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Enoch

16 (A)Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up into heaven. He became an inspiration for repentance for all time to come.

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'Sirach 44:16' not found for the version: New International Version.

14 “Issachar is no better than a donkey
That lies stretched out between its saddlebags.

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14 “Issachar(A) is a rawboned[a] donkey
    lying down among the sheep pens.[b](B)

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  1. Genesis 49:14 Or strong
  2. Genesis 49:14 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags

(A)It was faith that kept Enoch from dying. Instead, he was taken up to God, and nobody could find him, because God had taken him up. The scripture says that before Enoch was taken up, he had pleased God.

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By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.”[a](A) For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

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  1. Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:24

14 (A)It was Enoch, the seventh[a] direct descendant from Adam, who long ago prophesied this about them: “The Lord will come with many thousands of his holy angels

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  1. Jude 1:14 This numbering includes both the first and the last in the series of seven names from Adam to Enoch.

14 Enoch,(A) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(B) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(C)

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