Sirach 44:18 CPDV

¹⁶  Enoch pleased God, and he was transferred to Paradise, so that he might offer repentance to the nations.

¹⁷  Noah was found to be perfect and just, and so, in the time of wrath, he was made a reconciliation.

¹⁸  As a result, there was a remnant left for the earth, when the great flood was made.

¹⁹  The covenants of the world were placed with him, so that all flesh would not be wiped away by the great flood.

²⁰  Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and no one was found to be like him in glory. He observed the law of the Most High, and he formed a covenant with him.