Sirach 49:16
King James VersionSource notes
“Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in creation.”
Context
13And among the elect was Neemias, whose renown is great, who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, and set up the gates and the bars, and raised up our ruins again.
14But upon the earth was no man created like Enoch; for he was taken from the earth.
15Neither was there a young man born like Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.
16Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in creation.