“‘Or if I bring a sword
Upon that land.
I will say.
‘Let a sword
Pass through the land.’
I cut off
Humans
With animals
From it.
Even though
These three men
Were in the land,
As I live,
They would save
Neither sons
Nor daughters.
But they alone
Would be saved.’
Says Yahweh God.”
Yahweh continued by talking about bringing a sword to the land, killing humans and animals. However, if these 3 great men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in that land, they would be able to save themselves alone, but they would not be able to save their sons or daughters. This was the same concept repeated again that individuals had limited power over the group.