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Ben Sira 49:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

The Earliest Patriarchs

14 Few on earth have been created like Enoch;[a]
    he also was taken up bodily.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 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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