Ecclesiasticus 49:19
Seth and Sem obtained glory among men: and above every soul Adam in the beginning.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Seth et Sem apud homines gloriam adepti sunt, et super omnem animam in origine Adam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Men. The former was the father of the faithful, before the deluge; the latter after. (Calmet)
Beginning. Greek, "in the creation" was appointed to rule. (Haydock)
He alone among men was innocent, coming from the hands of God, and he might glory that he had no other father. (Calmet)
Eve enjoyed the like privileges. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.