Sirach 44:17-19

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷ Noah was found perfect and righteous;
    in the time of wrath he kept the race alive;^[a]
therefore a remnant was left on the earth
    when the flood came.
¹⁸ Everlasting covenants were made with him
    that all flesh should never again be blotted out by a flood.

¹⁹ Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations,
    and no one has been found like him in glory.