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Sirach 44:18-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 44:18-20
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 Everlasting covenants were made with him
that all flesh should never again be blotted out by a flood.(A)
Abraham
19 Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations,
and no one has been found like him in glory.(B)
20 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.(C)
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