Sirach 44: 1, 9 - 13
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Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers in their generations.
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| 9
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And there are some who have no memorial, who have perished as though they had not lived; they have become as though they had not been born, and so have their children after them.
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| 10
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But these were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten;
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| 11
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their prosperity will remain with their descendants, and their inheritance to their children's children.
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| 12
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Their descendants stand by the covenants; their children also, for their sake.
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| 13
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Their posterity will continue for ever, and their glory will not be blotted out.
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