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When on his account the earth was flooded, Wisdom again saved it,
    piloting the righteous man[a] on frailest wood.(A)

She, when the nations were sunk in universal wickedness,
    knew the righteous man,[b] kept him blameless before God,
    and preserved him resolute against pity for his child.(B)

She rescued a righteous man[c] from among the wicked who were being destroyed,(C)
    when he fled as fire descended upon the Pentapolis—

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Footnotes

  1. 10:4 Noah.
  2. 10:5 Abraham.
  3. 10:6 Lot. Pentapolis: the five cities, including Sodom; cf. Gn 14:2.