17 Noah was found perfect and righteous. In the season of wrath, he kept the race alive. Therefore a remnant was left on the earth when the flood came. (WEB)
Sirach 44:17
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Book of Jubilees 5:18–20
18 It is written and ordained that He will show mercy to all who turn from all their guilt once each year.] (JUB) 19 And as for all those who corrupted their ways and their thoughts before the flood, no man's person was accepted save that of Noah alone; for his person was… (JUB)
Genesis 6:7–9
7 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.” 8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 9 This is the accoun…
Book of Jubilees 5:4–6
4 And He said that He would destroy man and all flesh upon the face of the earth which He had created. (JUB) 5 But Noah found grace before the eyes of the Lord. (JUB) 6 And against the angels whom He had sent upon the earth, He was exceedingly wroth, and He gave commandment to r… (JUB)
1 Clement 9:3–4
3 Let us set before us Enoch, who being found righteous in obedience was translated, and his death was not found. (1CL) 4 Noah, being found faithful, by his ministration preached regeneration unto the world, and through him the Master saved the living creatures that ent… (1CL)
2 Peter 2:4–6
4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; 5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preache…
2 Esdras 3:10–12
10 It came to pass that the same thing happened to them. Just as death came to Adam, so was the flood to these. (WEB) 11 Nevertheless, you left one of them, Noah with his household, and all the righteous men who descended from him. (WEB) 12 “It came to pass that when those who live… (WEB)
Genesis 7:1–2
1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a mal…
1 Clement 7:5–7
5 Let us review all the generations in turn, and learn how from generation to generation the Master hath given a place for repentance unto them that desire to turn to Him. (1CL) 6 Noah preached repentance, and they that obeyed were saved. (1CL) 7 Jonah preached destruction unto… (1CL)
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