious because of their spirit of religion, i.e., their profound reverence for God and obedience to him. The splendor of Adam: suggests his direct origin from God (Gn 1:26–27; 2:7).
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