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2 Esdras 6:53-55
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Esdras 6:53-55
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
53 “On the sixth day you commanded the earth to bring forth before you cattle, wild animals, and creeping things,(A) 54 and over these you placed Adam, as ruler over all the works that you had made, and from him we have all come, the people whom you have chosen.(B)
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55 “All this I have spoken before you, O Lord, because you have said that it was for us that you created this world.[a](C)
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- 6.55 Syr Ethiop Arab 2: Lat the firstborn world
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